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General Vo Nguyen Giap - a political and military genius of the Ho Chi Minh era

General Vo Nguyen Giap - a political and military genius of the Ho Chi Minh era

Friday, August 20, 2021, 14:55 (GMT+7)
Admiring the General’s talent, Cecil B. Currey, an American history Professor ever wrote: “During that time, he became not only a legend, but perhaps the single greatest military genius of the twentieth century and one of the greatest of all time.” According to the Professor, “Throughout the long decades of his career, he devised tactics and strategies that eventually brought his nation to victory over powerful enemies”

"Wait at leisure when the enemy labour" - Tran Dynasty’s stratagem in the 3rd Mongol Invasion (1288)

“Wait at leisure when the enemy labour” - Tran Dynasty’s stratagem in the 3rd Mongol Invasion (1288)

Wednesday, June 24, 2020, 08:15 (GMT+7)
Under the leadership of Tran Quoc Tuan and the General Command, Tran Dynasty’s military forces and people were able to gain a complete victory against the 3rd Mongol Invasion (1288), effectively destroying the enemy’s ambition of conquering Great Viet. This victory was achieved thanks to many factors, including the flexible and creative use of the stratagem “Wait at leisure when the enemy labour”

Applying the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity from the August Revolution to building a strong and modern all-people national defence
More than 80 years after the victory of the August Revolution of 1945, the lesson of harnessing the strength of great national unity retains its full significance. In the new context, inheriting and creatively applying this historic lesson constitutes an objective requirement for building a strong and modern all-people national defence capable of meeting the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation.