Global trends in military technology and implications for building a modern army
Monday, September 22, 2025, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Keeping abreast of global trends in military technology and undertaking comprehensive and precise analyses of opportunities and challenges, is a crucial basis for formulating an overarching strategy for development and orienting military technology in line with the specific characteristics, functions, and missions of each service branch, towards the common goal of building a modern army.
Building Artillery Brigade 45 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern unit
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 14:39 (GMT+7)
Being founded on 22 August 1945, Artillery Brigade 45 (Artillery Corps) was the first towed artillery unit of the Vietnam People’s Army. Over the past 80 years of construction, combat, and maturity, in any tasks or circumstances, the Brigade has always heightened the spirit of “determination to fight and to win”, excellently fulfilling all assigned missions
Brigade 171 improves the quality of training and combat readiness
Monday, July 21, 2025, 14:26 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping their assigned functions and tasks, Brigade 171, under 2nd Naval Region, has been continuously improving the quality of training and combat readiness, contributing with other forces to firmly protecting the sovereignty over seas, islands and continental shelf in the South of the Fatherland.
Military Region 3 concentrates on enhancing combat training quality
Tuesday, June 10, 2025, 08:04 (GMT+7)
To meet the requirements of the new phase, alongside intensifying leadership and directing the implementation of synchronised measures, the Standing Committee of MR3 Party Committee and Command have set the goal of continuing to make breakthroughs in enhancing combat training quality.
Liberation of the Spratly Islands: A strategic victory in the liberation of the South and national reunification
Saturday, April 19, 2025, 14:36 (GMT+7)
The victory of the liberation of the Spratly Islands in 1975 holds profound strategic significance. It not only contributed to the complete success of the Spring 1975 General Offensive and Uprising, which fully liberated the South and reunified the country, but also firmly affirmed Viet Nam’s sovereignty over the Spratly Islands.
Organising and deploying forces for key battles in offensive campaigns in a Fatherland protection war
Monday, March 17, 2025, 10:19 (GMT+7)
In case of a Fatherland protection war, offensive operations can be conducted at the outset and throughout the war on various scales, featuring key and decisive battles. Securing victory in these critical engagements requires commanders and relevant agencies to address numerous challenges. Chief among these is the organisation and deployment of forces, which necessitates further research and application in line with rapidly evolving battlefield circumstances
Tank and Armoured Brigade 409 focuses on raising its synergy and combat power
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 14:01 (GMT+7)
The Brigade has comprehensively renewed training and exercises according to Resolution 19-NQ/ĐU, dated 16 March 2023, by the Military Region Party Committee, on “raising the quality of training in the period of 2023 - 2030 and beyond”. To achieve the established targets and goals, the Brigade has focused on synchronous, specialised training courses relevant to combat reality and the particularities of its operational areas
On the organisation and utilisation of armed forces to safeguard the sovereignty over seas and islands in the jurisdiction of Military Region 7
Wednesday, September 20, 2023, 13:33 (GMT+7)
Located in the choke point of the Southeastern Region, a part of the Central Highland, and the South Central Coast, Military Region 7 is a key strategic region in the defensive posture of the South and the entire country with a 322-km-long coastline and numerous islands of military, defence, and economic values such as Phu Quy, Con Dao, etc. Being fully aware of its position and on the foundation of grasping the task of safeguarding the sovereignty over the seas and islands, in recent years, the Military Region’s armed forces have closely coordinated with military services, arms, and local forces to build up an uninterrupted and solid posture for defending the seas and islands as well as bring into play the synergy of forces to safeguard the sacred sovereignty over the Fatherland’s seas and islands.
On ensuring mobility routes in strategic defensive operations in a potential Patriotic War
Wednesday, August 23, 2023, 14:29 (GMT+7)
To ensure sufficient mobility routes for combat forces and technical hardware to fight the enemy, the Field Commands and its subordinate departments must preplan the required number of routes across the operational area, before, during, and after combat, encompassing both flatlands, midlands, mountainous regions, as well as waterways. This demands that the commanders of various departments and units, especially the combat engineering forces, develop proper plans for ensuring mobility routes in accordance with the defensive strategy even during peacetime, and are ready to improve, repair, and renovate such routes during combat.
From victory against enemy naval blockades in the North to the Navy’s enhanced combat readiness and training quality today
Tuesday, June 27, 2023, 18:44 (GMT+7)
Given the aspiration for peace and reunification of the country as well as the resolve to fight the enemy and clear the way to advance, Viet Nam People’s Navy (VPN) brought into play its core role and directly conducted research and detected and neutralised all the naval mines and magnetic bombs, thereby reopening lanes of traffic in support of production and transportation of supplies to the theatre of war. Regardless of hardships and sacrifice, given its determination, indomitable spirit, wisdom, and bravery, the Navy, together with the Northern military and people, defeated the enemy blockades completely and created a remarkable feat of arms, which can be considered an exploit of the VPN.