Breakthrough development in our operational art during the Border Campaign of 1950

Friday, September 19, 2025, 08:26 (GMT+7)
Under the leadership of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, our armed forces and people launched the Border Campaign - the first large-scale combined-arms offensive campaign of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) - and achieved a resounding victory. The success of the Campaign not only affirmed our VPA’s growing strength, but also marked a breakthrough in the art of offensive operations during the resistance war against French colonialism

The art of creating and transforming the battlefield in Loc Ninh Offensive of 1967

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 15:20 (GMT+7)
In Loc Ninh Campaign, despite facing US and Saigon regime units, the armed forces of the (South) Eastern Regional Command displayed remarkable flexibility in shaping and shifting the battlefield. Time and again our armed forces launched attacks with deadly effect, forcing the enemy onto the defensive, leaving them bewildered and struggling to respond. This created the condition needed for our armed forces and people to prepare for 1968 Spring General Offensive and Uprising

Division 3 promotes heroic tradition to improve combat power

Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 07:07 (GMT+7)
As the main unit of Military Region 1 tasked with training, combat readiness, natural disaster response, search and rescue, and other contingency missions, over the years, the Division has adopted many scientific, proper measures, promoting its tradition of “courage, resilience, clinging to the land, staying close to the people, self-reliance, unity, victory” in the new conditions, obtaining significant achievements in all pieces of work

Vietnam Coast Guard’s participation in national sovereignty, security, order, and safety protection at sea - key considerations

Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 07:42 (GMT+7)
In the face of rapid, complex changes throughout the world and in the region, the task of managing and protecting national security and sovereignty over seas and islands has been posing numerous challenges to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG). Properly recognising and addressing these issues will enable the VCG to fulfil its role as the core force in law enforcement and in maintaining national security, order, and safety at sea

Great 1975 Spring Victory and the building of robust all-people national defence within Military Region 7

Thursday, April 17, 2025, 13:41 (GMT+7)
Over the years, under the Party’s military - defence lines, especially the Resolution of the Party Central Committee’s 8th Plenum (11th and 13th tenure) on the Strategy for Fatherland Protection in the New Situation as well as other resolutions and directives by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, Military Region 7 has focused its leadership and direction on building strong all-people national defence

The art of “point encirclement for reinforcement ambush” in Operation Bu Prang - Duc Lap of 1969

Sunday, September 29, 2024, 20:49 (GMT+7)
Operation Bu Prang - Duc Lap was a small-scale offensive in the strategic region of Central Highlands. Despite logistical difficulties, our troops participating in the Operation achieved high combat performance, thanks to the creative application of the unique military tactic of “point encirclement for reinforcement ambush.” This success contributed to the failure of the enemy’s plan to replace US forces with the Saigon regime’s regular troops on the battlefield

Lý Dynasty combined military actions with diplomatic measures to end wars and establish peace

Wednesday, June 26, 2024, 08:52 (GMT+7)
Clearly grasping the enemy’s schemes, the Lý Dynasty proactively and shrewdly developed strategies to defend the nation, leveraged the strength of the entire populace, and implemented multiple measures simultaneously to swiftly end the war and establish peace, with the combination of military offensives and diplomatic measures being kept at the forefront

Distinctive features of ambush in the 1969 Long Khanh Campaign

Thursday, June 06, 2024, 10:33 (GMT+7)
The success of the Long Khanh Campaign thwarted the enemy’s “search and hold” strategy, dealt a severe blow to their “Vietnamisation” scheme, and forced the enemy into a strategically passive position. The valuable lessons on ambush artistry derived from the Campaign remain relevant and should continue to be studied and creatively applied to the cause of national defence today.

French generals’ admission of defeat in Dien Bien Phu

Wednesday, May 08, 2024, 07:08 (GMT+7)
The battle of 1954 Dien Bien Phu took place 70 years ago, about which there have been a lot of books and articles by foreign generals, politicians, scholars and journalists. People around the world continue to wonder why Vietnam, a small, poor, low-tech country which had just successfully carried out the August Revolution with its nascent army, was able to defeat French colonialists. In order to answer this question, the article will briefly relate admissions by French generals who joined the war in Indochina in general, the battle of Dien Bien Phu in particular

The art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements” during Central – Lower Laos Campaign 1954

Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 10:56 (GMT+7)
In coordination with other theatres during the Winter – Spring Strategic Offensive of 1953 – 1954, we launched a surprise campaign in Central – Lower Laos, inflicting major losses to the enemy, forcing them to disperse their mobile reserve forces in multiple directions. This is a small-scale campaign conducted in a strategic area, far from our logistics bases; however, with the employment of the art of “striking at one point to destroy reinforcements”, we were able to achieve very high combat efficiency, contributing to the ultimate victory of our Resistance War against French Colonialism