An overview of Japan’s defence equipment modernisation trends
Monday, October 27, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
Amid growing complexities in the global and regional security environment, Japan has been accelerating the modernisation of Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) through a series of crucial steps. With the adoption of new national security and defence strategies, along with a significant increase in defence investment, Japan’s defence equipment modernisation is reshaping the regional military balance, which has drawn considerable attention from military analysts
Upholding the heroic tradition and building the Defence Intelligence commensurate with tasks
Friday, October 24, 2025, 14:44 (GMT+7)
Fully aware of that immense honour and responsibility, the Defence Intelligence has been implementing comprehensive measures to successfully accomplish its assigned political tasks, contributing to the firm construction and defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and laying the foundation for the country to advance confidently into the new era.
Institute of Military Science and Technology accelerates research and development
Friday, October 17, 2025, 07:54 (GMT+7)
Proudly receiving the Second-class Military Exploit Order on the occasion of its 65th anniversary, the officers, engineers, and soldiers of the Institute of Military Science and Technology pledge to unite, overcome challenges, and continue reform to build a strong, specialised, and multidisciplinary scientific organisation capable of fulfilling its missions in the new era and forever worthy of the honourable title Hero of the People’s Armed Forces.
Measures to build “digital soldiers” in the new situation
Friday, October 17, 2025, 07:54 (GMT+7)
Amid the developments of the 4th Industrial Revolution and the trend of comprehensive digitalisation with their profound impacts on all aspects of social life, as well as the requirement of building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern Vietnam People's Army, the building of "digital soldiers" has become an important, urgent task. However, to achieve this goal, many issues need to be taken into account to research, discuss, and propose synchronised and feasible solutions
Military Region 1’s armed forces improve their synergy and combat strength
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 18:24 (GMT+7)
Improving the synergy and combat power to enable the armed forces to readily undertake any missions represents the highest goal and consistent line set by Military Region 1’s Party Committee and Command. To that end, the Military Region’s Party Committee and Command have focused their leadership and direction on drastically taking various measures
“Three breakthroughs” to enhance weapon and technical equipment repair capability at Factory A34
Monday, September 22, 2025, 19:23 (GMT+7)
The Factory’s Party Committee and Board of Directors have actively renewed their leadership and direction thinking and made “three breakthroughs” to improve overall capacity, gradually master core technology, and apply digitalisation, modelling, and automation solutions to raising the quality and effectiveness of repair and manufacture
Modernising the Army's Cipher Sector to meet requirements in the new situation
Monday, September 15, 2025, 07:59 (GMT+7)
Modernising the Army's Cipher sector is an inevitable, objective requirement and the responsibility of agencies and units. Party committees, commanders and cipher agencies at all levels must continue to implement it resolutely and synchronously throughout the army.
The whole Military continues raising the quality and effectiveness of Determined to Win Emulation Movement in the new era
Friday, September 12, 2025, 16:08 (GMT+7)
Over the years, the Determined to Win Emulation Movement has been executed widely and deeply across the Military, becoming a source of motivation for troops to surmount all difficulties and successfully fulfil all assigned tasks. In the new period, the entire Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) should continue bringing the Movement to a new height to contribute to increasing the Military’s synergy and combat strength and firmly protecting the Fatherland in any situations
Department of Military Forces upholds glorious traditions and enhances comprehensive capabilities to meet mission requirements
Monday, September 08, 2025, 20:26 (GMT+7)
Proud of its glorious traditions and fully aware of the responsibilities entrusted, the DMF under the General Staff will continue to demonstrate steadfastness, intellect, unity, dynamism, and creativity, while closely working with departments and units to excellently fulfill all assigned tasks, deserving to be the strategic advisory body regarding force organisation, contributing to military building, strengthening of national defence, and firm protection of the Fatherland in the new era.
Military Region 1’s Military School steps up defence and security education
Monday, August 18, 2025, 16:02 (GMT+7)
Since 2020, the School has provided defence and security education for over 1,000 cadres from the 2nd group and nearly 4,000 students. Those results have greatly contributed to building and consolidating political - spiritual potential, all-people national defence, and posture of all-people national defence associated with people’s security posture across the Military Region