The art of fighting the opening key battle in the Bau Bang - Dau Tieng Campaign of 1965
Tuesday, November 18, 2025, 21:24 (GMT+7)
The success of the Bau Bang - Dau Tieng Campaign dealt a severe blow to U.S. and Saigon efforts under the “Local War” strategy. The lessons in the art of conducting an opening key battle remain invaluable for continued research and creative application in the defence of the Fatherland.
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
Division 9 improves overall quality and combat strength
Monday, August 18, 2025, 06:36 (GMT+7)
Proud of the glorious achievements over the past 60 years, officers and soldiers of Division 9 are determined to build itself as a comprehensively strong, "exemplary and typical" unit, improve overall quality, combat strength, and continue to write new history with enthusiasm, responsibility, and creativity, worthy of the tradition of the unit being twice a Hero of the People's Armed Forces.
Division 363 raises its combat power to firmly protect the Fatherland’s airspace
Friday, May 16, 2025, 15:29 (GMT+7)
In response to the high requirements of Fatherland protection, cadres and soldiers of Division 363 (Air Defence - Air Force Service) have promoted the unit’s heroic tradition, unceasingly improving their political zeal, mastering weaponry, raising combat readiness and resolve to firmly protect the Fatherland’s Northeastern airspace
Party work and political work in the 80 years of establishment, struggle and growth of the Vietnam People's Army
Monday, November 18, 2024, 21:03 (GMT+7)
The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence believe that in the coming time, party work and political work in the Army will continue to be led, directed, and implemented seriously and effectively, thereby contributing to maintaining and strengthening the absolute, direct and all-round leadership of the Party over the Army; building the Army strong in politics, as a basis for improving its overall quality, combat strength, and its excellent accomplishment of assigned tasks.
General Le Trong Tan’s remarkable contributions to Vietnam’s military art
Friday, October 04, 2024, 16:10 (GMT+7)
Holding various commanding positions from tactical and operational to strategic levels, commanding almost all campaigns and decisive strategic operations in the two resistance wars against the US and the French as well as in the war to defend the Southwestern border, he made significant contributions to the development of Vietnam’s unique, creative military art and our nation’s victory against the most powerful imperialists of the 20th century
Commando Brigade 126 focuses on making itself “exemplarily, typically” comprehensively strong
Tuesday, August 13, 2024, 08:41 (GMT+7)
Commando Brigade 126 (hereafter the Brigade for short), renowned as a “Special elite” unit of the Navy, has always been prepared to “Strike first” and “Win the first battle” when faced with combat situations. To meet its task requirements in the new situation, the Brigade has been adopting a comprehensive set of measures to make itself “exemplarily, typically” comprehensively strong
Upholding the tradition of winning the first battles to build an “elite, compact, strong” Naval Service
Thursday, August 08, 2024, 07:49 (GMT+7)
On 2 and 5 August 1964, the Vietnam People’s Navy (VPN) cooperated with other forces in courageously fighting to win victory in the first battles. It is forever a source of pride and encouragement for generations of Naval cadres and soldiers to overcome all hardships, successfully fulfil all assigned tasks, and build an “elite, compact, strong”, modern Service worthy of its core role in firmly protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands
Naval Region 1 harnesses political and spiritual elements in “winning the first battle” to secure maritime sovereignty
Wednesday, August 07, 2024, 11:54 (GMT+7)
Following the tradition of its predecessors who won the first battle, Naval Region 1 intensifies traditional education, fostering belief and the determination to fight and win among its troops. It vigorously trains them to master new, modern technical weaponry, refine their tactics, and enhance overall quality and combat strength to firmly safeguard the northeastern maritime regions of the Fatherland.
Bringing into play the spirit of August Revolution and Ho Chi Minh’s thought, realising aspiration for developing a prosperous, happy country
Monday, August 21, 2023, 06:44 (GMT+7)
The August Revolution is an exemplary national liberation revolution; it demonstrated the ideological and organisational genius of President Ho Chi Minh and the CPV, cleverly employed advantageous elements, well manage the relationship between “Opportunity, Advantage, and Strength” within a revolution itself in order to abolish the yoke of colonialism, imperialism, and feudalism and liberate our people from slavery for nearly a century to mastery. The victory of the August Revolution is the great evidence of the truth “taking our strength to liberate ourselves”, for independence and freedom, while providing a precondition for national development under the principle of national independence and socialism towards the goal of “Independence, Freedom, Happiness”.