The art of siege and ambush in the North Phu Yen Campaign of 1966

Friday, April 24, 2026, 09:29 (GMT+7)
During the North Phu Yen Campaign, despite confronting the most elite and battle-hardened forces of the US military, our armed forces and people, employing the outstanding art of siege and ambush, dealt a devastating blow to the enemy and diminished both their strategic posture and strength across Military Region 5 battlefield, laying the groundwork for victory in the second dry-season strategic counter-offensive

Building the Office of the Central Military Commission - the Office of the Ministry of National Defence on a par with its missions in the new era

Friday, March 20, 2026, 14:48 (GMT+7)
the Office has actively reformed its working methods and professional conduct. Thanks to this, the quality of its research, comprehensive advisory work, and many other functions has continuously improved. Importance has been attached to administrative support for military and defence tasks, state management in the field of national defence, the direction of office work, and the oversight of administrative procedures within the MND

Military transportation work and emerging issues in a war to defend the Fatherland

Friday, March 20, 2026, 14:47 (GMT+7)
Military transportation plays a particularly important role in logistical and technical support activities, sustaining the combat strength of the Army. Therefore, it should continue to be studied and improved in both theory and practical organisation, thereby steadily enhancing military transportation capability to meet support requirements in both peacetime and in a war to defend the Fatherland.

The art of shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities in the Tay Son Tinh Campaign of 1966

Thursday, February 12, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
The victory of the Tay Son Tinh Campaign smashed one of the three “search and destroy” operations conducted by the enemy in Military Region 5, creating a foundation for defeating the American Local War Strategy. The valuable lessons on the art of “shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities” drawn from this campaign should be further studied, developed, and creatively applied under new conditions of people’s war in defence of the Fatherland.

The art of force organisation and employment in Hiep Duc - Dong Duong Operation of 1965

Monday, December 29, 2025, 14:11 (GMT+7)
Sixty years ago, during Hiep Duc - Dong Duong Operation, our forces, through a distinctive art of organising and employing combat units, dealt successive “critical, heavy” blows against the enemy’s elite formations operating in the adjacent zone between mountainous and coastal lowland areas of Military Region 5. The success of the Operation marked a new development in the overall strategic offensive posture and gave strong impetus to the movement among our armed forces and people to “seek out to fight American troops, seek out to destroy puppet troops”

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.

The armed forces of Military Region 4, upholding their tradition, continue to write new feats of arms in the new era

Saturday, September 27, 2025, 14:11 (GMT+7)
During the 80-year journey of building, fighting and growing up, under the leadership of the Party, the armed forces of Military Region 4 have upheld revolutionary heroism, overcome countless difficulties and challenges, together with the army and people of the whole country to make glorious feats in the cause of national liberation, building and safeguarding the Fatherland.

The armed forces’ role in August 1945 General Uprising and issues on building a modern Vietnam People’s Army today

Friday, August 15, 2025, 10:51 (GMT+7)
In August 1945, under the leadership of the Party and leader Ho Chi Minh, our people conducted a General Uprising to smash the yoke of colonialism, fascism, and feudalism, establish the Democratic Republic of Vietnam, and usher our nation into a new era - the era of national independence and socialism. In that great victory, our fledgling revolutionary armed forces played a core role in guiding and assisting the masses in rising up to seize power. Those historical lessons remain valuable in the Military’s building and fighting cause in general, the building of a modern Vietnam People’s Army in particular

The art of conducting key and decisive battle during 1965 Ba Gia Campaign

Monday, July 28, 2025, 14:07 (GMT+7)
Realising the Party’s resolve, Military Region 5’s Command decided to launch Ba Gia Campaign in North Quang Ngai in order to annihilate a significant section of enemy troops, disintegrate the enemy’s paramilitary forces, expand the liberated zone in Son Tinh - Tra Bong, provide support for our political movement, and maintain the corridor connecting the mountainous area with the plain area

People’s Army Publishing House - 75 years of accompanying military knowledge, firmly entering the new era

Thursday, July 10, 2025, 10:40 (GMT+7)
Over the past 75 years, the People’s Army Publishing House has always excelled in its tasks, deserving its role as an agency of the Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defence specialising in military publishing under the direct management of the General Department of Politics. Through its activities, the Publishing House has greatly contributed to the CPV and VPA’s political and military tasks, broadening troops’ military knowledge