Building a modern Army - a sound policy and strategic vision of the Party
Wednesday, August 26, 2026, 15:28 (GMT+7)
Under the Party's clear-sighted leadership, with the people’s affection, care and support, and through the tireless efforts, dedication, and selfless sacrifice of successive generations of cadres and soldiers, our VPA has continuously grown in strength and maturity, excellently fulfilling every task entrusted to it by the Party, the State, and the people over the past more than 80 years
General Vo Nguyen Giap’s philosophy on “people’s war” - its application in the contemporary era
Monday, August 24, 2026, 09:25 (GMT+7)
Through a unique combination of traditional military quintessence, Ho Chi Minh Thought, and modern military theory, General Vo Nguyen Giap’s philosophy on “people’s war” plays a foundational role. It demonstrates his strategic brilliance in the nation’s historic victories during the resistance wars against French colonialists and American imperialists, as well as in the battles to defend the Fatherland’s borders
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
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 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 distinctive art of force organisation and deployment in the Viet Bac Autumn-Winter Campaign 1947
Friday, May 30, 2025, 10:41 (GMT+7)
The victory of the Viet Bac Autumn - Winter Campaign 1947 created favourable conditions - both in terms of strength and strategic position - for the Vietnamese people’s resistance war to advance toward final triumph. The lessons in the art of force organisation and deployment from this campaign remain highly relevant and should continue to be studied, applied, and further developed in the ongoing cause of national defence.
General Hoang Van Thai - A talented military commander, an outstanding student of President Ho Chi Minh
Sunday, May 11, 2025, 09:08 (GMT+7)
Throughout his revolutionary career, General Hoang Van Thai was entrusted by the Party, State, and Military with many significant positions. Regardless of any positions, the General consistently demonstrated himself to be a talented military commander, brilliantly exemplifying the qualities of “a general’s ethics” as taught by Uncle Ho, making substantial contributions to our Party and nation’s revolutionary cause
Worthy of being the leading agency of the Army in advising and directing militia and self-defence work
Thursday, March 27, 2025, 08:41 (GMT+7)
In response to the requirements of strengthening national defence, security, and safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation, the Militia and Self-Defence Department has been synchronously implementing solutions to effectively perform its function of advising and directing the strategy of militia and self-defence work.