The art of conducting the opening engagement in North Binh Dinh Campaign of 1966
Friday, January 23, 2026, 08:28 (GMT+7)
In the North Binh Dinh counter-offensive Campaign, despite facing elite US forces, through the excellent execution of the opening engagement, we successfully created a major breakthrough and drove the Campaign to complete victory. This contributed to the defeat of the enemy’s First Dry-Season Strategic Counter-Offensive Plan on the Southern battlefield
Building a clean, strong Army Officer College No. 2 Party Committee according to Uncle Ho’s teaching
Friday, January 16, 2026, 21:57 (GMT+7)
The Army Officer College No.2 has always attached great importance to building a clean, strong party committee with comprehensive leadership capacity, high combat effectiveness, thereby improving the quality of education and training and contributing to the building of a contingent of military cadres capable of meeting requirements of national defence in the new situation.
Socialist democracy - Its superior nature and vivid reality in Vietnam
Tuesday, January 13, 2026, 15:55 (GMT+7)
Democracy within society has become increasingly advanced, substantive, and in-depth. Citizens participate in social management, either directly or indirectly, through their elected representatives. The people “exercise their right to mastery, promote creativity, and ensure social consensus.
Ten major global military and defence events in 2025
Thursday, January 08, 2026, 20:54 (GMT+7)
In 2025, the world continued to witness intense strategic competition among major powers, an increasing tendency to address issues through escalation and the use of force, along with prolonged and expanding military conflicts in many regions. Nevertheless, peace, cooperation, and development remain the major trends and shared goals. To provide a comprehensive overview, the National Defence Journal compiles and presents ten major military and defence events worldwide in 2025
Military Region 5 actively participates in disaster response, helping the people stabilise their lives
Wednesday, January 07, 2026, 06:57 (GMT+7)
Stationed in the Central Coast and Central Highlands - one of the regions that are most severely affected by diverse types of natural disasters nationwide, over the years, the armed forces of Military Region 5 have always promoted their core, pioneering role in responding to natural disasters, becoming a firm, reliable fulcrum for local Party committees, authorities, and citizens in the region
Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:15 (GMT+7)
The most prominent features of the global political and military landscape in 2025 are the irreversible trend towards multipolarity of the world order and intense competition among major powers. Besides, worrying developments from the conflicts of Russia-Ukraine, Israel-Iran, India-Pakistan, etc., and the risk of US military intervention in Venezuela are posing significant challenges to global security and stability.
Upholding the cultural values of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” in the new era
Friday, December 19, 2025, 20:52 (GMT+7)
he culture of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” represents a value system that encapsulates the revolutionary virtue, humanism, and immense spiritual strength of the Vietnam People’s Army. In the new era, the preservation, cultivation, dissemination, and promotion of these noble values constitute not only a strategic imperative but also a steadfast foundation enabling the Army to fulfil, with excellence, every mission entrusted.
Truth about human rights in Vietnam refutes all distortions
Tuesday, December 09, 2025, 10:48 (GMT+7)
In recent years, Vietnam has achieved significant progress in ensuring human rights, while also making active contributions to the United Nations’ human rights mission. These achievements serve as compelling evidence affirming the sound policies and lines of our Party, as well as the efforts and resolve of the entire political system, thereby refuting all distortions of the current human rights situation in Vietnam
“Better fewer, but better” - Lenin’s viewpoint in relation to today’s task of building a compact, strong, modern Vietnam People’s Army
Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 19:10 (GMT+7)
V.I. Lenin’s viewpoint, “Better fewer, but better”, holds profound theoretical and practical significance in the organisation and building of the apparatus of a new type of state, as well as in the formation and organisation of a revolutionary army. This viewpoint remains fully relevant today, particularly in the process of building a compact, strong, and modern Vietnam People’s Army
Strategic competition among major powers in the Asia-Pacific region and implications for ASEAN
Monday, November 24, 2025, 15:14 (GMT+7)
According to international observers, the formation of the US-led sub-multilateral security mechanisms QUAD, AUKUS, and other "trilateral, quadrilateral" security cooperation mechanisms can increase the risk of US-China confrontation and affect ASEAN's centrality in the regional security structure as shown through ARF, ADMM, ADMM+, etc. The risk of "securitising" cooperation areas will increase with the increasing momentum of strategic competition between major powers.