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
Message from Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025, 17:09 (GMT+7)
Talisman Sabre 2025 also demonstrates the strategic preparedness of multinational engagement, advanced technological and tactical capabilities of countries in the region; ensuring the firm commitment of Australia, the United States and other partners to maintain the stability of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Arctic in the new vortex of strategic competition
Thursday, August 07, 2025, 19:24 (GMT+7)
International public opinion believes that, with what has been and is happening, the Arctic is no longer a cold land outside the geopolitical and geo-economic calculations of countries in and outside the region, but has become the focus of new strategic competition among superpowers. However, international public opinion also hopes that this competition will not adversely affect world and regional security and peace.
An overview of the European Union’s new defence strategy and its implications for regional and international security
Friday, May 16, 2025, 15:29 (GMT+7)
In the face of rapid, complex, unpredictable developments throughout the world and in the region, numerous European Union (EU) senior officials have stated that it is time for the EU to act more decisively and proactively. Accordingly, on 19th March 2025, the EU unveiled a new Defence Strategy aimed at enhancing its security autonomy, maintaining regional stability, and safeguarding its core interests
Tank and Armoured Brigade 409 focuses on raising its synergy and combat power
Thursday, January 23, 2025, 14:01 (GMT+7)
The Brigade has comprehensively renewed training and exercises according to Resolution 19-NQ/ĐU, dated 16 March 2023, by the Military Region Party Committee, on “raising the quality of training in the period of 2023 - 2030 and beyond”. To achieve the established targets and goals, the Brigade has focused on synchronous, specialised training courses relevant to combat reality and the particularities of its operational areas
Striving to achieve the goal of building an “adept, compact, strong” Army
Monday, January 13, 2025, 13:36 (GMT+7)
The building of an “adept, compact, strong” Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) is an objective requirement, one of the goals set by the Resolutions of the 13th National Party Congress and the 11th Military Party Congress, laying a solid prerequisite for building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern VPA from 2030, meeting the task of Fatherland protection in the new situation. That necessitates party committees and commands of offices and units across the entire Military focusing their leadership and direction on fulfilling this strategic goal
10 Major Global Military and Defence Events of 2024
Thursday, January 09, 2025, 10:06 (GMT+7)
In 2024, the global landscape witnessed unprecedented complexity and unpredictability, marked by intensifying strategic competition among major powers and escalating military conflicts across various regions. These developments further destabilised an already volatile global security environment. To provide a comprehensive overview of the global security landscape, the National Defence Journal presents a roundup of the 10 most significant military and defence events
Military Region 4 continues to make significant breakthroughs in administrative reforms and digital transformation
Monday, December 30, 2024, 16:05 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of Military Region 4 have consistently put a high priority on leadership and direction to enhance the quality and effectiveness of administrative reforms and digital transformation. It is considered as core priorities and catalytic breakthroughs aimed at bolstering the efficiency and effectiveness of management, command, and operational coordination across agencies and units, enhancing synergy and combat capability
Engineer Brigade 229 proactively overcomes difficulties to raise the quality of combat training
Friday, November 08, 2024, 10:48 (GMT+7)
It should be noted that the Brigade has many target groups for training; its training courses are organised flexibly in various forms; while taking part in training courses, its troops have to perform their tasks of defence construction and bomb and mine clearance, mainly in the remote, isolated, extremely difficult areas with complex terrain, geology, and weather conditions and high safety risks
Several issues on fighting enemy’s seaborne landings in a war for Fatherland protection
Wednesday, October 30, 2024, 10:21 (GMT+7)
In the history of our nation’s struggle against foreign aggressions, apart from the Northern invaders who rarely used the sea route, most other forces launched their first invasions against our country from the sea. In case of a war to defend the Fatherland in the future, it is highly likely that the sea will remain the main direction of the enemy’s assault. Therefore, studying how to counter enemy’s seaborne landings, both in theory and in practice, is crucial for such a maritime nation as Vietnam