The distinctive features of “lure-and-trap” tactics in the 1966 Sa Thay Campaign
Thursday, July 30, 2026, 09:19 (GMT+7)
Acting upon the directive of the Central Military Commission, the Central Highlands Front Command resolved to launch an offensive campaign against the enemy in Sa Thay area - Sa Thay Campaign. This was aimed at inflicting attrition upon and annihilating a significant portion of the enemy’s effective strength, particularly US troops, and supporting the masses’ movement to break the enemy’s occupation
Several issues concerning combat support for our artillery - missile force in countering enemy strategic airborne landings during strategic defensive operations
Monday, July 27, 2026, 13:34 (GMT+7)
Combat support for the artillery - missile force is an important part of the art of artillery - missile operations, directly contributing to enhancing the firepower and combat strength of this key force. In countering enemy strategic airborne landings, such support is exceptionally demanding and fraught with difficulties, thus requiring thorough research and consideration
Preliminary studies on modern operational art in the war to defend the Fatherland
Friday, July 24, 2026, 15:10 (GMT+7)
Alongside the continued application of traditional methods of operations, research into and the development of the theory of modern operational art in the war to defend the Fatherland are both important and necessary. This is an important factor contributing to the firm safeguarding of the Fatherland in the new period.
Air Defence Division 367 focuses on effectively fulfilling training and combat readiness tasks
Friday, May 29, 2026, 10:35 (GMT+7)
Thanks to effective leadership and direction, together with the determined participation of all organisations and forces, the training quality and combat readiness capability of Air Defence Division 367 have improved markedly, contributing to firmly safeguarding the southern airspace of the Fatherland.
Issues on combat coordination between mobile and local forces in the key engagement to destroy enemy airborne landing during a counter-offensive Campaign
Thursday, May 14, 2026, 14:19 (GMT+7)
The key battle to destroy an enemy airborne landing during a counter-offensive Campaign is of vital importance. To secure victory, the Campaign Command must resolve numerous issues on combat preparation and performance; among these, combat coordination between mobile and local forces to generate combined strength is a matter requiring thorough study from both theoretical and practical perspectives
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”
On assurance of communications for deception, posture creation, and manoeuvre in the deployment of forces to counter enemy airborne landings in strategic defensive operations
Friday, December 26, 2025, 20:07 (GMT+7)
As the “lifeblood” of the battlefield, communications assurance in operations to counter strategic airborne landings in general, and in deception, posture creation, and manoeuvring deployment of forces in particular, plays a decisive role in all battlefield activities and in determining combat outcomes.
Naval Commando Brigade 5 improves high sea combat capacity
Friday, December 19, 2025, 20:52 (GMT+7)
Seas and islands are the sacred territories and survival spaces of the Fatherland. Clearly understanding the honour and assigned responsibility, Naval Commando Brigade 5 continues to make drastic and synchronous solutions for building the elite Unit, continuously improving the maritime combat capacity, contributing to maintaining a peaceful and stable environment for the country to develop in the new era.
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