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
Combining socio-economic development with strengthening defence and security in the Central Highlands today
Wednesday, December 31, 2025, 14:26 (GMT+7)
The Central Highlands is an area of particular strategic importance in terms of economy, politics, defence, security, and ecological environment. It is also home to a large population of ethnic minority groups, among whom the living conditions of a part of the population remain difficult. Therefore, ensuring stable and sustainable development in the Central Highlands is of great significance to the country’s overall development.
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.
Engineer Brigade 25 upholds the tradition of “Opening the way to victory”, successfully completing its mission
Friday, December 26, 2025, 13:14 (GMT+7)
The glorious achievements during 50 years of development and combat provide a great source of pride and encouragement for generations of officers and soldiers of the Brigade today so that they constantly strive, train, overcome all difficulties, and excellently complete their political tasks, contributing to improving its overall quality, combat strength.
Party Committee of the Army Academy upholds its core leadership role in the new period
Friday, December 19, 2025, 20:52 (GMT+7)
Promoting the core leadership role of the Army Academy’s Party Committee in the new period is not only an objective requirement but also a pivotal task and a solid foundation for leading the Academy to become comprehensively strong, “exemplary and outstanding”, smart and modern, capable of successfully fulfilling its missions, training outstanding command and staff officers, and contributing to the building of a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern Army, firmly safeguarding the Fatherland in the new era.
Z129 Factory enhances defence and economic production capacity to meet integration and development requirements
Monday, December 15, 2025, 13:20 (GMT+7)
In response to this situation, the Party Committee and Board of Directors of the Factory have proactively implemented a range of synchronous solutions aimed at enhancing production capacity, improving working conditions and incomes for employees, and accelerating international integration, thereby creating new momentum for development.
Promoting contests and competitions – a breakthrough to improve the combat power in Regiment 213
Monday, December 15, 2025, 13:20 (GMT+7)
Clearly understanding such significance and importance, Regiment 213 of the Air Defence Division 363 has chosen contests and competitions as the breakthrough to make a steady change in their training and in the building of all strong, “exemplary, typical” units, continuously improving overall quality and combat power, firmly managing and safeguarding the Fatherland’s airspace in all situations.
Brigade 139 builds a modern, highly skilled mobile signal force
Friday, December 12, 2025, 20:51 (GMT+7)
Brigade 139, under Signal Corps, is a strategic-level signal unit tasked with organising training, maintaining combat readiness, and providing mobile communications support for leaders of the Ministry of National Defence in directing offices and units across the entire Military, as well as ensuring routine communications in Military Region 2 and part of the capital city of Hanoi, and performing other contingency missions
Cao Bang province focuses its leadership on defence and military tasks
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 21:28 (GMT+7)
Thoroughly grasping the Party’s lines and policies on defence and security tasks, Cao Bang province has been focusing its leadership and direction on well performing these tasks, creating a favourable environment for socio-economic development and contributing to firmly protecting the Fatherland in the new situation
NATO strengthens defence industrial cooperation
Thursday, December 11, 2025, 10:07 (GMT+7)
Strengthening cooperation in the defence industry is one of the key priorities emphasised at the NATO Summit held in the Netherlands in June 2025, aimed at enhancing the Alliance’s collective defence capabilities, unity, and long-term sustainability. The context, achievements, difficulties, challenges, and emerging cooperation trends in this field within NATO are what have drawn significant international attention