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
Experiences in raising training and combat readiness quality at Mechanised Infantry Division 308
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 18:24 (GMT+7)
The Division’s Party Committee and Command have focused their leadership and direction on taking various synchronised, drastic measures to improve the performance of this routine, central political mission as the basis for raising the Division’s synergy and combat strength. There have been many reforms in training and combat readiness work; targets of training work have all been excellently fulfilled; the Division has gained the title of “Good Training Unit” for many consecutive years
Building Naval Region 4 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force
Friday, October 10, 2025, 14:40 (GMT+7)
Promoting its proud tradition as a Heroic People’s Armed Forces Unit, the officers and sailors of Naval Region 4 remain united, resilient, and determined to overcome all difficulties and hardships. They will continue to uphold their noble spirit and persist in building the Region into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force, firmly defending the sacred maritime sovereignty of the Fatherland.
Global trends in military technology and implications for building a modern army
Monday, September 22, 2025, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Keeping abreast of global trends in military technology and undertaking comprehensive and precise analyses of opportunities and challenges, is a crucial basis for formulating an overarching strategy for development and orienting military technology in line with the specific characteristics, functions, and missions of each service branch, towards the common goal of building a modern army.
Building Artillery Brigade 45 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern unit
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 14:39 (GMT+7)
Being founded on 22 August 1945, Artillery Brigade 45 (Artillery Corps) was the first towed artillery unit of the Vietnam People’s Army. Over the past 80 years of construction, combat, and maturity, in any tasks or circumstances, the Brigade has always heightened the spirit of “determination to fight and to win”, excellently fulfilling all assigned missions
Division 346 strives for good training and high combat readiness
Monday, July 14, 2025, 15:52 (GMT+7)
The Division has proactively closely cooperated with localities in assigning targets of call-up work and deploying cadres for reviews and re-inspections under the motto of “coming to every house, checking every address, keeping careful records, giving timely encouragements” to grasp the quantity and quality of target individuals as the basis for organising its units and facilitating training steps
Brigade 679 realises “three focal points” to improve its combat strength
Wednesday, June 25, 2025, 16:22 (GMT+7)
In response to the new requirements of protecting national sovereignty over seas and islands, cadres and soldiers of Brigade 679, Naval Region 1 have been devoting their efforts to mastering modern weaponry and raising their combat readiness capacity to resolutely safeguard national sovereignty over the North’s seas and islands
Air Defence Division 361 raises the quality of training and combat readiness
Monday, May 19, 2025, 13:28 (GMT+7)
On 19 May 1965, Air Defence Division 361 - Hanoi Air Defence Unit was established. In the past 60 years of construction, combat, victory, and maturity, generations of cadres and soldiers of the Division have always remained unity, courage, and resilience in combat, promoting proactivity and creativity in construction and development, maintaining good training and high combat readiness, managing and firmly protecting the assigned airspace and crucial targets
Brigade 683 improves its military transport capacity
Friday, May 16, 2025, 07:56 (GMT+7)
As a strategic combined, multimodal transport unit, Brigade 683 (under Department of Vehicles, Machinery, and Transport, General Department of Logistics - Technology) is tasked with transporting personnel, weaponry, and logistics materials for other units stationed in the Central - Central Highlands area by road, rail, and sea and maintaining readiness for many other missions
Vietnam Coast Guard’s participation in national sovereignty, security, order, and safety protection at sea - key considerations
Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 07:42 (GMT+7)
In the face of rapid, complex changes throughout the world and in the region, the task of managing and protecting national security and sovereignty over seas and islands has been posing numerous challenges to the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG). Properly recognising and addressing these issues will enable the VCG to fulfil its role as the core force in law enforcement and in maintaining national security, order, and safety at sea