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Overview of the global political and military landscape in 2025

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.

The art of force organisation and employment in Hiep Duc - Dong Duong Operation of 1965

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”

Division 377 maintains combat readiness to protect the Fatherland’s airspace

Division 377 maintains combat readiness to protect the Fatherland’s airspace

Monday, December 08, 2025, 20:54 (GMT+7)
Adhering to its functions and tasks in the new situation, Air Defence Division 377, under the Air Defence - Air Force Service, has adopted synchronised solutions to improve its combat readiness capacity as the basis for firmly protecting the Fatherland’s airspace over South Central Coast, Central Highlands, and Truong Sa special zone

Measures and resources for implementing the National marine spatial planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050

Measures and resources for implementing the National marine spatial planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050

Thursday, November 27, 2025, 15:57 (GMT+7)
Resolution No. 139/2024/QH15 on “National marine spatial planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision to 2050” was passed on 28 June 2024 at the Seventh session of the 15th National Assembly. Along with determining the scope of the planning, viewpoints, goals, visions, key tasks and breakthroughs,... the Resolution sets out 07 solutions and resources for implementing the Planning.

Fundamentals of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of 11 laws on military and national defence

Fundamentals of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of 11 laws on military and national defence

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 08:11 (GMT+7)
At its 9th session, the 15th National Assembly passed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of 11 laws on military and national defence, which took effect on 1 July 2025. This marks an important development in the process of perfecting the military and national defence institutional framework, ensuring synchronisation with the legal system, compliance with the Constitution, and alignment with the two-tier local government model

Building Naval Region 4 into a revolutionary, regular, elite, and modern force

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.

Coast Guard Region 3 enhances law education, discipline management, and safety assurance

Coast Guard Region 3 enhances law education, discipline management, and safety assurance

Monday, September 29, 2025, 21:15 (GMT+7)
All-level party committees and commands have grasped the actual situation of regularity building and observance of discipline among their troops as well as law-abiding awareness among fishermen at sea, concretised the Region Party Committee’s Resolution into proper goals, targets, and measures, and made action plans relevant to their units’ particularities

Several solutions to promote the role of the Vietnam People’s Navy as a pillar for fishermen to "reach out to the sea" in the new situation

Several solutions to promote the role of the Vietnam People’s Navy as a pillar for fishermen to “reach out to the sea” in the new situation

Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 07:07 (GMT+7)
The program entitled the Vietnam People’s Navy serves as a pillar for fishermen to “reach out to the sea” not only embodies the Vietnam People’s Army’s function as an army ready for work, but also directly contributes to cementing military - civilian solidarity and building a firm posture of “people’s hearts and minds”. In recent years, the Program has yielded significant results. However, due to several issues emerging from the implementation of the Program, there should be more researches to introduce appropriate solutions for the upcoming time

Continuing the legacy of the National People’s Congress to renew the organisation and operations of the National Assembly to meet the nation’s development needs in a new era

Continuing the legacy of the National People’s Congress to renew the organisation and operations of the National Assembly to meet the nation’s development needs in a new era

Thursday, August 14, 2025, 06:51 (GMT+7)
Across each historical era, inheriting the values of the National People’s Congress and under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the National Assembly has continually reformed its structure and operations, staying closely attuned to reality and fulfilling the demands of national development in the new age.

Vietnam Coast Guard enhances sea and island propagation in the new situation

Vietnam Coast Guard enhances sea and island propagation in the new situation

Wednesday, July 30, 2025, 10:14 (GMT+7)
The Party Committee and Command of the Vietnam Coast Guard (VCG) have always paid due attention to leading and directing sea and island propagation, considering this as one of their central political tasks and breakthrough measures to create synergy for managing and firmly defending national sacred sovereignty over seas and islands

Ten major global military and defence events in 2025
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