Strategic structural shift across the Atlantic
Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 14:39 (GMT+7)
International public opinion holds that US President Donald Trump’s foreign policy during his second term has not only influenced global political developments, but also served as a catalyst for an extensive military restructuring across the Atlantic. This issue has drawn close attention from many countries
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.
The Great Victory of Spring 1975 – Lessons for the cause of building the army, strengthening national defence, and safeguarding the Fatherland in the new situation
Thursday, April 24, 2025, 22:22 (GMT+7)
The invaluable lessons of the Great Victory of Spring 1975 remain profoundly relevant today, they must be inherited, further developed, and creatively applied to the cause of defending the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, creating a peaceful, stable environment in which our nation can firmly advance into a new era of development, civilisation and prosperity.
General Department of Defence Industry makes breakthroughs in researching, designing, and manufacturing modern weapons and equipment
Friday, January 10, 2025, 12:02 (GMT+7)
Under Resolution 08-NQ/TW, dated 26 January 2022, by the 13th Politburo, on accelerating the development of defence industry towards 2030 and beyond, the General Department of Defence Industry has been actively implementing comprehensive and synchronous solutions to enhance its capacity in researching, designing, and manufacturing modern weapons and equipment
Vietnam’s military art and the requirements for its development in the new situation (Continued)
Saturday, August 17, 2024, 20:36 (GMT+7)
Vietnam’s military art in the two resistance wars against the French and Americans is the military art of a people’s war that is very distinctive and unique, based on a combination of traditional and modern elements. It is the military art of a liberation war, gradually developing to reach its peak during the final stage of the resistance war against the Americans for national liberation.
Japan promotes the progress of Indo-Pacific strategy
Monday, July 29, 2024, 16:46 (GMT+7)
In response to the increasingly complex global security environment and cut-throat geopolitical competition, the Japanese government advocates not only strengthening defence capabilities, but also promoting Indo-Pacific strategy with a long-term vision. This new Tokyo-driven motive has drawn deep attention from international public opinion
Applying Ho Chi Minh’s thought on war rear to the cause of national building and protection today
Friday, July 19, 2024, 07:31 (GMT+7)
Throughout the course of the Vietnamese revolutionary leadership, especially during the resistance wars against French colonialists and American imperialists, as well as during the cause of building socialism in the North, President Ho Chi Minh placed great emphasis on the task of constructing and defending the rear, considering it one of the decisive factors for the victory of the struggle for national liberation, construction, and protection
Finland’s accession to NATO and its implications on the region and the world
Tuesday, May 14, 2024, 02:46 (GMT+7)
After Russia launched the “special military operation” in Ukraine, the Finnish Ministry for Foreign Affairs issued a report on the international security environment on 13 April 2022, stating that Russia’s action had completely altered the security environment in Europe and that Russia posed a significant security threat to Finland. This is the clearest indication that Finland abandoned its policy of neutrality, and it also served as a sign that the country would draw closer to NATO.
Fundamental aspects of the Resolution of the 8th Central Committee Plenum (13th Tenure) on the Strategy for Fatherland protection in the new situation
Tuesday, January 23, 2024, 15:00 (GMT+7)
Based on a comprehensive evaluation of the achieved results and a realistic forecast, the Strategy has clearly defined visions, objectives, guiding principles, tasks, and solutions for Fatherland defence in the coming period. Additionally, it emphasises the need for a more thorough understanding and supplementary development, taking into account the global, regional, and domestic situations.
Promoting national “soft power” in the cause of national defence and protection of the Fatherland
Thursday, December 28, 2023, 10:51 (GMT+7)
Viet Nam always emphasises justice, great national unity, national independence and socialism, consistency of its strategic principles, flexibility in its stratagems, compliance with President Ho Chi Minh’s perspectives on acting flexibly while maintaining firmly his own principles, being a friend of all democratic countries, and having no desire to make an enemy of any countries. This is one of a fundamental source of “soft power,” together with other types of power, to make up the national overall power to firmly safeguard the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.