Monday, January 12, 2026, 08:43 (GMT+7)

"Uncle Ho’s Soldiers" - a firm, reliable pillar for the people in natural disaster response

“Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” - a firm, reliable pillar for the people in natural disaster response

Friday, January 09, 2026, 16:02 (GMT+7)
In recent years, under the impact of climate change, weather conditions across our country have become increasingly complex and extreme, causing severe losses in human life and property for the State and the people. Against that backdrop, officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People’s Army have consistently upheld their role as the core force and a firm, reliable pillar for the people in natural disaster prevention and control and search and rescue

Brigade 139 builds a modern, highly skilled mobile signal force

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

Engineering Corps advances science - technology development and digital transformation

Engineering Corps advances science - technology development and digital transformation

Thursday, November 27, 2025, 15:57 (GMT+7)
“Science - technology development, innovation, and digital transformation” constitute one of the central political missions and breakthroughs of the entire Military today. Grasping that spirit, the Party Committee and Command of the Engineering Corps have focused their leadership and direction on this important task via synchronous, proper measures, laying the groundwork for building a modern Corps capable of excellently fulfilling all assigned missions

Focusing on making Division 5 comprehensively strong and exemplary

Focusing on making Division 5 comprehensively strong and exemplary

Wednesday, November 26, 2025, 09:31 (GMT+7)
Throughout its 60-year history, the Division has overcome countless difficulties and hardships. More than 34,000 officers and soldiers laid down their lives for the Fatherland, while tens of thousands of war invalids and sick veterans sacrificed their youth, leaving part of their flesh and blood across the battlefields. In recognition of its outstanding service and achievements, the Division has been awarded the title of Hero of the People’s Armed Forces

The whole Military continues raising the quality and effectiveness of Determined to Win Emulation Movement in the new era

The whole Military continues raising the quality and effectiveness of Determined to Win Emulation Movement in the new era

Friday, September 12, 2025, 16:08 (GMT+7)
Over the years, the Determined to Win Emulation Movement has been executed widely and deeply across the Military, becoming a source of motivation for troops to surmount all difficulties and successfully fulfil all assigned tasks. In the new period, the entire Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) should continue bringing the Movement to a new height to contribute to increasing the Military’s synergy and combat strength and firmly protecting the Fatherland in any situations

Making Signal Corps capable of meeting Fatherland protection requirements in the new situation

Making Signal Corps capable of meeting Fatherland protection requirements in the new situation

Thursday, August 28, 2025, 15:20 (GMT+7)
Being proud of its 80-year tradition of construction, combat, combat service, and maturity, the Signal Corps continues taking synchronised measures to modernise itself, ensuring seamless communications for leadership, direction, command, and operation, meeting the requirements of military and defence tasks and Fatherland protection in the new situation

Division 3 promotes heroic tradition to improve combat power

Division 3 promotes heroic tradition to improve combat power

Wednesday, August 27, 2025, 07:07 (GMT+7)
As the main unit of Military Region 1 tasked with training, combat readiness, natural disaster response, search and rescue, and other contingency missions, over the years, the Division has adopted many scientific, proper measures, promoting its tradition of “courage, resilience, clinging to the land, staying close to the people, self-reliance, unity, victory” in the new conditions, obtaining significant achievements in all pieces of work

Can Tho municipal armed forces step up the implementation of military and defence tasks

Can Tho municipal armed forces step up the implementation of military and defence tasks

Friday, August 15, 2025, 18:47 (GMT+7)
The Municipal Military Party Committee and the Municipal Military Command have grasped the Party’s military and defence viewpoints and guidelines, promoting revolutionary tradition, proactively giving advice to the Municipal Party Committee, the Municipal People’s Council, and the Municipal People’s Committee, directly commanding, directing, and guiding localities, offices, and units to actively perform military and defence tasks, thus obtaining significant results

Division 346 strives for good training and high combat readiness

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

Focusing on raising the quality of defence work at ministries and central sectors

Focusing on raising the quality of defence work at ministries and central sectors

Friday, June 13, 2025, 14:17 (GMT+7)
Over the years, grasping the Party’s lines and the State’s laws and policies on defence tasks and Fatherland protection in the new situation, ministries and central sectors have proactively, comprehensively, synchronously carried out defence work and achieved significant results to contribute to strengthening all-people national defence and posture of all-people national defence associated with posture of people’s security

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