Countering the rhetoric on “political pluralism and multiparty system” - viewed from the 80-year practice of the National Assembly of Vietnam

Wednesday, January 07, 2026, 06:57 (GMT+7)
The National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam is a legislative body through which the people exercise their right to mastery, greatly contributing to guiding the country towards the goal of national independence and socialism. The multi-dimensional achievements attained by the NA over the past 80 years have refuted all arguments of hostile forces aimed at espousing “political pluralism and multiparty system” and undermining the role and prestige of our NA and political system

80 years of the National Assembly of Vietnam - a journey of fortitude, intellect, innovation, and aspiration to rise together with the nation

Wednesday, January 07, 2026, 06:57 (GMT+7)
80 years of formation and development of the National Assembly (NA) of Vietnam constitute a special historical journey closely associated with the cause of national liberation, construction, and protection. During that journey, the NA has always been the centre of unity, representing the will, aspirations, and intellect of the entire people; as the highest organ of state power, it has played a key role in the country’s transformative milestones

Viewpoints on developing Vietnamese culture in the Draft Political Report to the 14th National Party Congress

Monday, November 10, 2025, 20:45 (GMT+7)
The Draft Political Report submitted to the 14th National Party Congress affirms that culture is an internal resource and driving force for development and is placed on an equal footing with economy, politics, and environment. That reflects a new perspective and approach, with clear goals, anticipated challenges, and solutions to realise the vision of cultural development in the new era

Thoroughly grasping and implementing the principle of “The People are the root”, further strengthening mass mobilisation work in the era of national ascent

Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 18:24 (GMT+7)
In today’s context of globalisation, digital transformation, and ever-deepening international integration, the Party’s mass mobilisation work is not only the vital bridge binding the Party closely with the People, but also the means through which endogenous strength is unleashed, and the aspiration for prosperous and happy development is kindled.

New political upheavals in the Europe

Monday, September 30, 2019, 06:59 (GMT+7)
In 2019, the European Union (EU) held elections that would play a decisive role in this bloc’s future when the regional and global politics were experiencing major, complex transformations. Those included the election to the European Parliament and the elections of key positions, such as European Commission (EC) President, European Central Bank President, and High Representative of the EU for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy

Key role of the state economic sector in Vietnam’s socialist-oriented market economy undeniable

Tuesday, August 13, 2019, 10:02 (GMT+7)
Promoting the state economic sector’s key role in the socialist-oriented market economy is of importance to maintaining the society’s stability and facilitating the national economy’s development. Our country’s 30-year-plus reform has proved that viewpoint and negated all distortions of this economic sector’s role

Enhancing the quality of training and retraining military cadres oriented towards their working positions

Thursday, March 28, 2019, 08:44 (GMT+7)
The Party always attaches much importance to the training and retraining of cadres. In response to the requirements of Homeland protection in the new situation, it is crucially important to introduce measures for the enhanced quality of training and retraining cadres within the military, making them fully capable of their assigned tasks

The Communist Party of Vietnam initiates and leads Doi Moi for the country to be well on the way to socialism

Thursday, September 06, 2018, 10:03 (GMT+7)
The Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV) and the Communist Party of China (CPC) co-organized their 14th theoretical symposium in Ho Chi Minh City, which highlighted Vietnam’s experience during its “Doi Moi” (Renewal) process and China’s open-door and reform policy. Vo Van Thuong, Politburo member, Secretary of the CPV Central Committee, Head of the CPV Central Committee’s Commission for Information and Education, led the Vietnamese delegation at the symposium and delivered a keynote speech. The National Defense Journal would like to present the following excerpt from his speech

Applying lessons from the August Revolution to today’s building of the great national unity

Saturday, August 11, 2018, 09:47 (GMT+7)
The August Revolution victory in 1948 taught the entire Party, people and military multiple valuable lessons as a lodestar for Vietnam’s renewal process and socialist Homeland defense. Chief among those lessons is building and upholding the strength of the great national unity, which still retains its significance and requires further research and creative real-world application under the Party’s leadership

The VPA is imbued with Uncle Ho’s thought on patriotic emulation via the accomplishment of military tasks in the new situation

Wednesday, June 06, 2018, 21:41 (GMT+7)
As our resistance war and national construction were riddled with ordeals 70 years ago, on the 11th of June, 1948, President Ho Chi Minh made an appeal for patriotic emulation in the spirit of “all-people resistance war, all-out resistance war….resistance war in tandem with national construction”