Building strong, modern all-people national defence in the new period

Building strong, modern all-people national defence in the new period

Sunday, February 22, 2026, 15:32 (GMT+7)
Building strong, modern all-people national defence is a new strategic guideline supplemented and developed by the 14th National Party Congress, aimed at promoting the combined strength of all forces and enhancing defence capability to firmly safeguard the Fatherland in the new era. To successfully accomplish this important task, it is necessary to clearly identify key priorities and encourage the participation of all sectors, the entire political system, and the whole people

Brigade 596 enhances its capacity to ensure military communications

Brigade 596 enhances its capacity to ensure military communications

Sunday, February 22, 2026, 15:32 (GMT+7)
While stepping up the study and following of Ho Chi Minh’s thought, morality, and lifestyle, and the Campaign entitled “Promoting tradition, devoting talent, deserving to be Uncle Ho’s Soldiers in the new period” through specific and practical actions, the Brigade has made breakthroughs in renewing and improving political and ideological education

Editorial: The Party – Springtime and the nation’s ascent

Editorial: The Party – Springtime and the nation’s ascent

Tuesday, February 10, 2026, 09:50 (GMT+7)
Under the Party’s glorious banner, the entire Party, People, and armed forces must unite with one heart and mind, uphold confidence, shoulder responsibility, harness intellect, and devote themselves wholeheartedly; turning strategies into action and aspirations into reality; building our country to become ever more dignified and prosperous, greater and more beautiful, as President Ho Chi Minh always wished.

The art of conducting the opening engagement in North Binh Dinh Campaign of 1966

The art of conducting the opening engagement in North Binh Dinh Campaign of 1966

Friday, January 23, 2026, 08:28 (GMT+7)
In the North Binh Dinh counter-offensive Campaign, despite facing elite US forces, through the excellent execution of the opening engagement, we successfully created a major breakthrough and drove the Campaign to complete victory. This contributed to the defeat of the enemy’s First Dry-Season Strategic Counter-Offensive Plan on the Southern battlefield

Regiment 31 enhances overall quality and combat power

Regiment 31 enhances overall quality and combat power

Tuesday, January 20, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
Honoured and proud of its glorious tradition of 80 years of construction, combat, victory, and growth, Regiment 31 continues to strive to enhance its overall quality and combat power, successfully accomplishing all assigned missions and writing new chapters of achievement in the new era.

Building a clean, strong Army Officer College No. 2 Party Committee according to Uncle Ho’s teaching

Building a clean, strong Army Officer College No. 2 Party Committee according to Uncle Ho’s teaching

Friday, January 16, 2026, 21:57 (GMT+7)
The Army Officer College No.2 has always attached great importance to building a clean, strong party committee with comprehensive leadership capacity, high combat effectiveness, thereby improving the quality of education and training and contributing to the building of a contingent of military cadres capable of meeting requirements of national defence in the new situation. 

Building Political Officer College on par with its mission requirements in the new era

Building Political Officer College on par with its mission requirements in the new era

Monday, January 12, 2026, 10:31 (GMT+7)
Over the past 50 years of construction, combat, and growth, Political Officer College has firmly established itself as a centre for training political officers at grass-roots level (battalion level and below), contributing to building a politically strong Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and ensuring the Party’s absolute, direct leadership over the Military in all aspects. In the new stage of development, the College continues promoting its glorious tradition and a robust reform to meet the requirements of building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern VPA

Ten major global military and defence events in 2025

Ten major global military and defence events in 2025

Thursday, January 08, 2026, 20:54 (GMT+7)
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

Solutions to raise the effectiveness of permanent militia flotillas in safeguarding sea and island sovereignty

Solutions to raise the effectiveness of permanent militia flotillas in safeguarding sea and island sovereignty

Tuesday, December 30, 2025, 10:31 (GMT+7)
In recent years, under the leadership and direction of the Central Military Commission and Ministry of National Defence, relevant agencies and units and coastal localities have actively implemented Phase 1 of the Project on “building permanent militia flotillas to safeguard sea and island sovereignty in the new situation”

Upholding the cultural values of "Uncle Ho’s Soldiers" in the new era

Upholding the cultural values of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” in the new era

Friday, December 19, 2025, 20:52 (GMT+7)
he culture of “Uncle Ho’s Soldiers” represents a value system that encapsulates the revolutionary virtue, humanism, and immense spiritual strength of the Vietnam People’s Army. In the new era, the preservation, cultivation, dissemination, and promotion of these noble values constitute not only a strategic imperative but also a steadfast foundation enabling the Army to fulfil, with excellence, every mission entrusted.

Building a revolutionary, regular, elite, modern People’s Army capable of playing a core role in developing strong, modern all-people national defence closely linked with people’s security and "people’s hearts and minds posture"
The Military Party Organisation delegation expresses its high consensus with the draft Documents submitted to the 14th National Party Congress. These draft Documents have been prepared meticulously, comprehensively; they have profoundly summarised practical experience, identified breakthrough, pioneering strategic orientations, and affirmed the resolve and aspirations of the entire Party, people, and Military in the era of national rise