An overview of Japan’s defence equipment modernisation trends
Monday, October 27, 2025, 16:17 (GMT+7)
Amid growing complexities in the global and regional security environment, Japan has been accelerating the modernisation of Japan Self-Defence Forces (JSDF) through a series of crucial steps. With the adoption of new national security and defence strategies, along with a significant increase in defence investment, Japan’s defence equipment modernisation is reshaping the regional military balance, which has drawn considerable attention from military analysts
Military Region 1’s armed forces improve their synergy and combat strength
Tuesday, October 14, 2025, 18:24 (GMT+7)
Improving the synergy and combat power to enable the armed forces to readily undertake any missions represents the highest goal and consistent line set by Military Region 1’s Party Committee and Command. To that end, the Military Region’s Party Committee and Command have focused their leadership and direction on drastically taking various measures
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
The armed forces of Military Region 4, upholding their tradition, continue to write new feats of arms in the new era
Saturday, September 27, 2025, 14:11 (GMT+7)
During the 80-year journey of building, fighting and growing up, under the leadership of the Party, the armed forces of Military Region 4 have upheld revolutionary heroism, overcome countless difficulties and challenges, together with the army and people of the whole country to make glorious feats in the cause of national liberation, building and safeguarding the Fatherland.
Message from Exercise Talisman Sabre 2025
Friday, September 19, 2025, 17:09 (GMT+7)
Talisman Sabre 2025 also demonstrates the strategic preparedness of multinational engagement, advanced technological and tactical capabilities of countries in the region; ensuring the firm commitment of Australia, the United States and other partners to maintain the stability of a free and open Indo-Pacific.
Economic - Defence Unit 338 builds prosperous, strong border areas
Monday, September 15, 2025, 15:29 (GMT+7)
Performing its function as an army ready for work, the Unit has signed regulations on coordination with local sectors and unions in combining economic - defence tasks with the building of strong areas. Besides, it has frequently directed its working groups and teams to stay close to areas and the people and encourage the populace to strictly implement the Party’s lines and the State’s laws and policies
Remaining vigilant against distortions of our Military’s discipline
Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 08:20 (GMT+7)
Self-imposed and strict discipline is a fine tradition and one of the fundamental factors that create the fighting strength and bring victories to the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA). However, hostile and reactionary forces deliberately distort the nature and role of our military discipline in an attempt to carry out their scheme of “depoliticising” our VPA. Therefore, raising vigilance and resolutely combating such schemes represent an urgent task for every officer and soldier today
Upholding the 80-year heroic tradition of a strategic command and staff organ to make General Staff strong and capable of its missions
Saturday, September 06, 2025, 22:43 (GMT+7)
In the past 80 years of construction, combat, victory, and maturity, under the leadership and direction of the Party Central Committee and President Ho Chi Minh, particularly the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence, the General Staff has always excellently fulfilled its role as a strategic, confidential, key staff organ of the Vietnam People’s Army, making a worthy contribution to the cause of national liberation, construction, and protection
Bringing into play the spirit of August Revolution, the Military continues to remain steadfast in its combat goal and ideal in the new era
Monday, August 18, 2025, 16:02 (GMT+7)
The success of the August 1945 Revolution marked a milestone in the history of national construction and protection of Vietnam, symbolising our people’s willpower, indomitable spirit, and burning desire for national independence and freedom. 80 years have elapsed, but the greatness, indomitable spirit, and shining ideal of the August Revolution always remain existent in tandem with the country’s development, laying a solid foundation for the Vietnam People’s Army to sustain its combat goal and ideal in the new era
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