Factory Z173 promotes tradition, enhances internal strength, and goes global
Wednesday, October 29, 2025, 19:15 (GMT+7)
With solid goals, enterprise, and the sensitivity in choosing product strategies, the Factory has always been on the right track, stood firm despite difficulties and made numerous developments, making significant contributions to the cause of national construction and defence.
Global trends in military technology and implications for building a modern army
Monday, September 22, 2025, 19:23 (GMT+7)
Keeping abreast of global trends in military technology and undertaking comprehensive and precise analyses of opportunities and challenges, is a crucial basis for formulating an overarching strategy for development and orienting military technology in line with the specific characteristics, functions, and missions of each service branch, towards the common goal of building a modern army.
Shaping the defence and security policy of the US President Donald Trump's administration
Monday, March 10, 2025, 15:19 (GMT+7)
Although things are still unclear, the decisions that President Donald Trump will make in his new term, especially in the field of defence and security, will certainly have a great impact on the regional and world security structure.
Kien Giang province builds solid defensive zones
Monday, February 10, 2025, 10:45 (GMT+7)
Fully aware of the Party’s strategic lines on building defensive zones, over the years, the provincial armed forces have always brought into play their core role in maintaining coordination to provide advice, direction, and guidance on the building and operation of defensive zones, thereby achieving relatively comprehensive results
Continuing to promote the role of a production force in the new situation
Sunday, December 08, 2024, 21:17 (GMT+7)
In response to the requirements and tasks of building and defending the Fatherland in the new period, the entire army is required to continue to uphold its responsibility and better perform the function of a "production force", contributing to consolidating and enhancing the defence potential and national strength.
National Marine Spatial Planning for the period of 2021 - 2030, with a vision towards 2050
Saturday, September 28, 2024, 15:57 (GMT+7)
It must be the concretisation of the Party’s lines and the State’s laws on marine spatial management and use to turn Vietnam into a marine powerhouse which can get rich from the sea and ensure sustainable development, security, and safety under the Resolution of the 13th National Party Congress, the 10-year socio-economic development Strategy between 2021 and 2030,
The Party's thoughts on developing defence industry to meet the requirements of safeguarding the Fatherland in the new period
Thursday, September 26, 2024, 14:48 (GMT+7)
Based on a thorough understanding of the Party’s resolutions and directives on developing defence industry, the Central Military Commission, Ministry of National Defence (MND), and all-level party committees and authorities have consistently focused on comprehensively adopting various solutions to effectively carry out this important task. Significant results have been achieved, with some exceeding the pre-set objectives
Factory Z173 remains proactive in integration and development
Wednesday, April 24, 2024, 15:36 (GMT+7)
Factory Z173 (aka Hong Ha Shipbuilding One Member Limited Liability Company), under the General Department of Defence Industry, is tasked with building and repairing warships, taking part in building ships for the country’s economic sectors and export, importing and exporting materials and equipment for building ships and manufacturing metal modules
Military Vessel Design Institute overcomes difficulties to master technologies
Wednesday, January 31, 2024, 11:42 (GMT+7)
In recent years, facing developments of building the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and defending the Fatherland, most notably the requirements of self-reliance and modernisation of the VPA, the MVDI Party Committee and Commanders have stuck to the direction for developing the defence industry; proactively overcome difficulties, taken advantage of opportunities, and pursued many solutions to improve capacity to research, design, and provide advice to military ship building programmes.
Top 10 international defence and military events in 2022
Friday, January 27, 2023, 09:12 (GMT+7)
In 2022, the world continued to witness a volatile panorama with dark and light colours interwoven. Strategic competition among major powers, local conflicts, boundary and territorial disputes, arms races, etc. happened in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic being controlled, yet its aftermaths still affect many countries.