Monday, January 12, 2026, 14:44 (GMT+7)

Upholding the 80-year heroic tradition of a strategic command and staff organ to make General Staff strong and capable of its missions

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

General Staff raises the quality and effectiveness of party and political work in the new situation

General Staff raises the quality and effectiveness of party and political work in the new situation

Saturday, September 06, 2025, 22:43 (GMT+7)
In the process of formation and development of the General Staff (GS) of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA), party and political work has always served as a foundation for the GS to develop organisations and manpower, enabling the GS to successfully fulfil its functions and tasks. Bringing into play those good results, the GS will continue further raising the quality and effectiveness of party and political work to turn itself into an increasingly strong agency capable of meeting the requirements of VPA building and Fatherland protection in the new period

Promoting the role of heads of offices and units in defending the Party’s ideological foundation

Promoting the role of heads of offices and units in defending the Party’s ideological foundation

Monday, October 21, 2024, 15:49 (GMT+7)
Protecting the Party’s ideological foundation is a crucial, routine task of our entire Party, Military, and people; in this regard, heads of offices and units play a role of utmost importance. Therefore, encouraging the role and responsibility of heads of offices and units in this key task represents a matter of urgency that should be thoroughly studied both theoretically and practically

VPA to improve the effectiveness of strategic study, prediction, and advice to meet requirements and missions of safeguarding the Fatherland

VPA to improve the effectiveness of strategic study, prediction, and advice to meet requirements and missions of safeguarding the Fatherland

Tuesday, August 23, 2022, 13:33 (GMT+7)
MND’s strategic-level advisory bodies have worked closely with central commissions, ministries, and branches and localities to ceaselessly enhance ability to conduct strategic study, prediction, and advice and instruct effective, unitary, synchronous implementation of many important strategies, resolutions, conclusions, projects, and legal documents regarding military and defence domains, which contributes to improvement and development of theoretical thinking, military guidelines and arts of Viet Nam, state management of national defence, better meeting requirements of building and safeguarding the Fatherland both in the short and long term.

Military University of Culture and Arts improves the quality of education and training as a breakthrough

Military University of Culture and Arts improves the quality of education and training as a breakthrough

Monday, September 13, 2021, 09:38 (GMT+7)
Being assigned to train cadres, actors/actresses, and employees in the cultural, literary, and artistic field serving the Military and the people, over the years, the University’s Party Committee and Board have adopted various measures synchronously to successfully fulfil their education and training task. It should be noted that the University has trained cadres with master’s degree, bachelor’s degree, associate degree

Building a strong General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army on a par with its task in the new revolutionary period

Building a strong General Staff of the Vietnam People’s Army on a par with its task in the new revolutionary period

Monday, September 06, 2021, 10:03 (GMT+7)
In our national liberation wars, the General Staff gave sound advice to the Politburo, the CMC and the MND on formulating military-defence strategies and organising the VPA and the VMSF. Together with the entire Military and people, it surmounted all difficulties and challenges to defeat the most powerful colonialists and imperialists

The Air Defence - Air Force Academy improves its quality of education and training

The Air Defence - Air Force Academy improves its quality of education and training

Monday, July 15, 2019, 17:23 (GMT+7)
First of all, the Academy’s Party Committee and Directorate have focused on building a politically strong Academy as the basis for enhancing the quality of education and training. In the process, the Academy’s Party Committee has attached great value to building strong party organizations politically, morally, ideologically, and organizationally

Building a contingent of strategic staff cadres in the General Staff – MoD’s Organ equal to the mission requirements

Building a contingent of strategic staff cadres in the General Staff – MoD’s Organ equal to the mission requirements

Saturday, June 16, 2018, 22:22 (GMT+7)
Making a pool of strategic staff cadres equal to the mission is of decisive significance to the General Staff’s fulfillment of its function and assigned task. To meet the requirements set by the Military building and the Homeland safeguarding in the new situation, a focus must be placed on leading and directing this work closely, effectively

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