The art of shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities in the Tay Son Tinh Campaign of 1966

Thursday, February 12, 2026, 14:56 (GMT+7)
The victory of the Tay Son Tinh Campaign smashed one of the three “search and destroy” operations conducted by the enemy in Military Region 5, creating a foundation for defeating the American Local War Strategy. The valuable lessons on the art of “shaping the battlefield and creating opportunities” drawn from this campaign should be further studied, developed, and creatively applied under new conditions of people’s war in defence of the Fatherland.

On the use of armoured forces in strategic counteroffensive in national protection war

Sunday, February 18, 2024, 22:05 (GMT+7)
The use of armoured forces in strategic counteroffensive must be based on a thorough understanding of the principles of strategic operations in our war strategy to defend the Homeland. It must also be adapted to the enemy’s and our own situation and the combat environment to ensure flexibility, innovation, and effectiveness.

The 1968 Spring General Offensive and Uprising – the unity of people’s will and the Party’s commitment

Monday, January 15, 2018, 21:23 (GMT+7)
From mid-1965, after its strategy of “special warfare” was basically defeated, the U.S. leadership had to shift its policy to “local warfare” with the deployment of massive U.S. expeditionary forces into South Vietnam. In this new phase of the war, U.S Command combined “search and destroy” actions with “rural pacification” activities and declared that the People’s Liberation Armed Forces of South Vietnam would be completely annihilated in just 18 months