Since June 2014, the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence has successfully deployed nearly 1,100 personnel to UN peacekeeping operations and the UN headquarters, in both individual and unit-based formats.
The houses were built for poor, near-poor, and policy beneficiary families in urgent need of housing in the districts of Mo Cay Bac and Giong Trom, Ben Tre province. The total construction cost was 6 billion VND (231,000 USD), approximately 60 million VND per house, funded by the defence ministry through Military Region 9 and the provincial Military Command.
On the evening of April 8, two Vietnamese working groups - from the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security, returned to Hanoi, successfully completing their humanitarian missions in Myanmar. The groups were deployed on March 30 to assist with search and rescue efforts in Myanmar following the devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake hitting the country on 28 March.
Domestically developed defence products, particularly strategic ones, have been laying the foundation for a strong, independent, and modern defence industry with dual-use applications. The sector should become a spearhead of the nation’s overall industry, PM Chinh stated.
State President Luong Cuong on February 20 urged the Ministry of National Defence, to take the lead in implementing the restructuring scheme, based on the principle of "one agency handles multiple tasks, and each task is assigned to only one body."
Tests conducted at the Central Military Hospital 108 confirmed that soldier Nguyen Van Nghiep's death was caused by septic shock from a severe meningococcal infection.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien stressed that the world is undergoing era-defining transformations. Against this backdrop, the ASEAN Defence Ministers’ Meeting Plus (ADMM+) has proven effective in managing regional security, fostering dialogue, and enhancing cooperation to address emerging challenges, helping to maintain peace and stability in the Asia-Pacific.
Twenty-five families of the Mong ethnic minority group in Ta Han hamlet in Cho Don district in the northern mountainous province of Bac Kan have found a new lease on life, now happily settling in a brand-new resettlement area, thanks to the swift response from the Ministry of National Defence.
Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen. Hoang Xuan Chien has praised the progress and efforts of units involved in the dioxin remediation at Bien Hoa air base area project.
Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, led a delegation to visit and work with Military Region 7 on January 8.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh chaired a working session with the Ministry of National Defence and the Ministry of Public Security (MPS) in Hanoi on December 30 to review their apparatus reorganisation.
The 7th meeting between the Vietnamese Ministry of National Defence and the National Council of the Solidarity Front for the Development of Cambodia Motherland (SFDCM) was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 29 to review the projects on building, repairing and embellishing the countries' friendship monuments in Cambodia, and discuss coordination orientations for the coming time.
The Ministry of National Defence held a conference in Hanoi on December 27 to review global integration and defence diplomacy efforts in 2024 and chart the course for 2025.
Sixteen contracts worth 286.3 million USD in total, and 17 cooperation agreements between Vietnam’s defence industry units and businesses from various countries such as the US, India, France and Belgium were signed at the Vietnam International Defence Expo 2024 held in Hanoi from December 19-22.
The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence paid homage to and reported the army’s achievements to late President Ho Chi Minh at his mausoleum in Hanoi on December 14, in celebration of the 80th anniversary of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and 35th anniversary of the All-People Defence Festival (December 22).
Leading officials of the south central province of Binh Thuan on December 6 visited the families of six military personnel who sacrificed during a defence exercise at the National Shooting Range in Zone 3 based in Xuan Loc district in the southern province of Dong Nai several days ago.
The Vietnam Military History Museum is opening its door to a national fine art exhibition themed “Armed Forces and Revolutionary War”, the first of its kind in Hanoi, featuring 200 exemplary works, including paintings, graphic art and sculpture by 193 talented artists between 2019 and 2024.
The Ministry of National Defence held a teleconference on October 16 to review the recent term of Engineering Unit Rotation 2 and Level-2 Field Hospital Rotation 5 in the United Nations (UN) peacekeeping missions.
The Ministry of National Defence held a ceremony in Hanoi on October 7 to present decisions of the State President and the Defence Minister to three officers who will assume duties at the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) and the UN Interim Security Force for Abyei (UNISFA).
