VOV.VN - Party General Secretary and President, as well as Secretary of the Central Military Commission To Lam presented the title “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” to Military Region 1 under the Ministry of National Defence at a ceremony in held Thai Nguyen province, northern Vietnam on April 12.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly of Vietnam approved the Vice Chairperson and members of the National Defence and Security Council at its first session on April 8 in Hanoi, with Prime Minister Le Minh Hung serving as Vice Chairman.

A workshop on gender integration in Vietnam’s post-war mine action activities was held in Hanoi on March 30, as part of a project aimed at enhancing women’s participation in peace and security efforts, funded by the Canadian Department of National Defence.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh’s official visit to Russia from March 22–25 is expected to be a source of encouragement for the Vietnamese community in Russia to reinforce ties with their homeland, said Do Xuan Hoang, Chairman of the Union of Vietnamese Organisations in Russia.

VOV.VN - Party General Secretary To Lam and Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh attended a nationwide groundbreaking ceremony marking the start of construction for 121 inter-level boarding schools in land border communes.

Minister of National Defence General Phan Van Giang hosted a reception for Michael DeSombre, US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs, in Hanoi on February 13.

VOV.VN - Foreign affairs, alongside national defence and security, has been identified as a core and regular task of strategic importance for Vietnam in the new development phase, reflecting both evolving global conditions and the country’s long-term national interests.

In the new era, the military’s logistics and technical sector must take the lead in sci-tech innovation, proactively absorbing the most advanced achievements of human knowledge, applying them to its development and the country’s industrialisation and modernisation, Party General Secretary To Lam said on January 14.

VOV.VN - The Vietnam Veterans Association in Berlin-Brandenburg on the evening of December 21 marked the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Vietnam People’s Army (1944-2025) and the 36th anniversary of the All-People National Defence Day (1989-2025).

Party General Secretary To Lam on December 16 commended female military personnel for their important and meaningful contributions to building the army, strengthening national defence, and developing and firmly safeguarding the Fatherland.