Politics & Laws

Laws passed at 6th NA session announced

These include the Law on Citizen Identity, Revised Law on Telecommunications, Law on Forces participating in the Protection of Security and Order at the Grassroots Level, Law on Water Resources, Law on Management and Protection of National Defense Works and Military Zones, Revised Law on Real Estate Trading, and Revised Law on Housing.
Politics & Laws

The mystery behind the Army's current name

A friend pointed out that my using "National Army" for the People's Army of Việt Nam (PAVN) during the years leading up to Điện Biên Phủ caused confusion with the army in former South Việt Nam. Further, she referred me to Vietnamese articles on the Web saying that, by 1950, "People's Army" was already in use. I began to check. It turns out we were wrong.

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