On Thursday, Party General Secretary and President Nguyễn Phú Trọng asked the army to make all-out efforts to complete its targets and tasks for 2019.

The Central Military Commission held a conference in Hà Nội yesterday to issue a resolution directing the fulfillment of national defence and military tasks, along with building the army’s Party committee.

40 years ago, on January 7, 1979, the Vietnamese People’s Army in co-ordination with the Kampuchean United Front for National Salvation, deposed Pol Pot, putting an end to the brutal Khmer Rouge regime, liberating Cambodia’s capital city Phnom Penh.

Vietnam News Agency speaks to General and former defence minister Phạm Văn Trà, who served in the battle at the time, on how it was a war where “justice triumphs over brutality”.

A new field hospital was established in Hà Nội on Thursday, aiming to train Vietnamese military medical officers to prepare for a UN peacekeeping mission in South Sudan.

Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc stated that despite coping with difficulties, the Party and State have always paid heed to building the modern regular army at a working session with the Ministry of Defence in Hà Nội on Thursday.

Deputy Defence Minister Senior Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chí Vịnh talks to the Vietnam News Agency about the success of the fifth Việt Nam-China border defence friendship exchange, which took place recently.

Researchers and agencies are planning to restore two bomb shelters in Hà Nội’s Thăng Long Imperial Complex. The sites, used during the American war, will then be open to the public.

Việt Nam and Australia yesterday inked the Declaration on Joint Visions for Enhancing Defence Cooperation.

The Central Military Court upheld a 10-year imprisonment sentence for Đinh Ngọc Hệ– also known as “Út trọc”, former Deputy General Director of Thai Son Corporation – for “abusing position and power while performing official duties”, and another two years for “using falsified documents of agencies and organisations”, as heard at a court of appeals on November 1. 

A high-ranking Vietnamese military delegation led by Defence Minister General Ngô Xuân Lịch paid an official visit to China from October 26-28 at the invitation of his Chinese counterpart Sen. Lieut. Gen. Wei Fenghe.