In the coming years, peace and cooperation will remain the major trend, but the world situation will continue to evolve rapidly, unpredictably and face epochal changes. For our country, the achievements after nearly 40 years of renovation have created the position and strength to enter a new era, an era of national development. Despite many advantages, we also face many difficulties, challenges and new complex problems. To strengthen national defense and firmly protect the Fatherland in the new era of the nation, it is necessary to effectively implement the following basic solutions:

Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh inspects the Technical Area of ​​Brigade 204, Artillery Corps, June 2025. Photo: VAN HIEU

First, strengthen the Party's leadership and State management over national defense and protection of the Fatherland.

It is necessary to focus on improving the capacity to plan, thoroughly grasp and organize the synchronous and effective implementation of directives, resolutions, conclusions, projects and plans on military , national defense and national protection. Closely follow the viewpoints, goals, mottos, tasks and solutions that have been set out, especially the issue of protecting the Fatherland early and from afar; combine national defense and security (NDS) with socio-economics (SE); SES with NDS, AN, foreign affairs; build the Army, militia and self-defense forces...

Along with that, strengthen the leadership and management of the Party and State in building a national defense associated with a strong people's security in terms of potential, forces and posture, in line with the determination to protect the Fatherland in the new situation. Strengthen the leadership and direction of units and localities, especially strategic and key areas, in the task of ensuring political security, order and social safety; eliminate factors causing political instability from within, from the grassroots; identify and promptly combat risks and challenges from the first signs of formation. Resolutely prevent the formation of opposition political organizations in the country; suppress the risk of military conflict and war; maintain, consolidate and enhance a peaceful environment for national construction and development.

Second, proactively research, evaluate, and accurately forecast the situation, promptly advise the Party and State on effective handling options, and avoid being passive or surprised.

Research and strategic advisory agencies need to promote their role in collecting information, analyzing, evaluating, and forecasting the international and regional situation, especially the policy and strategic adjustments of major countries and neighboring countries; international and domestic factors affecting the task of protecting the Fatherland; analyzing and forecasting correctly about partners and subjects, and finding out the correct strategic intentions of countries. Pay attention to forecasting the movements and impacts of plots and tricks of "peaceful evolution", violent overthrow, and "depoliticization" of the Army by hostile forces. At the same time, do not underestimate the forecast of possible conflicts, disputes, wars at sea, islands, borders, proxy wars, and cyberspace.

On the basis of research and forecasting, proactively propose plans to deal with new forms of war and combat environments; plans to adjust the battlefield layout in each region and each combat area. Propose and effectively organize the implementation of comprehensive, fundamental, long-term policies and solutions, prevent the risks of war and conflict early and from afar; resolve the issue of sea and islands, especially the East Sea and the Southwest sea. Advise and coordinate with departments, ministries, branches and localities in the construction of civil and dual-use works associated with defense works to preserve forces, ensure people's safety, and effectively combat non-traditional security challenges.

Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh and delegates visit the exhibition area of ​​weapons and technical equipment of the Special Forces, June 2025. Photo: VAN HIEU

Third, promote economic, cultural and social development in conjunction with strengthening national defense and security.

Entering the new era of the nation, the combination of national defense and security in economic development must not only contribute to ensuring that our country's economy develops stably, quickly and sustainably, but also be capable and always be in the highest economic readiness to ensure national defense and security in all situations. Building economic infrastructure associated with national defense and civil defense projects, ensuring dual use in each construction project. In cultural and social development, it is necessary to attach cultural values ​​to building an advanced Vietnamese culture with strong national identity, creating motivation to realize the aspiration of national development.

The Army has performed well its functions as a "fighting army, a working army, a production labor army", proactively coordinated the implementation of the Movement "The Army joins hands to build new rural areas", "The Army joins hands for the poor - leaving no one behind", participated in building and consolidating a strong local political base, sustainable hunger eradication and poverty reduction. Strengthened Vietnam's contribution to maintaining peace and stability in the region and the world through the Army's activities, first of all defense cooperation, to strengthen trust, minimize disagreements and conflicts; actively participated in international search and rescue, and participated in the United Nations peacekeeping force...

Fourth, firmly consolidate the national defense, improve the overall quality and combat strength of the Army.

It is necessary to focus on mobilizing resources to build and enhance national strength in the cause of defending and protecting the Fatherland. Improve the quality of building the potential of a strong national defense, focusing on building political and spiritual potential; build a "people's heart position", the core of which is the people's trust in the Party, the State and the increasingly solid regime. Improve the quality and effectiveness of propaganda and education work, making all classes of people clearly understand the historical roots of the country, the traditions and culture of building and defending the nation; defense and military policies and guidelines, building a national defense; policies and laws on national defense and security of the Party and the State...

Building a politically strong army, clean party organizations, strong in politics, ideology, ethics, organization and cadres. Building a strong reserve force, a strong militia and self-defense force, widespread in all regions, at sea and on islands with increasingly high professional quality. Continuing to adjust a number of agencies and units according to the general policy of the Party and State, meeting the requirements of being lean, compact, strong, highly mobile, balancing between main combat-ready units and support and service units, between regular forces, reserve forces and militia and self-defense forces.

Actively innovate the content, form, and methods of training, drills, mastering new-generation, modern weapons and equipment; train and practice joint military and service operations, and practice confrontation in environments and defense zone operations, as a basis for improving the level and combat capability of the Army.

Fifth, promote the development of the defense industry in the direction of being proactive, self-reliant, self-reliant, dual-use, modern, and having high scientific and technological level.

Focus on reorganizing core defense industry establishments, moving towards establishing a lean, efficient, advanced, and modern defense industry complex; effectively carry out a number of key, breakthrough, and spearhead tasks to approach and strive to produce advanced, modern weapons, equipment, and military equipment with a high localization rate, meeting the requirements of military modernization. Promote the application of achievements of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, take "shortcuts and take the lead" in a number of specific military technology fields to create a turning point in the design and manufacturing capacity of products with breakthrough technical and tactical features; move towards mastering basic and core technologies in the research, testing, and production of weapons and technical equipment with high technology content.

Continue to modernize existing technological lines in the production, repair, improvement, modernization of weapons, technical equipment, research institutes, laboratories and infrastructure, technical means serving research, design and testing in the defense industry. Build and perfect specific mechanisms and policies to develop the defense industry. Strengthen international cooperation, technology transfer, joint ventures, associations, cooperation in research and development of new weapons, cooperation in human resource training, international market development and branding, export of military products...

Sixth, maintain an independent, self-reliant, multilateral, and diversified foreign policy and enhance the effectiveness of international integration in national defense and protection of the Fatherland.

It is necessary to continue to effectively implement the foreign policy of independence, self-reliance, peace, friendship, cooperation and development, diversify and multilateralize foreign relations, take the national interests as paramount, and clearly identify Vietnam as a friend, a reliable partner and an active and responsible member of the international community. Continue to expand and improve the effectiveness of international integration in defense, cooperate to effectively respond to non-traditional security challenges. Mobilize external resources to consolidate and enhance defense potential; proactively grasp the situation, resolve conflicts and disputes by peaceful means, in accordance with international law. Actively coordinate with countries in establishing air defense identification zones, especially in seas and islands, firmly maintaining national sovereignty in the air and at sea. Actively participate in the United Nations peacekeeping force and spread Vietnamese cultural values, defense viewpoints, and images of Uncle Ho's soldiers to international friends...

Throughout the revolutionary process of the nation, our Party and State have always been consistent and effectively organized the implementation of strategic policies, firmly protecting the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, creating favorable conditions and a peaceful and stable environment for rapid and sustainable national construction and development in the direction of socialism. Entering the new era, in order to successfully implement the set goals and strategic visions, our entire Party, people and army must unite as one, constantly strengthen military and national defense strength, always be ready to fight and fight victoriously, firmly protecting the socialist Fatherland of Vietnam.

Senior Lieutenant General, Dr. LE HUY VINH, Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense

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