Advise on the development and synchronous implementation of a system of strategies on military, defense and national defense.

During the 2020-2025 term, based on existing strategies, the Central Military Commission has directed competent agencies to proactively research, advise, and propose to the Party and State to issue resolutions and strategies on civil defense and national defense strategies in the new situation (Resolution No. 44-NQ/TW); gradually supplement and perfect the system of strategies on military and defense, playing the role of a "handbook for defending the country" in the new period.

In the art of defending the country, the guiding motto is given special attention; the viewpoint of "relying on the people, the people are the root", the people are the center, the subject is concretized in the strategy of national defense; especially emphasizing the spirit of patriotism, promoting the strength of the great national unity bloc, the will of self-reliance and self-strengthening of the Vietnamese people, especially the young generation; building a solid "people's heart position", and keeping the people safe is the decisive factor for the victory of the cause of building and defending the country.

Missile boats of Brigade 170 (Naval Region 1) practice live-fire at sea. Photo: DOAN HIEP

A very important new point is to advise the Party and the State to issue resolutions and strategies on civil defense. In the new thinking on national defense, we not only prevent and defeat aggressive wars but also focus on civil defense, prevention, combat, and overcoming the consequences of war, natural disasters, epidemics, environmental disasters, etc., and non-traditional security challenges. This is the pinnacle strategy of the art of building and defending the country of the Vietnamese people.

develop the art of building and organizing forces to carry out military, defense and national defense tasks.

On the basis of advising on building and organizing the national defense force including the people's force and the people's armed forces; consistent with the viewpoint of all-people national defense and people's war, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense have directed research and advice to the Party and State to take care of building the all-people national defense force through strengthening national defense and security education for the political system and all people, considering building the "people's heart posture" as the foundation of the national defense posture and national defense.

In building the armed forces, the outstanding results were advising the Politburo to issue Resolution No. 05-NQ/TW, and at the same time the Central Military Commission issued Resolution No. 230-NQ/QUTW on the organization of the Vietnam People's Army for the period 2021-2030 and the following years. Leading and directing the building of a lean, compact, strong, and modern military organization; promulgating a set of criteria for building a modern Vietnam People's Army. Establishing new combat forces and a number of army corps to meet the requirements of the task of protecting the Fatherland early, from afar, in the new situation.

There are many policies and projects to build a strong and widespread militia and self-defense force; a strong reserve force, improving the quality of military expertise; reorganizing the Border Guard force at the provincial level under the Provincial Military Command. There have been many programs and projects to build militia forces in border areas, permanent militia squadrons on duty at sea and on islands, and to organize regional defense clusters in localities when merging, adjusting administrative boundaries and implementing two-level local government. Directing military and militia units to closely coordinate with the Public Security force to perform well the tasks of national defense and protecting security, order and social safety, especially at the grassroots level.

develop theories on war forms, types, and methods of strategic operations.

The highlight of the term was to research and clearly identify the forms of war and many new types of operations. In the face of the complex changes of conflicts, wars and the development of science and technology in the world, it has researched and generalized 5 forms of war; 8 types of strategic operations and supplemented and developed the art of leadership, direction, command, and operation of conducting people's war in new conditions; developed theories on the art of campaigns, strategies, and the art of classifying battlefields and combat environments; developed methods of national defense and strategic defense operations; comprehensive attacks and cyberspace operations in people's war for national defense.

In addition, we also actively research the theory of joint operations; offensive operations against strategic airborne enemies, the art of comprehensive offensive campaigns; supplement the determination to protect the Fatherland, the theory of national defense struggle, building defense lines, security belts to protect the Fatherland early, from afar, from outside the territory, national administrative borders...

Directing the construction of military zone and defense areas, creating a solid, interconnected defense arrangement in each locality and nationwide.

Building military and defense postures, and national defense postures are extremely important contents in the art of military and defense. Leading the implementation of the overall planning of national defense land, defense works, combat works, airports, ports, underground works, dual-use works; projects on preventing and combating unmanned vehicles, building military ships; adjusting the overall planning of national defense arrangements in accordance with the determination to protect the country.

Direct the construction of military zone defense, defense areas and civil defense to ensure mobility, flexibility, interconnectivity and solidity; effectively implement the "four on-the-spot"; proactively develop a modern, self-reliant, dual-use defense industry, so that the national defense strength, potential and posture are enhanced, the national defense power is raised, contributing to maintaining independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity, creating a peaceful and stable environment for national development.

In the art of national defense, consistent with the viewpoint of closely combining socio-economic development with ensuring national defense and security, implementing the Resolution of the 13th National Congress of the Party with the new point of adding the foreign affairs element to combine economy, culture, society, foreign affairs with national defense and security and national defense and security with economy, culture, society, foreign affairs, creating unity and comprehensiveness in combination. Advise the Politburo to issue 2 conclusions on strengthening national defense potential combined with socio-economic development in the strategic directions of the Fatherland...

The results of developing military and defense arts in the past term have significantly contributed to the successful implementation of the Resolution of the 11th Party Congress of the Army, and at the same time have played a role in orienting and guiding future military and defense activities to always be in line with the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws and policies, promoting the unique advantages of the country's military arts, and firmly protecting the Fatherland in the new era.

Colonel LE VAN HUONG, Vietnam Institute of Defense History and Strategy

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