80th foundation day of Military Region 7 marked in Ho Chi Minh City

80th foundation day of Military Region 7 marked in Ho Chi Minh City

A ceremony was held in Ho Chi Minh City on December 9 to mark the 80th foundation day of Military Region 7 (December 10, 1945 - 2025) and to confer the title Hero of the People’s Armed Forces upon the unit.

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Military youth confidently advances into new era

PANO - As one of the largest components of the Vietnam People’s Army (VPA) and an exemplary part of Vietnamese youth, young soldiers have always been a vanguard force in safeguarding national independence, sovereignty, and territorial integrity.

Training course for nationwide military cadres opened


PANO - The General Staff kick-started the nationwide military cadre training course 2026 at the National Military Training Center No.4 on December 8 in the presence of Deputy Minister of National Defense Senior Lieutenant General Vu Hai San.
USS Tripoli, USS Robert Smalls arrive in Da Nang

PANO - Guided-missile cruiser USS Robert Smalls and America-class amphibious assault ship USS Tripoli, carrying more than 2,000 officers and sailors under the command of Rear Admiral Thomas Shultz, Commander of U.S. Expeditionary Strike Group 7, arrived at Tien Sa Port on December 8, starting a four-day friendly visit to Da Nang City.

Vietnamese and Chinese units enhance border management cooperation


PANO - Vietnam’s border posts and China’s Jinping Meeting Point held talks on December 8 in Tan Phong ward, Lai Chau province to review cooperation results in the second half of 2025.
Troops from Army Corps 34’s Military School build houses for flood-hit residents in Gia Lai

PANO - As part of the ongoing “Quang Trung Campaign,” nearly 100 officers and soldiers from the Military School of Army Corps 34 have, in recent days, actively and urgently built and repaired houses for households affected by storms and floods in Ngo May commune, Gia Lai province.

Military Hospital 15 and Corps 15 provide medical examinations and medicine for people in Gia Lai


PANO - Military Hospital 15, in coordination with Defense-Economic Unit 72 under Corps 15 and the local authorities, organized a medical examination, health consultation, and free medicine distribution program for local residents on December 4 in Ia Pnon commune, Gia Lai province.
PAN’s 33 issues published on Dien Bien Phu battlefield: Unique technical solutions and creative design

PANO - During the Dien Bien Phu Campaign, field communication played a vital role alongside command and logistics. The 33 issues of the People’s Army Newspaper (PAN) published directly at the front became a remarkable journalistic phenomenon. They were produced amidst fierce combat, marked by sharp, highly mobilizing content, and distinguished by inventive technical and artistic solutions adapted to the harsh realities of war.

Chemical troops revive “dead lands”


PANO - Over the past two years, the image of chemical troops diligently operating equipment to collect and treat CS toxic agent left from the war has become familiar. They are contributing to restoring life to areas once considered “dead lands.”
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