General Nguyen Trong Nghia — Politburo member, Secretary of the Party Central Committee, Standing Member of the Central Military Commission, Director of the General Department of Politics under the Viet Nam People’s Army, and Chairman of the Central Military Commission’s Inspection Commission — presided over the third session of the Central Military Commission’s Inspection Commission for the 2025–2030 term in Ha Noi on September 18.

Politburo Member and Standing Member of the Party Central Committee’s Secretariat Tran Cam Tu called for effective measures to protect officials who dare to think creatively, act, take responsibility and innovate for the common good.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Viet Nam and President To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, paid a working visit to Infantry Division 308 of Army Corps 12 under the Ministry of National Defence in Ha Noi on August 18.

The second conference of the Central Military Commission for the 2025–2030 term continued its agenda in Ha Noi on June 24, chaired by of General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of National Defence, to consider and approve numerous important matters.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam chaired the second meeting of the Central Military Commission for the 2025-2030 term in Ha Noi on June 24, during which he emphasised the need for breakthroughs in building a revolutionary, regular, elite and modern military by stepping up the development of science, technology, innovation and digital transformation.

The second meeting of the Central Military Commission for the 2025-2030 term was held in Ha Noi on the morning of June 24. Party General Secretary and State President To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, attended and delivered instructions at the event.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam asked for continued efforts to build the Military Region 1 into a comprehensively strong force while attending a ceremony in the northern province of Thai Nguyen on April 12 to present the title “Hero of the People’s Armed Forces” to the unit.

Party General Secretary To Lam, who is also Secretary of the Central Military Commission, chaired a meeting of the commission in Ha Noi on March 30 to review and adopt a supplemented and revised action programme to implement several resolutions.

Party General Secretary To Lam on March 17 called on the Military Technical Academy (MTA) to strongly promote the spirit of “unity, resilience; innovation, creativity; intelligence, development” as it advances toward becoming a leading research university in science and technology.

A delegation led by Deputy Minister of National Defence Sen. Lieut. Gen Le Huy Vinh on January 12 inspected transport preparations for delegates to the upcoming 14th National Party Congress at Brigade 971 under the Department of Motor Vehicles and Transport, General Department of Logistics–Technical Services.

In 2025, with a proactive, responsible spirit and strong determination, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence focused on leading and directing the entire military to overcome difficulties, accelerate, make breakthroughs, and comprehensively fulfil assigned tasks, achieving many notable accomplishments.

Under the Party’s glorious flag, the Viet Nam People’s Army (VPA) has always been an absolutely loyal and trusted political force of the Party, the State and the people, Party General Secretary To Lam stated in an article released on the occasion of the VPA's 81st founding anniversary (December 22, 1944–2025).

The 2025 National Political-Military Conference was held by the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence in Ha Noi, on December 17 to review the leadership and direction of the implementation of military and defence tasks in 2025, and to roll out military and defence tasks for 2026. President Luong Cuong attended and delivered a keynote address.

The Viet Nam People's Army must ensure steadfast political mettle, steadfast discipline, steadfast technology, steadfast military art, and steadfast troop welfare, stressed Party chief To Lam.

General Phan Van Giang, Politburo member, Deputy Secretary of the Central Military Commission and Minister of National Defence, chaired a meeting of the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission on November 24, in order to seek opinions on several important matters.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh had a working session on the defence industry with the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defence on September 27.

The Politburo on August 25 worked with the Standing Board of the Central Military Commission to review draft documents and the personnel plan to be submitted to the 12th Congress of the Party Organisation of the Viet Nam People's Army (VPA) for the 2025–2030 tenure.

Party General Secretary To Lam has called for breakthroughs in military modernisation, innovation, and digital transformation as the Central Military Commission is preparing for the 12th Congress of the Party Organisation of the Viet Nam People's Army (VPA) for the 2025–2030 term.

On the morning of July 31, in Ha Noi, General Secretary To Lam, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, met with veterans, pre-uprising cadres, Heroic Vietnamese Mothers, military generals, and Heroes of the People's Armed Forces on the occasion of the 78th anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs’s Day and the 80th anniversary of the August Revolution and National Day (September 2).

Upholding the resolution of the Central Military Commission on “Training and exercises in the new situation”, Military Region 5 has, from the beginning of its term, implemented practical activities that help concretise the Party’s viewpoint on building an “elite, compact, strong” army, thereby meeting the requirements of national defence in the current period.