National Defense and Security Education Examination Review

Vocabulary practice flashcards covering fundamental concepts, definitions, legal frameworks, and military doctrines from National Defense and Security Education.

Birth of the Vietnam People's Army

An objective necessity conforming to historical laws of class struggle and national liberation struggle in Vietnam, as affirmed by President Hồ Chí Minh.

Absolute Party Leadership Principle

The principle that the Communist Party of Vietnam maintains sole, exclusive leadership over the people's armed forces and does not share or cede command authority to any other class, force, or organization.

Early Resistance Combat Tactics

The tactics frequently applied during the early stages of the resistance wars against the French and the Americans, specifically raids (tập kích), ambushes (phục kích), and mobile offensives (vận động tiến công).

Stratagem: "Kế"

The tactical method of directing and manipulating enemy movements according to one's own intent to seize the initiative and compel them to fight on our terms.

Stratagem: "Mưu"

The art of deceiving the enemy to strike at their weak, exposed, or unprepared positions, causing them to become passive and disorganized.

Circular 05/2020/TT-BGDĐT

A regulation issued on March 18, 2020, by the Ministry of Education and Training specifying that the National Defense and Security Education curriculum consists of 4 modules with a duration of 165 periods.

Militia and Self-Defense Service Age

The statutory age range for Vietnamese citizens serving in the militia and self-defense forces: 18 to 45 years of age for males, and 18 to 40 years of age for females.

Constituent Parts of the National Border

The four structural components demarcating state sovereignty: national borders on land, at sea, in the air, and underground.

Two Strategic Tasks of the Vietnamese Revolution

Building socialism and firmly defending the Socialist Vietnamese Fatherland.

People's War Concept

A historic tradition and universal law for achieving victory in wars of defending the Vietnamese Fatherland throughout history.

Three Functions of the Vietnam People's Army

The functional roles identified by Hồ Chí Minh: serving as a combat force, a working force, and a productive labor force.

Innocent Passage

The legal regime permitting vessels of foreign nations to navigate through the territorial sea of Vietnam provided that their passage is non-harmful.

Dispersed Urban and Industrial Planning

The defense-oriented practice of designing cities and industrial zones with medium scale and dispersed layouts over wide areas to mitigate the effects of hostile firepower strikes in wartime.

Prolonged War Readiness

The comprehensive national defense preparation to sustain long-term combat because invading adversaries possess vastly superior economic and military power and seek a quick attack and rapid victory.

Ideology of Active and Proactive Offensive

The consistent and pervasive guiding thought ("tư tưởng xuyên suốt") running through the historical military art of the Vietnamese nation.

Core Border Protection Force

The Border Guard (Bộ đội Biên phòng), which acts as the specialized, core force in protecting national borders.

Marxist-Leninist Origin of War

The fundamental socioeconomic emergence of private property, social classes, and the state.

Decisive Factor in Army Combat Strength

The political and spiritual factor, which plays the decisive role in determining military fighting capabilities under given conditions.

Attendance Threshold for National Defense Education Exam

The requirement that university students must attend at least 80% of classroom instructional time to be eligible to sit for the end-of-module examination.

"Đội quân công tác" (Working Force)

The specific army function that directly demonstrates and maintains the close, organic bond between the military and the civilian population.

Land Border Area

Administrative subdivisions consisting of communes, wards, and townships that possess a portion of their administrative boundary coinciding with the national land border.

Class Nature of the Army

The principle in Marxist-Leninist theory stating that an armed force inherently bears the character of the social class and state that organized, nurtured, and deployed it.

"Tiên phát chế nhân"

Lý Thường Kiệt's military stratagem of proactively launching a preemptive strike to reduce the enemy's strength, fighting morale, and invasion capability.

Defense Industrial Mobilization Authority

The Government, which holds the legal authority to decide and promulgate decisions regarding the mobilization of national defense industries.

Sole Purpose of Vietnam's National Defense

Legitimate self-defense ("tự vệ chính đáng") to protect national sovereignty and independence.

Economic Potential of National Defense

The domain that generates material strength for the all-people national defense and people's security, functioning as the material foundation for all other defense potentials.

Commune Military Command Composition

The leadership structure of a commune, ward, or enterprise military command, consisting of the Commander, Political Commissar (Chính trị viên), and Deputy Commander.

Nationwide Resistance Day

December 19, 1946, the historical date President Hồ Chí Minh launched the national appeal urging all Vietnamese people to rise up against French colonial rule.

All-People Defense Character

The comprehensive principle reflected in President Hồ Chí Minh's statement that any person, regardless of gender, age, religion, or ethnicity, must participate in defending the country.

Defining Characteristic of National Defense

Military strength, which serves as the core and defining characteristic of the balanced, holistic power of national defense.

"Động vi binh, tĩnh vi dân"

A historical military-civilian principle meaning that citizens serve as soldiers in times of war and return to civilian life to build and develop the economy in times of peace.

Political and Spiritual Potential

The capability of societal politics and civilian morale that can be mobilized to perform national defense and security missions.

Reserve Mobilization Training Guideline

The mandatory operational standard emphasizing "quality, practicality, effectiveness, with clear focus and key points" (Chất lượng, thiết thực, hiệu quả, tập trung có trọng tâm, trọng điểm).

National Border of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

The boundary line and vertical plane along that line establishing the sovereign limits of the land territory, islands, archipelagos (including Hoàng Sa and Trường Sa), maritime zones, underground, and airspace.