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0:03The skies over Vietnam are currently
0:05being torn apart by a geopolitical
0:06chess game—one without gunfire, yet
0:08reeking of money and hegemony. American
0:10billionaire Elon Musk’s Starlink is
0:12growling, extending its octopus-like
0:14tentacles to show off and tether our
0:16cyberspace to the Pentagon’s
0:17ecosystem. Immediately, Russia’s
0:19space empire, Roscosmos, launched its
0:21Glonass "all-seeing eye" system into
0:23orbit, flexing its deterrent power to
0:26put the West in its place. The entire
0:28NATO bloc is stunned, and Washington is
0:30visibly rattled. Standing at the
0:33epicenter of these two giants baring
0:35their teeth, Vietnam calmly struck down
0:37an ironclad law, forcing both
0:39superpowers to bow down and follow this
0:41nation's rules. Set up ground stations,
0:44hand over all data for state oversight
0:46—fair, decisive, and with absolutely
0:48zero concessions on sovereignty. What
0:50is really happening on the chessboard
0:52of the 21st century? Why would a
0:55famously defiant military superpower
0:57like Russia insist on holding onto a
0:59strategic outpost in this S-shaped land
1:01, to the point of spilling its secrets
1:03and sharing its most classified
1:04national treasures on space positioning
1:06and nuclear submarines? In the
1:09cutthroat political circles of Western
1:11capitalism, the sharpest minds have
1:13always preached a cold-blooded
1:14principle. There are no permanent
1:17allies, no eternal enemies, only
1:18national interests that remain constant
1:20. If viewed through that pragmatic,
1:23merchant-minded lens, the
1:25Russia-Vietnam relationship is a
1:26stinging slap in the face to Western
1:28scholars. For decades, those sitting in
1:32air-conditioned rooms in Washington
1:34remained arrogant, deluding themselves
1:35that Vietnam was merely a pawn on the
1:37Kremlin’s geopolitical chessboard.
1:40Such ignorant arrogance has left
1:41Western intelligence agencies drowning
1:43in their own incompetence. They will
1:45never understand that the handshake
1:47between the Russian bear and the
1:48Vietnamese dragon was never built on
1:50contracts haggling over dirty dollars.
1:52This great alliance was forged in blood
1:54, in indomitable spirit, and in the
1:56most brutal strategic calculations of
1:5820 th-century warfare. To turn back the
2:00pages of top-secret files, we must look
2:03back to the winter of 1923. The
2:06bone-chilling cold of Moscow blanketed
2:08the sordid political intrigues of all
2:10Europe. That was the moment the
2:11victorious Western powers had just
2:12finished carving up interests at the
2:14Versailles Conference. The colonial
2:16imperialists wore masks of hypocrisy,
2:17preaching freedom and democracy while
2:19brazenly slamming the door on hope,
2:21spitting on the aspirations for
2:23independence of oppressed peoples.
2:24Right in that moment of absolute
2:26darkness and impasse, a lean young man
2:28carrying nerves of steel from a
2:30tropical land strode proudly onto a
2:32Moscow train platform. That young man
2:35was Nguyen Ai Quoc; do not view this
2:37historical event as a mere plea for
2:39help from the weak. Under the eyes of a
2:41great strategic mastermind. This was an
2:43intellectual subversion, a shockwave
2:45striking directly at the entire
2:47Communist International system. At that
2:49time, Stalin and the Soviet elite were
2:51pouring all their resources into
2:52defending Europe, regarding the Eastern
2:54colonies as merely a faint periphery.
2:56The Russians were heavily burdened by a
2:58Eurocentric mindset. They were
3:01skeptical, not believing that the
3:02mud-caked, ragged peasants of Annam
3:04could have enough spirit to take up
3:06arms against the elite, heavily armed
3:08war machine of French colonialism.
3:11Standing in the Kremlin before
3:12battle-hardened generals, Nguyen Ai
3:14Quoc calmly unleashed a razor-sharp
3:16rebuttal, completely shattering the
3:18Russians 'conservative, localized
3:20defensive thinking. With keen intellect
3:22, he outlined a landmark strategy of
3:24striking the snake at its head.
3:26Imperialism is a two-headed leech: one
3:28head anchored in the mother country,
3:30the other reaching out to suck blood in
3:32the colonies. If the Red Army only
3:34focused on holding the western border
3:36while ignoring the head fattening in
3:38the east, that monster would constantly
3:40gain strength from looted resources and
3:42sooner or later crush Russia. That
3:45sharp, concise military argument
3:47immediately shocked the Soviet
3:48leadership. Nguyen Ai Quoc’s way of
3:51fighting was not to throw troops into
3:52death in direct frontal warfare against
3:54professional armies. It was the art of
3:56people's war. Severing logistical
3:58lifelines and wearing down enemy
4:00vitality from deep within their own
4:02lair. This brilliant move clearly
4:04showed that Vietnam was no burden.
4:06Vietnam was truly a poisoned dagger,
4:08ready to pierce the throat of the
4:09Western colonial system from behind. A
4:13tacit survival pact was established,
4:15but history, inherently heartless,
4:17always tests vows with blood and
4:19corpses. All grand military theories,
4:22no matter how brilliant, become
4:23worthless scraps of paper without brave
4:25soldiers daring to shoulder their
4:27rifles and step into the trenches. In
4:301941, the Nazi war machine roared
4:32across the border, launching Operation
4:34Typhoon to flatten Moscow, as the
4:36panzers of the renowned armored General
4:38Guderian arrogantly crushed every line
4:40of defense. The German army's concept
4:43of blitzkrieg at the time was a terror
4:45that blanketed all of Europe. They used
4:47armored spearheads to punch through
4:49formations, followed by mechanized
4:50infantry to strike deep, cover the
4:52flanks, and slaughter and divide the
4:54enemy with extreme cruelty. The heart
4:55of Russia stood at a life-or-death
4:57moment, hanging by a thread. History
4:59turned a tragic page. Right in that
5:02very pit of blood-soaked misery, the
5:03Russians witnessed an earth-shattering
5:05and unbelievable sight. Among the ranks
5:07of the Red Army, defending every square
5:09meter of white snow in the capital's
5:11suburbs, blended into the grey backdrop
5:13of war, were small, yellow-skinned
5:15soldiers. They were the elite sons of
5:17Vietnam who were studying at the Lenin
5:18International School. When air raid
5:20sirens tore through the air, houses
5:22collapsed under a rain of bombs and
5:24bullets. They resolutely refused the
5:25safe evacuation order for foreigners,
5:27bearing within them the indomitable Lac
5:29Hong bloodline. They quickly threw on
5:30grey coats, shouldered their rifles,
5:32and proudly stepped into trenches
5:34buried in 20-degree-below-zero snow.
5:35Tactically, this was an incredibly
5:37brutal form of last-stand defense,
5:39requiring iron discipline and an
5:40extraordinary spirit of martyrdom. To
5:42break the terrifying armored spearhead
5:44of the German army, the Red Army
5:45General Staff and the Vietnamese
5:47soldiers coordinated to implement a
5:48deep-defense technique. They bent their
5:51backs to dig winding anti-tank trenches
5:53, hiding deep under the frozen snow,
5:55maintaining absolute radio silence.
5:57This combat tactic requires soldiers to
5:59have nerves of steel, cold to the point
6:01of ruthlessness. They patiently lay in
6:02ambush, gritting their teeth against
6:04the bone-chilling cold, waiting for the
6:06massive Nazi steel chariots to enter
6:07within a few dozen meters of their
6:09sights. Waiting for just that moment,
6:11they simultaneously sprang up,
6:12detonating mines, hurling Molotov
6:14cocktails, and firing anti-tank shells
6:15to strip away the protective armor of
6:17enemy infantry. The stubbornness and
6:19sky-high lethal intent of these eastern
6:21soldiers made even the most
6:22battle-hardened and arrogant German
6:23commanders shudder in terror. Amidst
6:26the fiery battlefield, a delayed blink
6:28or a shiver from the freezing cold
6:29meant paying the price immediately with
6:31one's life. Vietnamese soldiers, who
6:34had never known a frozen winter, could
6:36resiliently hold their ground for hours
6:38beneath the snow. They employed
6:40extraordinary hidden sniping skills and
6:42unparalleled trench warfare to pin down
6:44and finish off the best marksmen of the
6:46Axis powers. The red blood of the
6:47Vietnamese flowed, staining the white
6:49snow of Moscow. It was not just out of
6:52noble international duty, but deeper,
6:53from the perspective of an outstanding
6:55strategic vision. It was an extremely
6:57pragmatic calculation for the nation's
6:59future. The fate of the resistance in
7:02Indochina was at that time tied to the
7:04survival of the Soviet Union. Those
7:05veteran soldiers understood well that
7:07if Moscow fell under the filthy heels
7:09of Hitler’s expeditionary forces, the
7:11beacon supporting national liberation
7:13movements worldwide would be tragically
7:15extinguished. They fought to the last
7:16drop of blood to defend Russia. But in
7:19the depths of their hearts, they were
7:20trading their lives to seize a chance
7:22at rebirth for their own homeland on
7:24the other side of the hemisphere with
7:25their own flesh and blood. The
7:27Vietnamese proved to the Kremlin the
7:29ultimate fairness, infused with a
7:31chivalrous spirit, in what is called
7:33comradeship. Debts are repaid: when you
7:35prospered, I came to learn; when you
7:37were in danger, I shed my coat to
7:39charge in, shielding you with my own
7:41body. This first costly bet paid in
7:43blood shattered all prejudices and
7:44completely changed the view of those in
7:46power in Russia. From initial
7:48skepticism about physical strength and
7:50combat skills, they had to bow in
7:51admiration. They realized the
7:53Vietnamese people possessed
7:54extraordinary fighting power, a
7:56temperament of steel forged in red fire
7:58. Such mettle could fully be shaped
8:00into an ultimate weapon, a sword
8:01capable of shattering the entire
8:03Western imperial outpost system in Asia
8:05. Blood was shed to earn absolute trust
8:08. And from here, a great heroic epic
8:11officially began. In 1954, the Muong
8:14Thanh valley shook and crumbled under
8:16storms of fire on the eve of the
8:18historic Dien Bien Phu campaign.
8:22Officials at the Kremlin were still
8:24casting wary, probing glances toward
8:26the Indochina battlefield. They
8:29wondered in extreme doubt whether these
8:31guerrillas in brown shirts, barely fed,
8:33could achieve anything against the
8:34massive war machine of the professional
8:36French expeditionary force? The
8:39arrogant colonialists had built an
8:41impregnable fortress complex, smugly
8:43considering it a meat grinder to crush
8:45our main forces. But the campaign
8:48command of the Vietnam People's Army,
8:50led by the genius General Vo Nguyen
8:52Giap, unleashed a move that turned the
8:54tide. That move completely changed the
8:57Russians' military perspective and
8:59dealt a lethal blow to Western
9:01arrogance. Absolutely not blindly
9:03throwing troops into field battles for
9:05quick-strike, quick-victory tactics
9:06like in classic military textbooks. Our
9:08commander-in-chief chose a completely
9:10transformative approach. Steady fight,
9:12steady advance. The art of siege and
9:14annihilation was executed to a supreme
9:16level. Our artillery, instead of being
9:18placed on open ground to duel the
9:20enemy's superior firepower, was
9:22dismantled. Tens of thousands of bare,
9:24bloodied shoulders pulled tons of heavy
9:26artillery pieces over steep mountain
9:28slopes. The guns were hidden in caves
9:30carved deep into the mountainside,
9:32perfectly camouflaged, until the first
9:34volleys of howitzer shells rained
9:36directly onto the roof of General de
9:38Castries 'bunker from unthinkable
9:39angles. It not only crushed the French
9:42army's will to fight, it completely
9:44shattered Moscow's skepticism. The
9:47Kremlin awakened. They realized the
9:49sharp spearhead to pierce the colonial
9:51system in Asia was not far away. It was
9:53precisely this resilient S-shaped strip
9:55of land. However, international
9:57politics has never been a calm lake. No
10:00sooner had the French colonialists
10:01bowed their heads and retreated from
10:03Indochina than another giant, with far
10:05more sinister ambitions, jumped in to
10:07fill the void: the American empire.
10:09Washington's cohorts arrived, bringing
10:11with them massive armored killing
10:13machines and a brutal military doctrine
10:15based on absolute firepower. Unlike the
10:17French, the American imperialists
10:19possessed an air superiority capability
10:21on a completely different level,
10:22relying on technological dominance to
10:24crush our nation's will. The strategic
10:27vision of the hawkish generals at the
10:28Pentagon was then focused entirely on
10:30brutal carpet-bombing campaigns to
10:32stone-age North Vietnam. They wanted to
10:35strangle the logistical throat and cut
10:37the lifeline of support to our beloved
10:38South. Terrifying B-52 strategic flying
10:41fortresses and arrogant squadrons of
10:43jet fighters tore through the skies of
10:45Hanoi. They poured thousands upon
10:46thousands of tons of bombs onto
10:48factories, enterprises, schools,
10:50hospitals, and transportation hubs.
10:52Crimes reached the heavens, and blood
10:54flowed like rivers. No matter how brave
10:56our soldiers were, or how brilliant our
10:58guerrilla tactics on the ground, we
10:59could not use infantry rifles alone to
11:01reach killing machines flying at tens
11:03of thousands of meters. A life-or-death
11:06problem was posed that would determine
11:07the nation's destiny. Unrivaled courage
11:10could defeat enemy infantry on the
11:11ground. But to protect the fatherland's
11:13skies, we absolutely had to have a
11:15high-tech protective umbrella. On the
11:17world map at that time, only one power
11:19possessed that umbrella. The Soviet
11:22Union. Try putting yourself in the seat
11:24of power at the Kremlin in the 1960s.
11:27Why would the Russians accept the risk
11:29of a direct confrontation with the
11:30planet's number one superpower? On a
11:32battlefield tens of thousands of miles
11:34away, the answer did not lie in empty,
11:36sympathetic tears. It lay in a
11:38geopolitical calculation so cold it
11:40gives you goosebumps. Moscow wanted to
11:43turn Vietnam into a military black hole
11:45, a giant quagmire to pin down,
11:47entangle, and drain Washington's
11:49resources. With half a million U.S.
11:51troops and thousands of aircraft bogged
11:53down in Indochina, the military
11:55pressure on Russia's western border in
11:57Europe would naturally dissipate. In
11:59return, to prevent this black hole from
12:01collapsing under the enemy's
12:03destructive firepower, the Kremlin was
12:05forced to throw open its most
12:06top-secret strategic weapon stockpiles.
12:08That was the arrival of the SAM
12:10anti-aircraft missile system, a
12:11national treasure that the Soviets
12:13guarded like the apple of their eye.
12:15The appearance of those massive SAM-2
12:17missiles rising over the North was not
12:19merely military aid. It was a
12:21life-or-death experiment, a bloody
12:23high-stakes showdown between the two
12:25poles of the world. The Soviet Union
12:27needed the fiercest, most realistic
12:29battlefield to test whether their radar
12:31and missile systems could truly break
12:32the most powerful and cunning air force
12:34on the planet. Accompanying those
12:36advanced missile complexes were
12:38thousands of Russian military
12:39specialists. These blue-eyed,
12:42blonde-haired men did not come to
12:43Vietnam to sit comfortably in
12:45air-conditioned rooms. They shed their
12:49uniforms, donned brown peasant shirts,
12:51slipped on simple rubber sandals, and
12:53climbed straight into muddy trenches
12:54alongside our soldiers. They endured
12:59the scorching tropical heat, chewing
13:01down hasty meals to avoid the intense,
13:03targeted bombing raids. In those fiery
13:06early days, when our anti-aircraft
13:08troops had not yet fully mastered the
13:10complex electronic circuitry, it was
13:11the calloused fingers of Russian
13:13officers that directly pressed the
13:15launch buttons. They were the ones who
13:17directly locked onto enemy fighters.
13:21The blood of Russians and Vietnamese
13:23once again mingled together. This time,
13:25not on the freezing white snow, but
13:27under the bomb-blasted skies of Hanoi,
13:28the capital of a thousand years of
13:30civilization. The anti-aircraft war was
13:32, at its core, one of the most
13:33sophisticated, cunning, and brutal
13:35electronic intelligence battles in
13:36world military history. When the
13:38Pentagon hawks realized the lethal
13:40danger of the SAMs, they immediately
13:41launched a cowardly counterattack using
13:43electronic warfare. American aircraft
13:45were equipped with high-power jamming
13:47devices. Whenever our radar was turned
13:50on, the screen became a jumbled mess of
13:52blinding white noise, with no targets
13:54visible and no way to lock on. The
13:57arrogant American pilots thought they
13:59were invisible ghosts in the sky, free
14:01to sow death at will. But they were
14:03wrong. Amidst that life-or-death
14:06struggle, the brilliant ingenuity of
14:08Vietnamese minds combined with the
14:09technical mastery of Russian experts
14:11birthed an unprecedented art of war:
14:13seeking the enemy through the
14:14interference. Instead of relying
14:17entirely on automated systems that had
14:19been blinded, our radar operators were
14:21trained to read signals with the naked
14:23eye. They coordinated with optical
14:25observation stations, using keen
14:27tactical insight to uncover the enemy's
14:29cunning flight patterns. Russian
14:30engineers spent sleepless nights over
14:32circuit boards, dismantling and
14:33improving equipment right on the
14:35mud-covered battlefield to neutralize
14:36American jamming waves. Through
14:38collective wisdom, they devised
14:39interception tactics and firing
14:41solutions based on visual cues. They
14:43turned rigid machines into flexible,
14:44invisible guillotines, weaving blades
14:46of fire to choke the throat of the U.S.
14:48Air Force. Providing effective support
14:50to the ground-based anti-aircraft fire
14:52were the silver swallows—the MiG-17s
14:54and MiG-21 s—soaring and tearing
14:55through the sky. If comparing technical
14:58specifications on paper, the Soviet
15:00MiGs were clearly inferior to the
15:01armored American fighters in terms of
15:03radar technology and missile loadouts.
15:06But the Russians were left absolutely
15:07stunned when they witnessed how the
15:09Vietnamese air force generals commanded
15:10their forces. These heroic pilots, born
15:13from the paddies and mud, created a
15:15spectacular air combat doctrine that
15:17never existed in any Soviet military
15:19textbook. They never flew in large
15:22formations to show off, and they never
15:24foolishly engaged in head-on dogfights
15:26to match the firepower of a numerically
15:28superior enemy. The Vietnam Air Force
15:30Command thoroughly applied guerrilla
15:32warfare tactics to the aerial front.
15:34They organized small, secretive
15:35formations that took off from makeshift
15:37dirt runways, flying low beneath the
15:39treetops and through valleys to
15:41completely evade American radar
15:42surveillance systems. Upon detecting
15:44targets, these silver swallows would
15:45suddenly climb to gain altitude,
15:47tearing through the clouds to strike
15:48deep and fast into the heart of the
15:50enemy formation. They fought at close
15:51range, firing from lethal distances to
15:53leave the enemy no time to react,
15:54before banking away to escape as
15:56swiftly as a blinding bolt of lightning
15:57. This deep-strike, hit-and-run style
15:59of warfare. Defeating the many with the
16:01few, this approach struck sheer terror
16:03into the most arrogant and seasoned
16:04squadrons of the American empire. It
16:06proved a cold, hard truth to the
16:08officials at the Kremlin. Soviet
16:10weaponry only achieved its highest
16:11destructive potential—reaching an
16:13ultimate level of power—when placed
16:15in the hands of people with such
16:17distinct intellect and tactical
16:18thinking as the Vietnamese. The
16:20pinnacle of this life-or-death
16:21experiment and the greatest epic was
16:23the 12-day-and-night campaign. The "
16:27Dien Bien Phu in the Air" in December
16:291972 turned the capital's sky into a
16:31fearsome no-fly zone, a graveyard for
16:33the reputation of the U.S. Air Force,
16:35thanks to multi-layered anti-aircraft
16:37fire tactics. Our air defense troops
16:41dragged down dozens of giant B-52
16:43flying fortresses, turning the pride of
16:45American military technology into piles
16:47of burning scrap metal on the streets
16:49of Hanoi. That thunderous blow
16:50completely shattered the will of the
16:52Pentagon hawks to continue their war of
16:54aggression. Forcing them to bow their
16:56heads and sign the Paris Peace Accords.
16:57The heroic day of April 30, 1975, when
17:00T-54 tank number 390 roared, proudly
17:02smashing through the iron gates of the
17:05Independence Palace. It not only marked
17:07a brilliant milestone for the day the
17:09nation was reunified. Through the cold
17:12gaze of power brokers in Moscow, it was
17:14the day that Soviet military doctrine
17:16and weaponry achieved a glorious
17:17victory, completely crushing Western
17:19influence in Asia. Vietnam rose proudly
17:22, becoming an inviolable beacon. But
17:25history is inherently a harsh current,
17:26an invisible force that loves to toy
17:28with the fates of nations. Once a
17:30common enemy has been ignominiously
17:32defeated, military alliances usually
17:33loosen automatically as they lose their
17:35utility. Yet, as soon as the guns
17:37against the U.S. fell silent, this
17:38nation did not have a single day of
17:40rest. We were immediately pushed into a
17:42two-front encirclement, far more
17:44devastating and treacherous than before
17:45. A chilling paradox emerged on the
17:47geopolitical chessboard, pushing both
17:49Hanoi and Moscow into an unprecedented,
17:52all-or-nothing gamble. In the spring of
17:551975, the country was reunified. The
17:58nation, scarred and exhausted, emerged
18:00from 30 years of towering flames and
18:02warfare. But before the smile of peace
18:04could even bloom, a cruel and uniquely
18:06sinister pincer movement tightened
18:07around the nation's body. In the
18:09southwest, the specter of genocide
18:11roared, carrying the ambition to tear
18:13apart our borders. In the north,
18:15massive clouds of military dark
18:16gathered, waiting to swallow the
18:18frontier. At that moment of extreme
18:20peril, as Western observers held their
18:22breath, they waited to see how Hanoi
18:24would collapse under the pressure of a
18:26two-front threat. A diplomatic document
18:28with the weight of an atomic bomb was
18:30released. On November 3, 1978, the
18:33Vietnam-Soviet Treaty of Friendship and
18:36Cooperation was signed. The heart of
18:40this treaty lay in Article Six, a
18:42language of military bluntness, cold
18:43and resolute. If one side is attacked,
18:47both sides will immediately act. To
18:49eliminate the threat. With that stroke
18:52of history, Moscow wagered the life of
18:54a great military bloc, brandishing its
18:56massive nuclear arsenal as a shield and
18:58providing a rock-solid defense for
19:00Hanoi. In February 1979, gunfire
19:03erupted along the northern border as
19:05the enemy arrogantly deployed
19:06human-wave tactics, using artillery
19:08fire to pulverize every inch of our
19:10frontline land. Fight fast, win fast.
19:13Teach us a lesson. The whole world
19:15turned its eyes toward the Kremlin.
19:17Would the Russians cowardly break their
19:19word when their opponent was also a
19:21cunning giant? World military history
19:23immediately recorded a classic
19:24geopolitical counterattack, perfectly
19:26applying the "besiege Wei to save Zhao"
19:28strategy on a macro scale. The Kremlin
19:31certainly did not bother sending
19:32pointless, tepid diplomatic notes to
19:34the negotiating table. The skies over
19:36Noi Bai airport were instantly torn
19:38apart by a deafening roar. The
19:40ear-splitting sound of An-12 and An-22
19:42heavy transport planes marked the
19:44largest military airlift in Soviet
19:46peacetime history, established in a
19:48flash to unload cutting-edge air
19:50defense weaponry and the Red Army's
19:51most seasoned, battle-hardened
19:53strategic minds onto the tarmac. But
19:55the fatal blow, the strike that
19:57shattered the enemy's strategic will,
19:59did not lie in the Red River Delta.
20:00That very night, the Soviet General
20:02Staff issued a red alert for all
20:04military districts in the Far East and
20:06Mongolia. Thousands of armored tanks
20:08and tens of thousands of Red Army
20:09soldiers thundered toward the northern
20:11border of the very aggressor attacking
20:13Vietnam, conducting live-fire exercises
20:15of destructive scale. The military
20:17message delivered was icy cold and as
20:19decisive as an ultimatum. Withdraw your
20:22troops or face an all-out war on two
20:24fronts. This suffocating pincer
20:27movement, brimming with lethal intent,
20:29dealt a terrible psychological blow to
20:31the enemy command, completely crushing
20:33their expansionist arrogance and
20:34forcing a humiliating retreat after
20:36just one bloody month. This protection
20:38through tangible firepower shattered
20:40every scheme to strangle Vietnam by
20:42force. Escaping the threat of military
20:44annihilation, the country then fell
20:46into the extreme darkness of economic
20:47isolation. In the 1980s, Western
20:49imperialists, bitter over their
20:51stinging defeat, cowardly imposed a
20:53suffocating embargo to try and starve
20:55our nation to death. Vietnam was like a
20:57solitary oasis, its economy exhausted,
20:59inflation skyrocketing, with the
21:00specter of famine looming on every
21:02street corner and in every impoverished
21:03collective housing block during the
21:05subsidy era. In the midst of such
21:07seemingly inescapable hardship, the
21:09sole source of aid, the vital force
21:10maintaining the heartbeat of this land,
21:12flowed from the blood of Russia.
21:15Despite its own domestic economy
21:17cracking under the burden of the Cold
21:19War arms race, Moscow still gritted its
21:21teeth to pump massive aid into Vietnam,
21:23ranging from 1 to 1.5 billion dollars
21:25each year. Cargo ships plowed through
21:28the rough ocean waves from the port of
21:30Vladivostok to Haiphong, carrying every
21:31grain of wheat to stave off famine,
21:33every bag of fertilizer, and every drop
21:35of vital fuel to keep the national
21:37machine from grinding to a halt. But
21:39the Russians possessed the vision of a
21:41great empire. They didn't just throw
21:43their ally a fish; they were determined
21:45to forge a solid steel fishing rod for
21:47Vietnam. That was the order to tame the
21:49ferocious Da River at the massive Hoa
21:50Binh hydroelectric construction site.
21:52This was not merely a construction
21:54project; it was a fierce, literal
21:56battle to move mountains and fill the
21:58seas. Thousands of Soviet experts shed
22:00their warm Moscow coats, bringing
22:02massive turbines into the heart of the
22:04treacherous tropical wilderness. They
22:06stood shoulder-to-shoulder with
22:07Vietnamese engineers and mechanics,
22:09battling against vicious floods. With
22:11malaria lurking in every leaf, blood
22:14was truly shed, mixing into the deep
22:16layers of concrete; 168 people fell,
22:18including 11 Soviet engineers who
22:20collapsed forever on the site. They
22:24traded their lives to bring electricity
22:25to light up a nation tens of thousands
22:27of miles from their homeland. This debt
22:29of gratitude is carved deep into the
22:31cliffs, becoming the eternal energy
22:32foundation for our nation's industry.
22:34The light from Hoa Binh solved the
22:36problem of domestic energy consumption.
22:38But for an embargoed economy to truly
22:40turn the tide and break its shackles,
22:42we needed foreign currency; we craved
22:44black gold. At that time, the most
22:47arrogant and formidable Western oil
22:48giants packed their bags and left the
22:50southern continental shelf with
22:52dismissive shakes of their heads. They
22:54insisted that geology textbooks clearly
22:56stated there would never be commercial
22:58oil found in rigid granite basement
23:00rock. The Western argument was based on
23:03rigid, dogmatic exploration principles,
23:05but Soviet geological experts had a
23:07different intuition—a daring,
23:09intellectually seasoned approach,
23:11working side-by-side with Vietnamese
23:13engineers. They brought massive
23:15drilling rigs out into the middle of
23:17the stormy East Sea, plunging risky
23:18drill bits straight down to tear
23:20through the fractured granite basement
23:22at the White Tiger oil field. This
23:23experiment was a life-or-death gamble.
23:25If they failed, scientific credibility
23:27and tens of millions of dollars would
23:29be cast straight into the dark, muddy
23:31sea floor. But truth always belongs to
23:33the courageous. When the drill bit
23:35finally pierced the hard crust, a jet
23:37of jet-black oil erupted toward the sky
23:38with immense pressure. The roar of the
23:41Bach Ho crude oil stream rewrote global
23:43geological history, delivering a
23:45stinging slap to the arrogant Western
23:47experts. That precious flow of oil
23:49immediately became a great lifeline,
23:51generating foreign currency and at
23:53times accounting for 30%of the national
23:55budget. It helped Vietnam hold its head
23:57high, riding the rough waves through
23:59the most suffocating years of the
24:00embargo. Yet, just as the black gold
24:03flowed and brought vibrant vitality to
24:05Vietnam, back at home, the Soviet
24:07empire was taking tragic, stumbling
24:09steps. On the night of December 25,
24:131991, the hammer and sickle red flag
24:15slowly descended from the Kremlin roof
24:17in a deathly silence. This geopolitical
24:21shock dealt a fatal blow to Hanoi.
24:23Overnight, the steel shield that had
24:24protected the country for half a
24:26century vanished into thin air.
24:28Thousands of Russian experts working at
24:29hydroelectric construction sites. And
24:31oil fields suddenly became people
24:33without a homeland. Salaries were cut
24:34off, passports became worthless, and
24:36the future turned bleak. Stranded in a
24:39foreign land, the Western elite
24:40secretly rejoiced. Like a flock of
24:43hungry vultures, they waited for a
24:45chain reaction to collapse the
24:47political system in Vietnam without the
24:49Soviet backing. But they were gravely
24:52mistaken in those darkest and coldest
24:54hours of modern history, as Russia
24:56under Yeltsin spiraled into chaos,
24:58desperate for cheap validation from the
25:00West while callously casting off all
25:02past allies. It was precisely then that
25:05the mettle, compassion, and chivalry of
25:07the Vietnamese people shone bright like
25:09a torch piercing the night sky. We
25:12absolutely did not utter a word of
25:14resentment toward the sudden turn of
25:16Moscow officials, nor did we
25:17heartlessly abandon the friends who had
25:19fallen on hard times. The government
25:21and people of Vietnam, despite meals
25:23still mixed with corn, cassava, and
25:25potatoes, opened their arms wide to
25:27shelter thousands of Russian experts.
25:29We shared every ounce of rationed meat
25:31and bowl of poor-quality rice to
25:32preserve the lives and dignity of
25:34people who were once the proud symbols
25:36of a superpower. That reciprocation was
25:38not just a matter of the principle "
25:39when drinking water, remember the
25:41source." More cunningly, with the deep
25:43strategic vision of policymakers, Hanoi
25:45understood a timeless truth of power.
25:47Regimes may collapse, but the
25:49superpower status and core potential of
25:51the Russian bear will never die. Even
25:53when severely wounded, the instincts of
25:55a giant remain intact beneath the ice
25:57and snow. Vietnam was determined to use
26:00every soft diplomatic measure to firmly
26:02hold onto the Vietsovpetro joint
26:04venture. We built a steel wall to block
26:06pragmatic factions in Moscow, who
26:08intended to dump shares to Western
26:10corporations to scrape up cash.
26:13Retaining the White Tiger oil field
26:14meant securing core interests and
26:16keeping the only lifeline anchoring
26:18Russia to the Asia-Pacific chessboard.
26:20This patient persistence was an
26:21invaluable geopolitical investment for
26:23the future. Because not long after,
26:26from the ashes of the collapse, a man
26:28with the steel mindset of an
26:29exceptional intelligence officer would
26:31step into the Kremlin. He would
26:34completely reverse the global situation
26:36and seek out the only anchor that had
26:38never betrayed him. Russia, after a
26:41decade drowned in the delirium of chaos
26:43and blind illusions about a democratic
26:45West, finally woke up. That great
26:48nation had found a helmsman possessing
26:50the sharp vision of an alpha wolf.
26:52Vladimir Putin stepped into the Kremlin
26:54, carrying the cold, pragmatic mindset
26:57of a former KGB officer, swinging his
26:59sword to sever the weak remnants of the
27:01previous era. In stark contrast to his
27:03predecessors, who always cowered and
27:05卑微 ly sought cheap recognition from
27:06Washington or London. Mr. Putin looked
27:08straight at the global geopolitical map
27:10with sharp, discerning eyes. He
27:12immediately recognized a fatal flaw.
27:15Russia has left a massive power vacuum
27:17in Asia to reclaim its superpower
27:19status and stifle the arrogance of the
27:21NATO bloc. The Russian Bear needs a
27:23solid, bedrock foundation. They need a
27:25partner tested by storms, a brother
27:27with heroic spirit who would never
27:29betray them or stab them in the back.
27:31Across the entire vast Pacific
27:33coastline, there is no choice more
27:35perfect, brilliant, and valiant than
27:37Vietnam. In 2001, political radar
27:39systems from the Pentagon to Beijing
27:41simultaneously went on red alert.
27:43President Putin chose Hanoi as the
27:45first destination for his Southeast
27:46Asian tour. This summit meeting was
27:49absolutely not a social visit just to
27:51drink tea and read hollow speeches. It
27:54was a reshaping of the entire regional
27:55security architecture. A slap in the
27:57face to the Western capitalists'
27:59ambition to isolate Russia. Yet,
28:01blocking the path between the two
28:03nations at the time was a massive
28:05boulder named the 11 billion dollar
28:06debt from the Soviet era. This enormous
28:10sum was both a crushing burden on
28:12Vietnam's economy, which was struggling
28:14to renovate, and the perfect excuse for
28:16hostile outside forces to meddle and
28:17sow discord. Western financial experts,
28:20with their base merchant nature, were
28:22secretly rejoicing. They envisioned
28:24Moscow foreclosing on the debt, forcing
28:26Hanoi to concede territory or surrender
28:28its economic sovereignty. But the
28:31mindset of the Kremlin's leader was on
28:33an entirely different level, rather
28:34than acting like a petty loan shark the
28:36way Western financial institutions
28:38squeeze poor nations. Mr. Putin made a
28:42move that shook the entire world of
28:44global financiers. Russia agreed to
28:46permanently write off 85%of the total
28:48debt. The remaining 15%would absolutely
28:51not be collected in cash but skillfully
28:53converted into joint investment
28:55projects and exports. Many naive,
28:57inexperienced observers rushed to
28:59praise the generosity of the Russians.
29:01But in the high-stakes game of politics
29:03, generosity is a luxury noun that does
29:05not exist. Russia at that time was
29:07facing an empty treasury, desperate for
29:09funds to rebuild its military more than
29:11ever. Putin’s decision to write off
29:13the debt was, in reality, a strategic
29:15investment move that was incredibly
29:17cunning and profound. He accepted a
29:19nominal paper loss in exchange for an
29:21exclusive ticket into Vietnam’s
29:23weapons and energy markets. He
29:26understood an immutable law. A proud
29:28Vietnam, possessing sharp military
29:30claws, would become Russia’s most
29:32important and powerful security anchor
29:34in the Pacific. Lifting the burden of
29:36debt. A massive flow of heavy weaponry
29:39immediately poured into the S-shaped
29:41land, transforming the Vietnam People's
29:43Army into a formidable force capable of
29:45crushing any aggressive ambition. The
29:48southern skies were quickly covered by
29:50an impenetrable steel shield. Squadrons
29:53of Su-30MK2, nicknamed "King Cobras,"
29:55roared through the air with multi-role
29:57combat capabilities and massive weapon
29:59payloads, spreading their wings to
30:01control the entire airspace over the
30:03East Sea. Ready to unleash a storm of
30:06fire. Upon anyone who dares to trespass
30:08into the nation's airspace. On the
30:11ground, the S-300 PMU-1 air defense
30:13system raised its massive, imposing
30:15launch tubes. The radar eyes of the S-
30:18300 can scan and track dozens of
30:20targets from a distance of hundreds of
30:22kilometers. Whether the enemy is
30:23stealthy or flies at low altitude, this
30:25interceptor system is ready to crush
30:27any aerial assault, repeating a "Dien
30:29Bien Phu in the air." Secondly, if
30:32aggressors have not abandoned their
30:34arrogance, Vietnam’s ambition to
30:36protect its sacred sovereignty does not
30:38stop at the land and the sky. For a
30:40nation stretching out to the vast ocean
30:42with a coastline of over 3,000
30:44kilometers, relying only on surface
30:46strength leaves the protective shield
30:48too thin. Giant aircraft carrier fleets
30:50, fueled by the wealth and firepower of
30:52superpowers, are always eyeing our
30:54precious seas with greed. Brilliant
30:56strategic planners in Hanoi are
30:57yearning for a sword hidden in the
30:59shadows. A covert combat force capable
31:01of delivering a lethal strike,
31:02finishing off opponents from the depths
31:04of the ocean. And once again, across
31:06the entire globe, only Russia dared to
31:08step forward and provide Vietnam with
31:10this key to life and death. The deal
31:13for six Kilo 636-class attack
31:14submarines was a true seismic event
31:17that shattered the arrogance of Western
31:19navies. The most formidable military
31:21circles have fearfully dubbed this
31:23submarine class with a haunting name:
31:25the black hole of the ocean. The reason
31:28for this chilling name is that when a
31:30Kilo dives deep, its rubber anechoic
31:32coating and silent engine system
31:33swallow every sound. It blends
31:37completely into the sounds of the ocean
31:38currents. The enemy's most advanced and
31:41expensive sonar tracking systems
31:43instantly become blind and deaf, which
31:45is truly remarkable. The Russians
31:48didn't just sell thousands of tons of
31:50steel; they brought Vietnam a top-tier
31:52naval combat philosophy. They built a
31:55training center in Cam Ranh, sent their
31:57most veteran submarine experts to
31:59provide hands-on guidance, and
32:00transferred entire top-secret combat
32:02protocols of the Russian Navy. Russia
32:04proactively granted Vietnam the
32:06capability to execute asymmetric
32:08deterrence tactics, and once again,
32:09Vietnamese military wisdom has
32:11prevailed. Even though our fleet size
32:13is smaller than the enemy's, the silent
32:15presence of these killer ghosts
32:16carrying Kalibr missiles on the seabed
32:18is enough to make any arrogant
32:20expeditionary fleet break into a cold
32:22sweat, terrified, and afraid to take a
32:24single step toward our continental
32:25shelf. To speak of the navy while
32:28ignoring the story of Cam Ranh naval
32:30base would be a critical oversight in
32:32strategic thinking. In 2002, Russia
32:34officially lowered its flag and
32:36withdrew from Cam Ranh Bay. Western
32:38media at the time gloated, parroting
32:40the claim that the Russian bear was
32:41exhausted and had permanently abandoned
32:43its ambitions of reaching into the
32:45Pacific. But they were hit by a
32:46spectacular ruse, drowning in the trap
32:48of the Kremlin and Hanoi's art of
32:50taking one step back to advance two.
32:52The withdrawal at the time helped
32:53Russia save millions of dollars in
32:55overseas base maintenance costs,
32:57allowing it to focus on reviving its
32:58domestic economy. Conversely, it freed
33:00Vietnam from the label of leasing
33:02military bases to foreign powers,
33:04creating momentum for Hanoi to
33:05implement a multilateral foreign policy
33:07, befriend all nations, and fully
33:09master the destiny of its own seas and
33:11islands. After the Russians left,
33:13Vietnam invested heavily to upgrade Cam
33:15Ranh into one of the world's most
33:16modern international seaports. Opening
33:19its doors to welcome U.S. aircraft
33:20carriers, as well as Japanese and
33:22French destroyers for maintenance. Yet,
33:25amidst the bustling rhythm of diplomacy
33:27, the sharp eyes of Western
33:28intelligence analysts still perceived a
33:30bitter truth: a tacit, power-projecting
33:33privilege specifically designed for
33:35Russia. Russia is the only country in
33:38the world granted a simplified access
33:40status by Vietnam. Every warship and
33:42submarine of the Russian Pacific Fleet,
33:44when operating in the South China Sea,
33:45can stop at Cam Ranh for refueling
33:47without having to go through the
33:49cumbersome diplomatic procedures
33:50required of other nations. This special
33:53status turns Cam Ranh into a "
33:54velvet-gloved" strategic stopover.
33:57Russia naturally maintains a continuous
33:59military presence, protecting its vital
34:01interests in these warm waters without
34:03spending a cent to maintain a base.
34:05This perfect symbiosis, synchronized to
34:07every breath, has at times gone so far
34:09as to make Washington boil with
34:11helplessness. A prime example is the
34:13incident involving the Russian Il-78
34:14refueling aircraft. It landed openly at
34:17Cam Ranh airport to refuel strategic
34:19bombers. The nuclear-capable bombers
34:22patrolled right under the Pentagon's
34:24nose. That is the prestige and the
34:26formidable stance of a nation with the
34:28mettle of independence and
34:29self-reliance like Vietnam. We firmly
34:32declare that we do not allow foreign
34:34military bases, but we hold full
34:35authority to choose our priority
34:37partners, deciding whom to welcome and
34:39whom to lock out. No pressure from the
34:42West can force Hanoi to turn its back
34:43on friends who have shared both joys
34:45and hardships, and offered support
34:47during difficult times. And to complete
34:49the picture of absolute trust between
34:51the two nations, we must mention a
34:52technology of national strategic
34:54importance. A true double-edged sword
34:56capable of reshaping the destiny of an
34:58entire economy. Nuclear energy
35:00technology. As the world faces an
35:01energy thirst, Vietnam has decided to
35:03lay the foundation for a nuclear
35:05science and technology research center
35:06in Dong Nai. Nuclear power is not a
35:08commodity to be put up for cheap
35:10bidding. Transferring nuclear
35:11technology to another country means
35:13handing over power that could be
35:15weaponized, directly threatening
35:16national security. Western powers
35:18always use technological aid to attach
35:20political conditions, aiming to
35:22manipulate our internal affairs. But in
35:25the discerning eyes of Hanoi's
35:26strategic planners, only Russia
35:28possesses the moral standing,
35:29reliability, and chivalry to transfer
35:31this critical sector. Russia brings
35:34nuclear technology to Vietnam with the
35:36mindset of a professional mentor and a
35:38true comrade, never attaching any
35:40political strings or hidden agendas for
35:42internal interference. It is a heroic
35:45continuation of the spirit behind the
35:47anti-aircraft missiles in the skies
35:48over Hanoi years ago. It has been
35:50elevated into a strength of intellect
35:52and self-reliance for the 21st century.
35:55Under the shelter of this steel
35:57military umbrella and profound trust,
35:59Vietnam has gained the time and space
36:01to sharpen a diplomatic blade of
36:02unprecedented coldness, ready to stride
36:04into a new game and crush any
36:06expansionist schemes of the modern era.
36:09The world's geopolitical chessboard in
36:112026 has permanently transformed into
36:13an era of unprecedented, ruthless, and
36:15cunning complexity. War today is no
36:17longer just the roar of armored
36:18divisions tearing up the battlefield or
36:20aircraft carrier fleets posturing on
36:22the high seas. The most fierce and
36:25destructive war is now taking place in
36:27absolute silence, in orbits tens of
36:29thousands of kilometers above Earth.
36:33And within the invisible radio waves of
36:35that non-traditional, life-and-death
36:37frontier, Vietnam is executing a
36:38diplomatic and military art that has
36:40reached its zenith. We proudly
36:42transform our S-shaped land into a
36:44strategic launchpad, a vital crossroads
36:46that every superpower madly craves and
36:48vies for. The opening shot for the
36:50cyberspace era was fired when American
36:52billionaire Elon Musk brought his
36:53Starlink satellite internet project to
36:55Vietnam's door. These seasoned
36:57capitalists paint a beautiful,
36:59humanitarian picture. Thousands of
37:01low-orbit satellites hover in the sky,
37:03promising to provide broadband internet
37:05coverage to the most remote mountains
37:06and islands. But what lies behind that
37:09glamorous civilian veneer? Through the
37:11sharp lens of national defense,
37:13Starlink is an octopus tentacle, a
37:15double-edged sword poisoned by Western
37:17intelligence. If we naively open our
37:19skies for U.S. satellites to freely
37:20beam signals and collect data, a
37:22catastrophe of losing our sovereignty
37:24without a single bullet will ensue. All
37:26communications, top-secret military
37:28coordinates, and the economic pulse of
37:29the nation would be sucked straight
37:31into super-servers at the Pentagon. But
37:33our brilliant strategic planners in
37:35Hanoi are more than capable of reading
37:36the Americans 'minds. We calmly nodded
37:38to allow Starlink to operate, but
37:40immediately threw a cold steel shackle
37:42around the enemy's throat. The U.S. is
37:44required to build physical ground
37:46gateway stations in Phu Tho, Da Nang,
37:48and Ho Chi Minh City. This masterstroke
37:50completely strips the opponent of their
37:52hegemony over data control. Every
37:55information stream transmitted from
37:57space to Vietnamese territory must pass
37:59through servers and robust firewalls
38:01under our state's absolute management.
38:03If the Americans want to enter our
38:04house to make money, they must
38:06obediently hand over the keys. Just as
38:08the Americans were forced to bow and
38:09take their seat at the table, the
38:11Russian bear immediately struck back to
38:12assert dominance. The state space
38:14corporation Roscosmos, the brain trust
38:16holding all of the Kremlin's space
38:17secrets, loudly announced the
38:19establishment of a ground station
38:20network for the Glonass satellite
38:22navigation system in Vietnam. Glonass
38:25is absolutely not some cheap civilian
38:27Google Map for drivers to find
38:28restaurants. It is the top-secret
38:32military "all-seeing eye" system of a
38:34superpower. It was created to guide
38:37stealth bombers and target ballistic
38:39nuclear missiles across the globe with
38:41pinpoint accuracy. Why would the
38:44Russians go to such lengths to secure
38:46ground stations tens of thousands of
38:48miles from Moscow? It is a thorny
38:51problem of quantum physics and modern
38:53space warfare. Satellite signals become
38:55distorted when passing through the
38:56Earth's ionosphere, creating
38:58atmospheric errors from several meters
39:00to tens of meters. In modern warfare, a
39:0210-meter error means your
39:04billion-dollar missile explodes
39:05harmlessly in an open field instead of
39:07hitting the enemy's bunker. Ground
39:10stations in Vietnam serve an invaluable
39:12role, capturing signals, calculating
39:14deviations, and broadcasting
39:16corrections to narrow Glonass's margin
39:18of error to centimeters. Russia
39:22choosing Vietnam as a central hub and
39:24space launchpad in the Asia-Pacific is
39:26a stinging slap to the West's
39:27containment policies. The more the U.S.
39:31frantically tries to ban it, the more
39:32Russia's core technology embeds itself
39:34deep into the world's geopolitical
39:36vital points. The skies of Vietnam have
39:39become a testament to the helplessness
39:40of the Pentagon. Many naive minds,
39:42infected with inferiority complex,
39:44might ask why we use the American GPS
39:47global positioning system so smoothly
39:49and for free. Why go through the
39:51trouble of bringing in Russia's Glonass
39:53? Risk offending the West? The firm
39:55answer lies in two words: survival.
39:58Just imagine, if a fierce war for
39:59national defense broke out tomorrow and
40:01Washington turned its back, hitting a
40:03single button to encrypt military
40:05positioning signals in Southeast Asia,
40:07what would happen? Our military would
40:09be effectively blinded and rendered
40:10powerless. Anti-aircraft missiles would
40:12launch without direction, and proud
40:14warships in the East Sea would lose
40:15their coordinates. Every advanced piece
40:17of military hardware would instantly
40:19turn into a useless pile of scrap metal
40:20. Left waiting for the enemy to come
40:22and slaughter us. The humiliating
40:23lesson of when the Americans used their
40:25power to shut off positioning services
40:27to force Gulf nations to their knees is
40:28still plain for all to see. Accepting
40:30Russia's GLONASS station is Vietnam's
40:32way of forging itself an indestructible
40:34pair of diamond-hard backup glasses. If
40:37the American empire decides to cut our
40:39signal, our entire military system will
40:41automatically switch to Russia's
40:43GLONASS to fight to the end. Missiles
40:45will still roar onto their targets, and
40:47submarines will continue to silently
40:49hunt and tear the enemy apart. We
40:50transform our skies into a strategic
40:52sandbox, where arrogant superpowers
40:54must bring their most elite
40:56technological toys to sacrifice,
40:57groveling for a geopolitical foothold.
41:00Vietnam uses American signals to
41:02develop its digital economy and Russian
41:04signals for military deterrence. That
41:06is the masterful balancing act of
41:07bamboo diplomacy. We drain the
41:09technological essence of the giants
41:11without spending a single penny on
41:12research. We stand proudly at the
41:15pinnacle, absolutely refusing to ever
41:17be a vassal or puppet for any faction
41:19in the world. From those cold
41:20calculations in the infinite reaches of
41:22outer space, let us bring our
41:23perspective down to earth. At the
41:25massive arms-trading banquet in
41:27Malaysia, the international military
41:28exhibition has long been an exclusive
41:30playground where giants showcase their
41:32firepower to intimidate smaller nations
41:34, including Russia. With the stature of
41:37a seasoned veteran, they bring forth
41:38killing machines that have been
41:40baptized in real combat. They showcased
41:42the Su-57E stealth fighter and the
41:44Lancet suicide drone system. The
41:47Russian message was extremely arrogant.
41:50Western gear might be shiny, but ours
41:52has roasted hundreds of NATO tanks on
41:54the actual battlefield. However,
41:56Russia's sheer muscle power encountered
41:58a critical political barrier. Southeast
42:01Asian nations drool over Russian
42:02hardware, but none have the courage to
42:04sign a contract. They are cowardly,
42:07fearing the economic embargoes and
42:08brutal sanctions laws that the U.S.
42:10might rain down upon them. It was
42:12precisely within that stifling gap of
42:14the sensitive arms market that
42:15Vietnam’s representative proudly
42:17appeared, immediately upending all of
42:19the world's conservative rules. Viettel
42:21High Tech takes the initiative to
42:23compete on the global stage. Not with
42:25armored tanks or heavy self-propelled
42:27artillery. They bring an ecosystem of
42:29cutting-edge weapons that strike
42:31directly at the heart of modern warfare
42:32. 3D radar, anti-drone radar, and
42:35electronic warfare systems. Vietnamese
42:38intellect does not engage in a blind
42:40arms race. Viettel is delivering an
42:42extremely pragmatic and sharp military
42:44doctrine. Asymmetric warfare thinking.
42:47Looking at bloody contemporary
42:48conflicts, swarms of cheap drones
42:50costing mere thousands of dollars are
42:52spreading absolute terror. They easily
42:55penetrate and destroy sophisticated
42:56Western air defense complexes worth
42:58hundreds of millions of dollars. Where
43:01can small nations with tight defense
43:03budgets find the money to buy expensive
43:05missiles just to shoot down those
43:06mechanical flies? Deadlock ensues, and
43:09Vietnam's Viettel provides a resounding
43:11answer with a storm of electromagnetic
43:14waves. Instead of using crude physical
43:16firepower, Vietnam's radar system with
43:18its brilliant "divine eyes" spots
43:20drones the moment they lift off the
43:22launcher. The electronic warfare system
43:25immediately activates, roaring to emit
43:27high-power jamming waves. Our waves
43:29blind the sensors and completely sever
43:31the control signals between the drones
43:33and the enemy base. Disoriented, these
43:35airborne killers suddenly turn into
43:37useless scarecrows, spinning helplessly
43:39before crashing and destroying
43:41themselves without us wasting a single
43:43rifle bullet. That is the profound
43:45strategy of those who use brilliant
43:47minds to master mindless brute force.
43:50Vietnam's military gear thoroughly
43:51solves the life-or-death problem for
43:53developing nations. We possess
43:55equipment with capabilities approaching
43:57top-tier Western technology but at an
43:59extremely reasonable cost. And most
44:02importantly, Vietnamese weapons never
44:04come with any coercive clauses or
44:06despicable political threats, as is the
44:08habit of imperialist powers. The West
44:11brings weapons to bind allies into
44:13vassals. Russia brings destructive
44:15power to intimidate its enemies.
44:17Meanwhile, Vietnam brings top-tier
44:19defensive technology to build
44:20friendships and protect peace. We are
44:22not only fully autonomous in defending
44:24the sacred airspace of our Fatherland,
44:26but we are also quietly establishing a
44:27clandestine technology empire. Where
44:30the "Made in Vietnam" label will soon
44:32become a soft power, crushing and
44:34strangling the miserable monopoly
44:36schemes of international arms tycoons.
44:39The geopolitical pivot has shifted, and
44:41the most terrifying aspect of
44:43Vietnamese intellect lies right here.
44:46We always know how to use inexpensive
44:47gear to shatter and neutralize the most
44:49expensive and arrogant weapons of any
44:51enemy. Closing the fierce technological
44:54front in cyberspace and the games of
44:56asymmetric warfare, we must cast a
44:58sharp gaze toward the fiery Middle East
45:00. Only then can we fully comprehend the
45:03terrifying nature of Putin's combat
45:05mindset and realize why Vietnam needs
45:07Russia so much. Right as fire blazed
45:11across the Gaza Strip and the sky was
45:13torn apart by interceptor missiles,
45:14President Vladimir Putin unexpectedly
45:16played a diplomatic move that stunned
45:18the entire Western intelligence
45:20community. A heavy Russian IL-76
45:22transport aircraft took off, carrying
45:25only 13 tons of humanitarian aid,
45:27primarily medicine, headed straight for
45:29Iran. At a glance, 13 tons of medicine
45:32for a military superpower struggling
45:34under sanctions like Iran seems like
45:36nothing. Western politicians sneered
45:39and mocked, but the cunning of this
45:41move lies in the label, the
45:42humanitarian nature, and its crafty
45:44transit route. Under direct orders from
45:47the Kremlin, the shipment was strictly
45:49forbidden from flying directly to Iran.
45:51It landed in Azerbaijan, then was
45:52broken down and loaded onto trucks that
45:55silently crawled across the Astara
45:56border to enter Iranian soil. Why take
45:59such a detour through a nation with
46:01such close ties to Israeli intelligence
46:03like Azerbaijan? Under the guise of a
46:05medical relief mission, which no force
46:07dares to bomb or cowardly obstruct,
46:09Putin is conducting a large-scale
46:11strategic logistics exercise. The 13
46:13tons of medicine that slipped through
46:14the border today serve as a vital
46:16prerequisite. It paves the way for
46:18thousands of tons of missile components
46:20, electronic warfare circuit boards,
46:21and drone technology to pour into Iran
46:23tomorrow. Russia is using medical
46:25supplies to patch up its allies'
46:27threatened air defense systems, while
46:28simultaneously sending a stern warning
46:30to Washington. That message roars that
46:33even while busy crushing its lackeys in
46:35Europe, the Russian bear still has the
46:37strength and authority to intervene and
46:39fuel any hot spot on the globe to tie
46:41down and drain the energy of the U.S.
46:43military. The Pentagon can only stand
46:45by in helplessness and humiliation.
46:48That mindset of using soft power to
46:50solve the complex puzzles of modern
46:52warfare is precisely the art that
46:53Vietnam's strategic planners are
46:55currently deploying. We have reached a
46:57level of mastery right on our home turf
46:59that forces the superpowers to hold us
47:01in high regard. Look away from the
47:03Middle Eastern cauldron and turn toward
47:05the calm, majestic waters of the Gulf
47:06of Tonkin. On the afternoon of April
47:1020th, immediately after the
47:11highest-level negotiations between the
47:13two nations concluded, our coast guard
47:16vessels 804 and 803 immediately weighed
47:18anchor and set sail. Ships flying the
47:21proud red flag with the yellow star
47:23conducted a joint patrol with the China
47:25Coast Guard. Inexperienced and
47:27narrow-minded Western political
47:28observers might shrug it off, claiming
47:30this is merely a routine exchange
47:32activity. They drone on with their
47:34cheap, predictable rhetoric. But in our
47:36nation's masterful art of diplomacy,
47:38the timing of a strike is more critical
47:40and lethal than the text of the
47:41documents; why are the joint patrol,
47:43the release of fish fry, the memorial
47:45service for martyrs, and the
47:46inter-agency inspection happening right
47:48now? It is a sword stroke that cuts
47:50through the schemes of hostile forces
47:52to incite conflict in the East Sea. At
47:54the same time, it is a message of steel
47:56sent directly to the U.S. President's
47:57Oval Office. When Washington brandishes
48:00its tariff stick, plays the thug with
48:02threats of sanctions, and suspects
48:04Vietnam of colluding with China to
48:05circumvent trade laws, we absolutely do
48:08not choose the path of weak, groveling
48:10excuses. We take our ships out for
48:12joint patrols openly, transparently,
48:14and with total integrity. We even
48:16invite international media to join us
48:18to record and observe. The message
48:20delivered is extremely sharp, striking
48:22directly at the blind arrogance of the
48:24hawks. Vietnam has enough mettle and
48:26wisdom to manage peace with its giant
48:28neighbor. We share intertwined, vital
48:31interests and will absolutely,
48:32permanently never become cheap pawns in
48:34the American strategy to contain and
48:36oppose China. Transparent, upright
48:39conduct is the diamond armor protecting
48:41Vietnam from insidious economic sucker
48:43punches. Furthermore, the 804 and 803
48:45coast guard ships stand tall as they
48:47cut through the waves. In the Gulf of
48:49Tonkin, these are no longer patched-up
48:51machines bought or borrowed from others
48:53. They are vessels built by the very
48:54hands and minds of Vietnamese engineers
48:56. They are equipped with purely
48:58Vietnamese, sophisticated radar and
49:00communication systems designed and
49:02manufactured by Viettel. Vietnamese
49:03intellect is shining brilliantly across
49:05every nautical mile. Our colonels and
49:08coast guard commanders step onto the
49:10opposing deck for talks, not as the
49:12weak, apprentices, or subordinates.
49:15They carry the majestic aura of true
49:17masters, possessing real strength,
49:18operating on equal and fair terms. We
49:21use the success of peace in the Gulf of
49:23Tonkin as a powerful bargaining chip, a
49:25model for negotiating a code of conduct
49:27for the entire South China Sea. That is
49:30the shining peak of bamboo diplomacy,
49:32with roots firmly anchored in our
49:34sacred land and national interests. Its
49:37trunk bends gracefully in the storms of
49:39the era, yet its branches are
49:40infinitely sharp, ready to blind any
49:42foreign force that dares to covet or
49:44violate our sovereignty. The Vietnamese
49:46bamboo never breaks before any
49:48hurricane, but uses the wind's own
49:49strength to rise with majestic power.
49:51Looking back at a world currently
49:53crumbling due to pragmatic, mercantile
49:55calculations. A place where despicable
49:56Western allies are ready to turn their
49:58backs and tear each other apart for
50:00localized interests. A place where
50:01hollow defense treaties are torn up
50:03overnight. Only by reflecting on that
50:06sordid picture do we truly see the
50:07eternal, noble value of the
50:09Russia-Vietnam relationship. Having
50:11endured over a century of blood and
50:13glory. From the quiet, private chambers
50:15of the Kremlin, through the snow-buried
50:18trenches of Moscow in 1941, to the
50:20blazing anti-aircraft missile batteries
50:22in Hanoi and the proud oil rigs
50:23anchored firmly in the East Sea, the
50:26Moscow axis remains. Hanoi stands tall
50:29as an immutable geopolitical constant,
50:31an indestructible monument of humanity.
50:34Why does a proud and massive Russia
50:36always hold Vietnam in such a unique,
50:38irreplaceable position? It is not
50:40merely because of the strategic
50:41location of Cam Ranh naval base. Nor is
50:43it because of the Bach Ho crude oil
50:45barrels or an ambition to use us as a
50:47springboard back into Asia; the Kremlin
50:49keeps Vietnam close and wholeheartedly
50:51shares top-secret national treasures
50:53like Kilo submarines, Su-30 fighters,
50:55and nuclear energy because of a deeper
50:56truth. In the hearts of the Russian
50:59people, Vietnam is the sole symbol of a
51:01heroic era, the only place in the world
51:03where Russian weapons, doctrines, and
51:05ideals were fully elevated by the
51:07heroic blood, keen intellect, and
51:09indomitable spirit of an Eastern nation
51:11. We are the only brother who has never
51:13betrayed them, standing firmly by their
51:15side whether in their golden age or
51:17when the Soviet empire collapsed into
51:19ruins. And conversely, for generations
51:21of Vietnamese raised on the virtue of "
51:22drinking water, remembering the source,
51:24" Russia has never been just a cold
51:26warehouse of weapons or a purely
51:27commercial partner. Russia is the great
51:29elder brother who went without food and
51:30clothing, scraping the bottom of their
51:32grain bins to put every single kernel
51:33of wheat into our hands amidst the
51:35hunger and inflation. That grace and
51:36gratitude, these mountains and rivers
51:38shall forever engrave in their hearts.
51:39They were the teachers who endured the
51:41scorching tropical heat, climbing into
51:42deep bunkers to guide our soldiers
51:44hand-in-hand in mastering the skies and
51:46bringing down the American empire's
51:47flying fortresses. They were the Soviet
51:49engineers who gave their lives beneath
51:51the massive concrete blocks of the Hoa
51:52Binh hydroelectric dam, sacrificing
51:54their blood and bones to light up an
51:56entire era of brilliant
51:57industrialization for our country. The
51:59great history of a nation has never
52:00been merely dry, soulless rows of data.
52:03History is the magnanimous voice of our
52:04ancestors entrusted to posterity, a
52:06fair repayment of chivalrous
52:07righteousness on the political
52:09chessboard, and the greatest, most
52:10profound legacy of the Russia-Vietnam
52:12relationship. It does not lie in the
52:14destructive power of S-300 missile
52:16systems or the terrifying stealth of
52:18the ocean's "black holes." That eternal
52:21legacy lies in absolute trust. Trust is
52:24an extremely luxurious and rare
52:25commodity in the base world of Western
52:27power politics. It proves that the true
52:32strength of an alliance does not lie in
52:34dirty power-sharing contracts, but in
52:35an intimate understanding forged
52:37through bombs, snowstorms, and the
52:39harshest years of embargoes. No matter
52:42how the future turns, no matter which
52:44superpower rises in the blink of an eye
52:46or falls in disgrace, the roots of the
52:48Vietnamese bamboo will remain anchored
52:50deep within the Northern bedrock. It
52:52creates a support as firm as Mount Tai
52:54for the peace and prosperity of both
52:56nations. Sparkling halos will
52:58eventually fade into the past. But
52:59integrity, heroism, and steadfast
53:01loyalty are the eternal assets of a
53:04nation. I hope that as we turn the
53:06pages of these fierce battle records,
53:08we are not only ignited with pride for
53:10our ancestors 'profound strategic
53:12vision, but also feel the sacred duty
53:14to preserve that flame of gratitude for
53:16generations to come. Always keep a cool
53:19head to analyze the times, a burning
53:21heart to protect sovereignty, and
53:23nerves of steel to survive proudly
53:25amidst the vortex of superpowers. Yeah.

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