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During the existence of the General Headquarters of the Vietnam People's Army (Bộ Tổng tư lệnh Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam), which had been the supreme commanding organ of the armed forces from 1946 to 1975, the General Staff was directly under the General Headquarters and acted as staff of the General Headquarters according to ...
Lê Minh Đảo (5 March 1933 – 19 March 2020) was a Major general in the South Vietnamese Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN). He commanded the 18th Division nicknamed "The Super Men", at Xuân Lộc , the last major battle of the Vietnam War .
In addressing them, they are referred to using the rank displayed - e.g. as Major (Thiếu tá), Lieutenant (Trung úy) etc. They do not hold any command authority over regular officers. Rank insignia used by the specialist officer corps since 2008 have a pink silk line running along the shoulder board (before 2008 it was a V-shaped chevron) to ...
A lieutenant (UK: / l ɛ f ˈ t ɛ n ən t / lef-TEN-ənt, US: / l uː-/ loo-; [1] abbreviated Lt., Lt, LT, Lieut and similar) is a junior commissioned officer rank in the armed forces of many nations, as well as fire services, emergency medical services, security services and police forces.
On 15/5/1945 the Propaganda Liberation Army merged with the National Salvation Army into the Vietnam Liberation Army (Việt Nam Giải phóng Quân) on 15 May 1945. [19] The Democratic Republic of Vietnam was proclaimed in Hanoi by Ho Chi Minh and Vietminh on 2 September 1945.
Book cover of 2019 Vietnam National Defence Policy. The Ministry of National Defence is the supreme command of the Vietnam People's Army - VPA which contains several arms and army corps, the Vietnam People's Ground Forces, the Vietnamese People's Navy – VPN, the Vietnamese People's Air Force – Air Defense – VPAF-AD, the Vietnam Border Guard – VBG and the Vietnam Coast Guard – VCG.
The Chief of the General Staff (alternatively the General Chief of Staff; Vietnamese: Tổng Tham mưu trưởng) is the chief of staff of the General Staff of the People's Army of Vietnam.
The following naval ranks were officially adopted for flag-level officers of the Vietnam People's Navy: Admiral (equivalent to Colonel General), Vice Admiral (equivalent to Lieutenant General), and Rear Admiral (equivalent to Major General). With this change the English language translations of the Vietnamese ranks of the VPN after the 1982 ...