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The People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces Arms (Vietnamese: Binh chủng Đặc công, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam), officially the Special Operation Force Arms or Special Operation Arms, [1] is the elite combat armed service of the People's Army of Vietnam, led by the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. It is uniquely ...
In 1961, the Special Forces and the Army of the Republic of Vietnam (ARVN) 1st Infantry Division, based in the northernmost area of South Vietnam, conducted a joint operation against Communist infiltrators in northern Quảng Trị Province. In the autumn of 1961, Special Forces units began Operation Eagle at Bình Hưng with a night parachute ...
The Vietnam People's Public Security (Vietnamese: Công an nhân dân Việt Nam) is the main police, and security force of Vietnam. The People's Public Security Forces is the core force of the people's armed forces in performing the task of protecting national security and ensuring social order and safety, and crime prevention and control.
People's Army of Vietnam Special Forces parading in 2015 with Israeli-license ACE 31 rifles. From the 1960s to 1975 the Soviet Union, along with some smaller Eastern Bloc countries, was the main supplier of military hardware to North Vietnam. After the latter's victory in the war, it remained the main supplier of equipment to Vietnam.
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 ...
Since the Vietnamese independence, VMSF has participated in pretty much every conflict in Vietnam, including wars against France and the United States. In the Vietnam War, VMSF is credited for 10% of the total US planes shot down over North Vietnam. [2] Vietnamese militiamen with their cobalt blue uniform in Củ Chi for an exercise.
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.
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