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South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia was used by the Republic of Vietnam Military Forces, specifically the Army, Navy, Marines and Air Force. Originally based on French ranks, the ranks were changed in 1967 to resemble US ranks more closely.
Vietnamese military ranks and insignia were specified by the National Assembly of Vietnam through the Law on Vietnam People's Army Officer (No: 6-LCT/HĐNN7) on 30 December 1981. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] The Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three career paths: Officers ( sĩ quan ), Professional serviceman ( Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp ), non ...
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 ...
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Khắc Nghiên (2002–2005): then promoted to First Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. Lieutenant General Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn (- 9/2007): Vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam XII. Lieutenant General Nguyễn Trung Thu (9/2007-2010)
The PAVN was first conceived in September 1944 at the first Revolutionary Party Military Conference as the Propaganda Unit of the Liberation Army (alternatively translated as the Vietnam Propaganda Liberation Army, Việt Nam Tuyên truyền Giải phóng Quân) to educate, recruit and mobilise the Vietnamese to create a main force to drive the ...
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Chia (2003–2005) Lieutenant General Lê Mạnh (2005-2/2009) Lieutenant General Triệu Xuân Hòa (2/2009-2011): honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1983) Lieutenant General Trần Đơn (2011-2015) Lieutenant General Võ Minh Lương (2015-2020) Major General Nguyễn Trường Thắng (2020 ...
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.
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.