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Quân khu 7 (7th Military Region) Active: 10 December 1945 – present [1] Country Vietnam: Allegiance: People's Army of Vietnam: Branch: Active duty: Role: Regular force: Size: Equivalent to Corps: Part of: People's Army of Vietnam: Garrison/HQ: Phú Nhuận district, Ho Chi Minh City: Engagements: First Indochina War Vietnam War Cambodian ...
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Việt Quân: member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam; Lieutenant General Đinh Văn Cai; Lieutenant General Huỳnh Chiến Thắng: member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, then promoted to Deputy Chief of General Staff of Vietnam People's Army
The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN), officially the Vietnam People's Army (VPA; [11] Vietnamese: Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam, pronounced [kwən˧˧ ʔɗoj˧˨ʔ ɲən˧˧ zən˧˧ viət̚˧˨ʔ naːm˧˧], lit. ' Military of and for the people of Vietnam ' [12]), also recognized as the Vietnamese Army (Vietnamese: Quân đội Việt Nam ...
The Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three career paths: Officers (sĩ quan), Professional serviceman (Quân nhân Chuyên nghiệp), non-commissioned officers (hạ sĩ quan), and enlisted personnel (chiến sĩ).
The People's Army Newspaper (Vietnamese: Báo Quân đội nhân dân) is a Vietnamese newspaper headquartered in Hanoi.It is under the authority of the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense, and it is practically the official press of the entire Vietnam People's Armed Forces and the People's Army of Vietnam.
During the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, it was 3rd Corps that advanced through the maritime regions of Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa Province and later captured Tan Son Nhat Airport. After the Vietnam War , 3rd Corps continued to engage in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War , the corps was awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces ( Anh hùng Lực ...
On July 20, 1974, [2] General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 4th Corps in Đông Nam Bộ, where is located the part of Mekong River called Cửu Long River (Cửu Long Giang or Sông Cửu Long), from which came the name Cửu Long Corps of the unit. [3]
The QLVNCH (also known as the RVNMF) was established on 26 October 1955 when the State of Vietnam became a republic after a rigged referendum. [3] Created out from ex-French Union Army colonial Indochinese auxiliary units (French: Supplétifs), gathered earlier on 8 December 1950 into the Vietnamese National Army or VNA (Vietnamese: Quân Đội Quốc Gia Việt Nam – QĐQGVN), Armée ...