1st Military Region of

Vietnam People's Army Vietnam or Viet Nam ( vi, Việt Nam, ), officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam,., group="n" is a country in Southeast Asia, at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of and population of 96 million, making i ...

, is directly under the

Ministry of Defence of Vietnam The Ministry of National Defence ( vi, Bộ Quốc phòng, abbreviated as MoD for ''Ministry of Defence'' in English or BQP for ''Bộ Quốc phòng'' in Vietnamese) is the governmental ministry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that manages, ...

, tasked to organise, build, manage and commander fights against foreign invaders to protect the North East of Vietnam. The north-east region of Vietnam, borders with the

Guangxi Guangxi (; ; Chinese postal romanization, alternately romanized as Kwanghsi; ; za, Gvangjsih, italics=yes), officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region (GZAR), is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the People's Republic ...

of China. In 1979, Chinese army with 5 infantry corps, 17 infantry divisions, launched a huge invasion in this military zone, occupied the

Lạng Sơn Lạng Sơn () is a city in far northern Vietnam, which is the capital of Lạng Sơn Province. It is accessible by road and rail from Hanoi, the Vietnamese capital, and it is the northernmost point on National Route 1. History Due to its ge ...

and

Cao Bằng Cao Bằng () is a city in northern Vietnam. It is the capital and largest settlement of Cao Bằng Province. It is located on the bank of the Bằng Giang river, and is around away from the border with China's Guangxi region. According to the 2 ...

. The headquarters of the 1st Military Zone is in

Thái Nguyên Thái Nguyên () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital and largest city of Thái Nguyên Province. The city is listed as a first class city and is the ninth largest city in Vietnam. It has long been famous throughout Vietnam for its Tân Cư� ...

. * Commander: Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Hồng Thái * Political Commissar: Lt. Gen. Dương Đình Thông * Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff Commander: Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Huy Cảnh

Agencies

× Headquarters of Staff * Logistics Department * Technic Department * Office of Command * Department of Politics ** branch of cadre ** branch of Organisation ** Branch of Propaganda and Training ** Branch of Thought and Culture ** Branch of Policy ** Military Court of Military Zone ** Military Procuracy of Military Zone ** Inspection Commission of the Party

Structure

× Military Command of

Cao Bằng Province Cao or CAO may refer to: Mythology *Cao (bull), a legendary bull in Meitei mythology Companies or organizations *Air China Cargo, ICAO airline designator CAO *CA Oradea, Romanian football club *CA Osasuna, Spanish football club *Canadian Associ ...

* Military Command of Bắc Kạn Province * Military Command of Lạng Sơn Province * Military Command of Bắc Giang Province- ** Commander: Major General Hà Ngọc Hoa * Military Command of

Thái Nguyên Province Cài () is a Chinese-language surname that derives from the name of the ancient Cai state. In 2019 it was the 38th most common surname in China, but the 9th most common in Taiwan (as of 2018), where it is usually romanized as "Tsai" (based on ...

* Military Command of Bắc Ninh Province * Military School of Military Zone * 3rd Division * 346th Division * 799th Economic Construction Division ("national economic team"?) ( Bảo Lâm District, Cao Bằng)

Successive Commander and Leadership

Commander

*Major General (1974), Lieutenant General(1980),

Colonel General Colonel general is a three- or four-star military rank used in some armies. It is particularly associated with Germany, where historically general officer ranks were one grade lower than in the Commonwealth and the United States, and was a ra ...

(1984)

Đàm Quang Trung Đàm Quang Trung (September 12, 1921 – March 3, 1995) was a Vietnamese general in the People's Army of Vietnam. He served in the First Indochina War and Vietnam War. Đàm Quang Trung joined the Communist Party of Vietnam in 1939. In 1940 he ...

(7/1976-1986): * Lieutenant General Đàm Văn Ngụy (1987-) * Lieutenant General

Phùng Quang Thanh Phùng Quang Thanh (2 February 1949 – 11 September 2021) was Vietnam's Minister of Defense from 2006 to 2016. Phùng Quang Thanh was an officer of the Vietnam People's Army and a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam. Enli ...

(1997-2001) * Lieutenant General

Nguyễn Khắc Nghiên Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this ...

(2001-2002) * Lieutenant General

Phạm Xuân Thệ Phạm is the fourth most common Vietnamese family name from , which may be rendered as ''Fan'' in Chinese or ''Beom'' (범) in Korean. It is not to be confused with Phan (潘), another Vietnamese surname. Origin Phạm is the Sino-Vietnames ...

(2002-2007): * Lieutenant General

Nguyễn Văn Đạo Nguyễn () is the most common Vietnamese surname. Outside of Vietnam, the surname is commonly rendered without diacritics as Nguyen. Nguyên (元）is a different word and surname. By some estimates 39 percent of Vietnamese people bear this su ...

(2007-May 2010) * Lieutenant General Bế Xuân Trường (May 2010 – 2014) * Lieutenant General

Phan Văn Giang Phan Văn Giang (born October 1960) is a Vietnamese General, politician and Vietnam's Minister of National Defence. Phan Văn Giang was born in 1960 in Thái Nguyên Province, joined the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam in 20 ...

(2014-2016) * Major General

Ngô Minh Tiến Ngô () is a Vietnamese surname, related to the Chinese surnames Ng, Ngo and Wu. Notable people with the surname Ngô * Ngô Văn Dụ Chairman of the Central Commission for Inspection of the Communist Party of Vietnam from 2011 to 2016 *Ngô ...

(2016-2018) * Lieutenant General Trần Hồng Minh (2018-2019) * Lieutenant General Nguyễn Hồng Thái (2019-present)

The Commissioner, Deputy Commander of Politics

* Major General (1974)

(7/1976-1980): * Major General Đàm Đình Trại ( -2004) * Lieutenant General Vi Văn Mạn (2004-2011) * Lieutenant General Nguyễn Sỹ Thăng (2011-2018) * Lieutenant General Dương Đình Thông (2018-present)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:1st Military Region (Vietnam People's Army) Military regions of the People's Army of Vietnam