The 1st Regional Command under the

Vietnam People's Navy The Vietnam People's Navy (VPN; vi, Hải quân nhân dân Việt Nam), or the Naval Service (), also known as the Vietnamese People's Navy or simply Vietnam/Vietnamese Navy (), is the naval branch of the Vietnam People's Army and is responsi ...

(VPN) is an independent naval warfare command that manages and protects the waters from Quảng Ninh to

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and the islands in the

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, including the Quảng Ninh provinces,

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Thái Bình Thái Bình City () is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Thái Bình Province. The city is located 110 km from Hanoi. The city area is 67.7 square km, with a population of 210,000 people (2006). History ...

Nam Định Nam Định () is a city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Nam Định Province. The city of Nam Định is 90 km south-east of Vietnam's capital, Hanoi. From August 18–20 of each year, there is a festival hel ...

Ninh Bình Ninh Bình () is a small city in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. It is the capital of Ninh Bình Province. Geography Ninh Bình Province is located in northern Vietnam comprising 48 square kilometres; the 2007 city population was 130,517 ...

Thanh Hóa Thanh Hóa () is the capital of Thanh Hóa Province. The city is situated in the east of the province on the Ma River (Sông Mã), about 150 kilometers (93 miles) south of Hanoi and 1560 kilometers (969 miles) north of Ho Chi Minh City. Thanh ...

, Nghệ An, Hà Tĩnh.

History

* On

October 26 Events Pre-1600 *1185 – The Uprising of Asen and Peter begins on the feast day of St. Demetrius of Thessaloniki and ends with the creation of the Second Bulgarian Empire. *1341 – The Byzantine civil war of 1341–1347 formally begi ...

1975 It was also declared the ''International Women's Year'' by the United Nations and the European Architectural Heritage Year by the Council of Europe. Events January * January 1 - Watergate scandal (United States): John N. Mitchell, H. R. ...

, 1st Coastal Region (''Vùng Duyên hải 1'') was established under the Naval Command. * In

1978 Events January * January 1 – Air India Flight 855, a Boeing 747 passenger jet, crashes off the coast of Bombay, killing 213. * January 5 – Bülent Ecevit, of Republican People's Party, CHP, forms the new government of Turkey (42nd go ...

, Coastal Region 1 changed its name to 1st Naval Region Command of the Navy (''Bộ Chỉ huy Vùng 1 Hải quân''). * On

14 January Events Pre-1600 * 1236 – King Henry III of England marries Eleanor of Provence. *1301 – Andrew III of Hungary dies, ending the Árpád dynasty in Hungary. 1601–1900 *1639 – The "Fundamental Orders", the first written const ...

2011 File:2011 Events Collage.png, From top left, clockwise: a protester partaking in Occupy Wall Street heralds the beginning of the Occupy movement; protests against Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi, who was killed that October; a young man celebrate ...

, the 1st Naval Region Command was upgraded to the 1st Regional Command (''Bộ Tư lệnh Vùng 1 Hải quân'').

Current leadership

* Commander: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Viết Khánh (former Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff of 1st Regional Command). * Political Commissar: Colonel Hồ Thanh Hoàn (former Deputy Political Commissar of 1st Regional Command). * Deputy Commander - Chief of Staff: Colonel Lê Đình Cường. * Deputy Commander: Colonel Vũ Đình Duẩn (former Deputy Chief of Staff of 1st Regional Command). * Deputy Commander: Colonel Phan Tiến Bảo. * Deputy Political Commissar: Colonel Trần Xuân Văn.

Organisation

* Advisory Department * Political Department * Logistics Department * Technical Department * Financial Committee * 170th Warship Brigade * 679th Shore Missile Brigade * 147th Naval Infantry Brigade * 137th Squadron * 4th Squadron * 151st Shore Radar Battalion * 158th Battalion * 703rd Warehouse

Bonus

* Third-class

Fatherland Defense Order The Fatherland Defense Order ( vi, Huân chương bảo vệ tổ quốc) is an award conferred by the government of Vietnam. It is awarded to individuals and organizations for achievements in training and building forces and in strengthening na ...

(2010)

Commander through the ages

* 1985, Phạm Minh, Rear Admiral (1991) * 1991, Quách Văn Nấu, Colonel (2010) * Trần Đình Xuyên, Colonel (2008) * 2010-2015, Phạm Văn Điển, Rear Admiral (2011) * 2015-2016, Nguyễn Trọng Bình, Rear Admiral * 2016-2019, Trần Ngọc Quyết, Rear Admiral * 2019-present, Nguyễn Viết Khánh, Colonel

Politics through the ages

* 1977-1980 Colonel Cao Xuân Ấn (

) * 1980-1983 Colonel Lê Nguyên Tham (

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) * 2009-2014, Phạm Văn Sơn, Rear Admiral * 2014-2016, Phạm Văn Vững, Rear Admiral * 2016-2019, Phạm Văn Quang, Rear Admiral * 2019-present, Hồ Thanh Hoàn, Colonel

Notes

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