Second Edition of Indian Navy-Vietnam Peoples’ Navy Bilateral Exercise (1)

The 2nd 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 the Naval Operations Command that independently manages and protects the seas from South Bình Thuận to

Bạc Liêu Bạc Liêu () is a provincial city and capital of the Bạc Liêu Province in the Mekong Delta region in southern Vietnam. It is a medium-sized town with a population of approximately 150,000. The former name of the city is Vĩnh Lợi. Histor ...

and the southern continental shelf, including the important area. The point is the sea with economic - scientific - service clusters (hereinafter referred to as DK1) on the southern continental shelf, including the southern provinces of Bình Thuận, Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu,

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Tiền Giang The term ''tiền'' ( Hán tự: 錢) is used to refer to various currency-related concepts used in Vietnamese history. The name is a cognate with the Chinese ''qián'' (錢), a unit of weight called " mace" in English. It can refer to a unit o ...

Bến Tre Bến Tre () is the capital city of Bến Tre Province, in the Mekong Delta region of southern Vietnam. Located southwest of Ho Chi Minh City, the city covers an area of 65.75 km2 (25.39 sq mi) and has a population of 124,499 at the ...

Trà Vinh Trà Vinh City is the capital city of Trà Vinh province in southern Vietnam. Location It is located in the Mekong Delta region, which is in the Southern part of Vietnam. Under the Republic of Vietnam South Vietnam, officially the Repub ...

Sóc Trăng Sóc Trăng () is a city in Vietnam. It is the capital of Sóc Trăng Province. It was upgraded from a town (thị xã) to a city following decree 22/2007/NĐ-CP on 8 February 2007. Name The name is believed to be derived from the Khmer langu ...

, Bạc Liêu, and the southeast sea of Cà Mau province (including DK1/10 rig house in Cà Mau shoal).

History

* On March 19, 2009, the 2nd Navy Region (''Vùng 2 Hải quân'') was established under the

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. * On January 14, 2011, the Navy Region 2 Command (''Bộ Chỉ huy Vùng 2 Hải quân'') was upgraded to the 2nd Regional Command (''Bộ Tư lệnh Vùng 2 Hải quân'').

Current leadership

* Commander: Colonel Nguyễn Anh Tuấn (former Deputy Chief of Staff of the Navy). * Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Đỗ Văn Yên (former Political Director of 2nd Regional Command). * Deputy Commander: Colonel Phạm Quyết Tiến (former Brigade commander of 167th Artillery - Missile Brigade - 2nd Regional Command). * Deputy Commander: Colonel Lê Bá Quân (former Brigade commander of 167th Artillery - Missile Brigade - 2nd Regional Command). * Deputy Commander: Colonel Đinh Văn Thắng. * Deputy Political Commissar: Colonel Đặng Mạnh Hùng (former Political Commissar of 2nd Fisheries Control Division 2nd Regional Command).

Organisation

* Advisory Department * Political Department * Logistics Department * Technical Department * Financial Committee * 171st Warship Brigade * 125th Transport Brigade * 167th Artillery - Missile Brigade * 681st Coast Missile Brigade * 251st Radar Regiment * 2nd Guards Division * DK1 Battalion * 67th Information Battalion * Technical Assurance Center * Regional Training Center

Commanders through the ages

* -2014, Phạm Xuân Điệp, Rear Admiral (2012), Deputy Commander of the Navy (2014-present). * 2014 - July 2017, Lương Việt Hùng, Rear Admiral (2015), Deputy Commander of the Navy (July 7, 2017 - present) * July 2017 - 2020, Phạm Khắc Lượng, Rear Admiral (2018), former Deputy Commander 2nd Region. * 2020 - now Nguyễn Anh Tuấn, Colonel.

Political Commissars through the ages

* Mai Tiến Tuyên, Rear Admiral. * 2016-2019, Nguyễn Phong Cảnh, Rear Admiral. * 2019 - present, Đỗ Văn Yên, Rear Admiral.

Notes