The 2nd Military Region of the
Vietnam People's Army
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, is directly under the
Ministry of Defence of Vietnam
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, tasked to organise, build, manage and commander armed forces defending the
North West of Vietnam. The north-West region of Vietnam, borders with the
Yunnan
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of China. In 1979, Chinese army with 3 infantry corps, 10 infantry divisions, launched a huge invasion in this military zone, and occupied
Lào Cai Province and
Phong Thổ Phong may refer to:
Computer graphics
*Phong shading
*Phong reflection model
* Blinn–Phong shading model
*Bui Tuong Phong - creator of the Phong shading interpolation method and reflection model.
Other
*Phong-Kniang language
*Nam Phong (di ...
.
* Command Headquarters:
Việt Trì
Việt Trì (越池) is the capital city of Phú Thọ Province in the Northeast region of Vietnam. In 2010, the city had a population of 260,288. The city covers an area of . Việt Trì is also the economic centre of the province and contains ...
city in
Phú Thọ Province
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* Commander: Major General
Phạm Hồng Chương
*
Political Commissar: Lieutenant General
Phạm Đức Duyên
* Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff Commander: Major General
Nguyễn Đăng Khải
Agencies
× Headquarters of Staff
* Logistics Department
* Technical Department
* Department of Politics
Units
* Military Command of
Sơn La Province
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.
* Military Command of
Lai Châu Province
Lai or LAI may refer to:
Abbreviations
* Austrian Latin America Institute (Österreichisches Lateinamerika-Institut)
* ''Latin American Idol'', TV series
* La Trobe Institute, Melbourne, Australia
* Leaf area index, leaf area of a crop or ve ...
.
* Military Command of
Lào Cai Province.
* Military Command of
Điện Biên Province
* Military Command of
Yên Bái Province
* Military Command of
Hà Giang Province
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Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is also the anglicized variation of Hạ.
Notable people with the surname Hà
*Hà Kiều Anh, Mis ...
* Military Command of
Tuyên Quang Province
* Military Command of
Phú Thọ Province
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* Military Command of
Vĩnh Phúc Province
* Military School of Military Zone (in
Vĩnh Yên
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This city hosted 2012 Asian Men's Cup Volleyball Championship.
Climate
...
City of
Vĩnh Phúc Province)
*
316th Infantry Division
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(located in Chí Đám,
Đoan Hùng county,
Phú Thọ province
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)
* 355th Infantry Division (in
Yên Bái Province)
* 82nd Infantry Regiment (in
Điện Biên Province)
* 406th Tank Regiment (in
Hạ Hòa county of
Phú Thọ Province
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)
* 604th Information Regiment (in
Việt Trì
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city of
Phú Thọ Province
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)
* 297th Anti-Aircraft Brigade (in
Việt Trì
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city of
Phú Thọ Province
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)
* 543rd Combat Engineering Brigade (in
Thanh Thủy county of
Phú Thọ Province
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)
* 313rd Defence Economics Division
* 314th Defence Economics Division
* 326th Defence Economics Division (in Sốp Cộp of
Sơn La Province
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)
* 345th Defence Economics Division - during the 1979
Sino-Vietnamese War
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, the 345th Division, which had recently converted from an economic construction division to a fighting division, was located at
Bao Thang
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, across from
Yunan Province
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.
[Xiaoming Zhang, Deng Xiaoping's Long War: The Military Conflict between China and Vietnam ..., p.99-100.]
* 379th Defence Economics Division (in
Điện Biên Province)
Successive Commander and Leadership
Commander
* Major General (1974), Lieutenant General (1980),
Colonel General
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(1984)
Vũ Lập
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(1978-1987):
* Lieutenant General
Ma Thanh Toàn (-2007)
* Lieutenant General
Đỗ Bá Tỵ (2007-2010)
* Major General
Dương Đức Hòa (2010-2016)
* Major General
Lê Xuân Duy (2016-2016)
* Lieutenant General
Phùng Sĩ Tấn (2016-2019)
* Major General
Phạm Hồng Chương (2019-present)
Political Commissioner
* Major General (1974), Lieutenant General (1980),
Vũ Lập
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(1978-1981)
* Lieutenant General
Trần Thụ (Deputy Commander of political)
* Lieutenant General
Lê Minh Cược (2006-2009)
* Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Ngọc Liên (2009-2015)
* Major General
Lê Hiền Vân (2015-2016)
* Lieutenant General
Trịnh Văn Quyết (2016-2021)
* Lieutenant General
Phạm Đức Duyên (2021-present)
References
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Military regions of the People's Army of Vietnam