The 3rd Military Region of
Vietnam People's Army
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is directly under the
Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending the
Red River Delta
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.
The north-West region of Vietnam borders with the
Guangxi,
China. In 1979, Chinese army with one infantry division, launched an invasion in this military zone.
* Command Headquarters:
Hai Phong city
* Commander:
Major General
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Nguyễn Quang Ngọc
*
Political Commissar:
Lieutenant General
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Nguyễn Quang Cường
* Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff Commander: Major General
Nguyễn Đức Dũng
Agencies
* Headquarters of Staff
* Logistics Department
* Technical Department
* Department of Politics
Units
* Military Command of
Hải Phòng Province.
* Military Command of
Quảng Ninh Province.
* Military Command of
Hải Dương Province.
* Military Command of
Hưng Yên Province
* Military Command of
Thái Bình Province
* Military Command of
Nam Định Province
Nam Định () ( vi, Tỉnh Nam Định) is a province in the southern part of the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. It borders Ninh Bình province to the southwest, Hà Nam province to the northwest, Thái Bình province to the northe ...
* Military Command of
Hà Nam Province
Hà is a Vietnamese surname. The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean.
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, ...
* Military Command of
Ninh Bình Province
* Military Command of
Hòa Bình Province
* Military School of Military Zone (in
Chí Linh County of
Hải Dương Province)
* 395th Division (in
Yên Hưng County of
Quảng Ninh Province)
* 350th Division (in
Ninh Bình Province)
* 327th Defence Economic Division
* 319th Construction Company (in
Long Biên of
Hà Nội
Hanoi or Ha Noi ( or ; vi, Hà Nội ) is the capital and second-largest city of Vietnam. It covers an area of . It consists of 12 urban districts, one district-leveled town and 17 rural districts. Located within the Red River Delta, Hanoi is ...
)- created on 7 March 1979 as the 319th Defence Economics Division. Present there are 3475 technic workers, 763 technic and manage cadre, of which 573 persons with bachelor's degree.
* 273rd Tank Regiment (in
Hải An of
Hải Phòng)
* 242nd Infantry Regiment (in
Vân Đồn County of
Quảng Ninh Province)
* 603rd Regiment
* 405th Tank Regiment
* 513th Combat Engineer Brigade.
* 214th Anti-Aircraft Brigade.
* 454th Artillery Brigade.
* 7th Army Medical Hospital (subordinate to Department of Logistics)
* 5th Army Medical Hospital (subordinate to Department of Logistics)
References
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Military regions of the People's Army of Vietnam