The 7th 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
South East Vietnam.
* Command Headquarters:
Ho Chi Minh City
* Commander:
Major General
Major general (abbreviated MG, maj. gen. and similar) is a military rank used in many countries. It is derived from the older rank of sergeant major general. The disappearance of the "sergeant" in the title explains the apparent confusion of ...
Nguyễn Trường Thắng
*
Political Commissar: Lieutenant General
Trần Hoài Trung
* Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff: Major General
Đặng Văn Hùng
Agencies
* Department of Staff
* Department of Politics
** Division of Organisation
** Division of Cadre
** Division of Policy
** Division of Propogendar and Training
** Division of Thoughts and Culture
** Military Court of Military Zone
** Military Procuratorate of Military Zone
** Military Museum of Ho Chi Minh Campaign of 7th Military Zone: No. 2, Road Lê Duẩn, District ( vi, quận) 1,
Ho Chi Minh City
** Newspaper of 7th Military Zone
** Troupe of 7th Military Zone
* Department of Logistics
* Department of Technique
* Office of Command of 7th Military Zone
Units
* Military Command of
Hồ Chí Minh municipality
* Military Command of
Bà Rịa–Vũng Tàu province
* Military Command of
Bình Dương province
* Military Command of
Bình Phước province
* Military Command of
Bình Thuận province
* Military Command of
Đồng Nai province
* Military Command of
Tây Ninh province
* Military Command of
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* Military Command of
Long An province
* Military School of Military Zone
*
5th Infantry Division
* 302nd Infantry Division
* 317th Infantry Division
* Other special troops: anti-aircraft, anti-aircraft artillery, tanks, combat engineer
Successive Commander and Leadership
Commanders
* Colonel General
Trần Văn Trà
Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (1918 – April 20, 1996) was a Vietnamese general. He was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party ( Workers' Party of Vietnam) from 1960 to 1982; a lieutena ...
(1976–1978)
* Lieutenant General (1974), Colonel General (1980), General (1984)
Lê Đức Anh
Lê Đức Anh (1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was a Vietnamese politician and general who served as the fourth President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarde ...
, (1978–1981)
* Lieutenant General
Đồng Văn Cống (1981–1982)
* Lieutenant General, Colonel General (1986)
Nguyễn Minh Châu (1982–1987)
* Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Thới Bưng (1987–1990)
* Lieutenant General
Bùi Thanh Vân (1990–1994)
* Lieutenant General
Đỗ Quang Hưng (1994–1995)
* Lieutenant General
Lê Văn Dũng (1995–1998): promoted to General, Director of
General Department of Politics of Vietnam People's Army
* Lieutenant General
Phan Trung Kiên (1998–2003): promoted to Colonel General, member of
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: ''Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam'') is the highest decision-making body of the party between convocations of the National Congress.
History
The C ...
, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence.
* Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Văn Chia (2003–2005)
* Lieutenant General
Lê Mạnh (2005-2/2009)
* Lieutenant General
Triệu Xuân Hòa (2/2009-2011): honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1983)
* Lieutenant General
Trần Đơn (2011-2015)
* Lieutenant General
Võ Minh Lương (2015-2020)
* Major General
Nguyễn Trường Thắng (2020-present)
Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics
* Colonel General
Trần Văn Trà
Nguyễn Chấn, known as Trần Văn Trà (1918 – April 20, 1996) was a Vietnamese general. He was a commander in the Vietcong; a member of the Central Committee of the Lao Dong Party ( Workers' Party of Vietnam) from 1960 to 1982; a lieutena ...
(1976–1978)
[Tran Van Tra (2 February 1983), History of the Bulwark B2 Theater, Volume 5, Concluding the 30-years War, Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Southeast Asia Report No 1247]
* Colonel General
Lê Đức Anh
Lê Đức Anh (1 December 1920 – 22 April 2019) was a Vietnamese politician and general who served as the fourth President of Vietnam from 1992 to 1997. He previously led the Vietnamese forces in Cambodia throughout the 1980s. He was regarde ...
(1978–1981)
* Colonel General
Nguyễn Minh Châu (1982–1987)
* Lieutenant General
Lê Thành Tâm (1997–2004): Deputy Commander of politics, now Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Veterans.
* Lieutenant General
Nguyễn Thành Cung (2004–2010), Political Commissar. member of
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
The Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam ( Vietnamese: ''Ban Chấp hành Trung ương Đảng Cộng sản Việt Nam'') is the highest decision-making body of the party between convocations of the National Congress.
History
The C ...
* Lieutenant General
Phạm Văn Dỹ (2010-2018)
* Lieutenant General
Trần Hoài Trung (2018-present)
References
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