The

Hanoi 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 ...

Capital Command ( vi, Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội) of the People's Army of Vietnam, is directly under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending

, the capital of Vietnam.

History

The predecessor of Hanoi Command was established in October 1945. By November 1946, the state was reorganised into 12 War Zones （ vi, Chiến khu）. Hanoi was organised into the 11th War Zone, also known as the Front of Hanoi. When the

French Indochina War The First Indochina War (generally known as the Indochina War in France, and as the Anti-French Resistance War in Vietnam) began in French Indochina from 19 December 1946 to 20 July 1954 between France and Việt Minh (Democratic Republic of Vi ...

broke out on 19 December 1946, Front of Hanoi was annexed into 2nd War Zone. From 1 November 1948, 2nd War Area was placed directly under the authority of 3rd Joint Zone （ vi, Liên Khu）, but by May 1949, Hanoi was split to form the Front of Hanoi again, under the Commander-in-Chief. This situation is maintained until after 1954, when the zone called Hanoi. By 1957, the General Command established troops of Hanoi under the control of General Command. To 1 August 1964, placed directly under the 3rd Military Zone. However, in September 1964 it recovered independent of the Capital Command. On 5 March 1979, by Ordiance 28-LCT, the Capital Military Zone was established on the basis of the Capital Command, in terms of military management in the city of Hanoi. In 1999, areas of the Capital Military Zone, including additional in old

Hà Tây Province Hà Tây () was a former province of Vietnam, in the Red River Delta, now part of Hanoi. On May 29, 2008 the decision was made to subsume the province into the city of Hanoi. The merger took place on August 1, 2008. The name of the province wa ...

had merged and now form part of Hanoi. By ordinance No.16 of

President of Vietnam The president of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam ( vi, Chủ tịch nước Cộng hòa xã hội chủ nghĩa Việt Nam, lit=Chairman of the nation of Socialist Republic of Vietnam) is the head of state of Vietnam, elected by the Vietnam Nat ...

on 16 July 2008 Hanoi Capital Command was founded on the basis of the Hanoi Military Zone Command.

Command leadership

* Command Headquarters:

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 ...

city * Commander: Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Quốc Duyệt * Political Commissar: Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Trọng Triển * Deputy Commander Chief of Staff: Maj. Gen. Bùi Trọng Quỳnh

Agencies

* Command Office * Command Staff Department * Department of Politics ** Division of Organization ** Division of Cadre ** Division of Policy ** Division of Publicity and Training ** Division of Cultural and Ideological Affairs ** Military Court ** Military Procuratorate ** Museum of the Capital Military Command: No. 157, St. Đội Cấn, Quận Ba Đình,

* Department of Logistics * Department of Military Technology

Units

* 301st Infantry Division * 452nd KTT Artillery Regiment * 47th Tank-Armored Battalion * 610th Communication Battalion

Successive Commander and Leadership

Special Zone of Hanoi (1945-1946)

* Commander:

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* Chief of Staff:

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War Zone 11 (1946)

* Commander:

* Chief of Staff:? * Political Commissioners:

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War Zone 2 (1946-1949)

* Commander: Hoàng Sâm * Chief of Staff: Lê Hiến Mai

Front Hanoi (1949-1957)

* Commander: Phùng Thế Tài * Chief of Staff:

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The Troops of Hanoi (1957-1964)

* Commander: Col. Vũ Văn Sự * Chief of Staff:?

Command of Capital (1964-1979)

* Commander: Snr. Col.

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* Political Commissioners:

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Capital Military Zone (1979-present)

Commander

* Lt. Gen.

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(1979–1980) * Maj. Gen. Lư Giang (1980–1989) * Lt. Gen.

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(1989–1997) * Maj. Gen.

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(1997–2002) * Maj. Gen.

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(2002–2008) * Lt. Gen. Phí Quốc Tuấn (2008–2015) * Maj. Gen.

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(2015–2018) * Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Hồng Thái (2018–2019) * Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Quốc Duyệt (2019–present)

Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics

* Lt. Gen.

(1946–1950) *

(1964–1969) * Maj. Gen. Đoàn Phụng (1969–1973) * Maj. Gen. Hoàng Kim (1979–1983) * Maj. Gen.

(1986–1989) * Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Đăng Sáp (2007–2008) * Maj. Gen. Phùng Đình Thảo (2008–2010) * Lt. Gen. Lê Hùng Mạnh (2010–2015) * Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Thế Kết (2015–2019) * Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Trọng Triển (2019–present)

Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff

* Lê Hiến Mai *

* Maj. Gen. Bùi Viết Chương * Maj. Gen. Tạ Đình Hiểu * Maj. Gen. Trịnh Thanh Vân * Maj. Gen. Bùi Minh Thứ * Maj. Gen. Lê Hải Bình (-2008) * Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Văn Nghinh (2008-2010) * Senior Colonel

(2013-2015) * Maj. Gen. Bùi Trọng Quỳnh (2015–present)

References

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