The 3rd Military Region of

Vietnam People's Army Vietnam, officially the Socialist Republic of Vietnam (SRV), is a country at the eastern edge of mainland Southeast Asia, with an area of about and a population of over 100 million, making it the world's List of countries and depende ...

is directly under the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending the

Red River Delta The Red River Delta or Hong River Delta () is the flat low-lying plain formed by the Red River and its distributaries merging with the Thái Bình River in Northern Vietnam. ''Hồng'' (紅) is a Sino-Vietnamese word for "red" or "crimson". T ...

. The north-West region of Vietnam borders with the

Guangxi Guangxi,; officially the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, is an Autonomous regions of China, autonomous region of the China, People's Republic of China, located in South China and bordering Vietnam (Hà Giang Province, Hà Giang, Cao Bằn ...

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. In 1979, Chinese army with one infantry division, launched an invasion in this military zone.

Agencies

* Headquarters of Staff ** 30th Guards Battalion ** 31st Reconnaissance Battalion ** 41st Commando Battalion ** 38th Chemical Defense Battalion *** 1st Chemical Reconnaissance Company *** 2nd Decontamination - Smoke Company *** Mixed Chemical Company (ARS-14) ** 10th Engineer Workshop * Department of Politics * Department of Logistics - Technicals ** 653rd Transportation Brigade ** T10 Warehouse ** 5th Military Hospital ** 7th Military Hospital ** K22 Warehouse ** K23 Warehouse ** K76 Warehouse ** K84 Warehouse ** X56 Workshop ** X81 Workshop ** Fuel Depot ** 3rd MR Military School *** 3rd Training Battalion *** 4th Training Battalion

Units

* Military Command of

Hải Phòng Haiphong or Hai Phong (, ) is the third-largest city in Vietnam and is the principal port city of the Red River Delta. The municipality has an area of , consisting of 8 List of urban districts of Vietnam, urban districts, 6 Huyện, rural distri ...

** 50th Infantry Regiment ** 836th Infantry Regiment ** Bạch Long Vĩ Island Defense Battalion ** 34th Tank Battalion (

PT-76 The PT-76 is a Soviet Union, Soviet amphibious vehicle, amphibious light tank that was introduced in the early 1950s and soon became the standard reconnaissance tank of the Soviet Army and the other Warsaw Pact armed forces. It was widely exporte ...

BTR-60PB The BTR-60 is the first vehicle in a series of Soviet eight-wheeled armoured personnel carriers (APCs). It was developed in the late 1950s as a replacement for the BTR-152 and was seen in public for the first time in 1961. BTR stands for ''bronet ...

BTR-152 The BTR-152 is a six-wheeled Soviet armoured personnel carrier (APC) built on the chassis and drive train of a ZIS-151 utility truck. It entered service with a number of Warsaw Pact member states beginning in 1950, and formed the mainstay of Sovi ...

) ** 20th Reconnaissance Company ** Guards - Military Police Platoon ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** Military Command Medical Clinic * Military Command of Quảng Ninh Province ** 244th Infantry Regiment ** Vĩnh Thực Island Company ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Guards - Military Police Platoon ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** Repair Station * Military Command of

Hải Dương Province Hải Dương was a former province in the Red River Delta of northern Vietnam. Its name derives from Sino-Vietnamese "ocean sun", though the modern province is in fact landlocked. Located in the Northern Key Economic Region, Hai Duong Provin ...

** 125th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** Warehouse Company * Military Command of

Hưng Yên Province Hưng Yên (/hɨŋ˧˧:iən˧˧/) is a province in the Red River Delta of Northern Vietnam. History Dynastic period The area of the province of Hưng Yên has been inhabited for millennia. Under the Ngô dynasty, it was called Dang Chau. It wa ...

** 126th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Guards Platoon ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** Provincial Military Command Clinic ** K41 Warehouse * Military Command of

Thái Bình Province Thái Bình was a former coastal eastern Provinces of Vietnam, province in the Red River Delta region of northern Vietnam. Its name is chữ Hán (太平) for "great peace." It is about 18 km from Nam Định, 70 km from Haiphong, and 110 km from ...

** 568th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Engineer Company * Military Command of Nam Định Province ** 180th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** Fuel Depot * Military Command of

Hà Nam Province Hà is a Vietnamese given name, male or female, meaning "river". Hà is a Vietnamese 'surname' (during French colonialism). The name is transliterated as He in Chinese and Ha in Korean. Ha is the anglicized variation of the surname Hà. It is ...

** 151st Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Engineer Company ** Fuel Depot * Military Command of Ninh Bình Province ** 855th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (

) ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company * Military Command of

Hòa Bình Province Hòa Bình or Hoà Bình (see tone marks) was a former mountainous province of Vietnam, located in the nation's Northwest region. It borders Phú Thọ province and Sơn La province to the northwest, Hanoi to the northeast, Hà Nam province to ...

** 814th Infantry Regiment ** Mechanized Reconnaissance Company (7

) ** Signals Company ** Engineer Company ** K13 Warehouse * Military School of Military Zone (in

) * 350th Division ** 582nd Infantry Regiment ** 583rd Infantry Regiment ** 584th Infantry Regiment * 395th Division ** 2nd Infantry Regiment ** 8th Infantry Regiment ** 43rd Infantry Regiment ** 16th Air Defense Battalion ** 17th Engineer Battalion ** 25th Transportation Battalion ( KAMAZ trucks) * 242nd Island Defense Brigade ** 162nd Infantry Battalion ** Cô Tô Island Battalion ** Ngọc Vừng Island Battalion ** Trần Island Battalion *** 8th Company *** Artillery Company (

ZiS-3 The 76-mm divisional gun M1942 (ZiS-3) () (GRAU index: 52-P-354U) was a Soviet 76.2 mm divisional field gun used during World War II. ''ZiS'' was a factory designation and stood for ''Zavod imeni Stalina'' ("factory named after Stalin"), t ...

field gun) ** 16th Air Defense Company ( Type 65 anti-aircraft guns) * 405th Tank Brigade (

and Type 63 light tanks) ** 1st Tank Battalion (

) ** Repair Company ** 493rd Shooting Range * 603rd Signals Brigade * 513th Engineer Brigade ** 4th River Crossing Battalion ( PTS amphibious vehicle, GSP-55, PMP floating bridge) * 214th Air Defense Brigade ** 1st Air Defense Battalion ( AZP S-60) ** 3rd Air Defense Battalion ( Type 65 anti-aircraft guns) * 454th Artillery Brigade ** 1st Artillery Battalion ( M-46 field guns) ** 2nd Artillery Battalion ( M101 howitzers) ** 3rd Artillery Battalion ( BM-21 MLRS) * 327th Defense–Economic Group * 319th Construction Company (in Long Biên,

Hà Nội Hanoi ( ; ; ) is the Capital city, capital and List of cities in Vietnam, second-most populous city of Vietnam. The name "Hanoi" translates to "inside the river" (Hanoi is bordered by the Red River (Asia), Red and Black River (Asia), Black Riv ...

) - created on 7 March 1979 as the 319th Defense Economic Division

References

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