5th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army)

Coordinates: 13°30′N 108°30′E / 13.5°N 108.5°E / 13.5; 108.5
The 5th Military Region of Vietnam People's Army, is directly under the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending the include the Tây Nguyên and southern central coastal provinces. In the period of Vietnam War, 5th Military Zone included the coastal provinces of , 6th Military Zone included the old (including Ninh Thuận Province, Bình Thuận Province, Lâm Đồng Province, Đắk Nông Province today) and the front Tây Nguyên (Northern and Central of Tây Nguyên) was merged into 5th Military Zone after Vietnam unification.

• Command Headquarters: Da Nang city
• Commander: Lieutenant General
• Political Commissar: Lieutenant General
• Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff: Senior Colonel

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 5th Military Zone
  • Newspaper of 5th Military Zone
  • Troupe of 5th Military Zone
• Department of Logistics
• Department of Technology
• Office of Command of 5th Military Zone

Units[]

• Military Command of Da Nang Municipality
• Military Command of Quảng Nam Province
• Military Command of Quảng Ngãi Province
• Military Command of Bình Định Province
• Military Command of Phú Yên Province
• Military Command of Khánh Hòa Province
• Military Command of Kon Tum Province
• Military Command of Gia Lai Province
• Military Command of Đắc Lắc Province - Political Commissar: Major General (2008), honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1976)
• Military Command of Đắk Nông Province
• Military Command of Ninh Thuận Province
• Military School of Military Zone
• 2nd Division
• 305th Division
• 307th Division
• 315th Division
• 368th Artillery Regiment (honored as Hero of People's Armed Forces 2008)
• 270th Combat Engineering Brigade

Successive Commander and Leadership[]

Commanders[]

• Lieutenant General Hoàng Văn Thái (1966-1967), later promoted to full general in 1980.
• Major General (1967–1976): General (1980), Director of the General Political Department Vietnam People's Army (1977–1986).
• Major General Đoàn Khuê (1977–1980): Lieutenant General (1980), Colonel General (1984), General (1990), Minister of Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (1991–1997)
• Lieutenant General
• Lieutenant General (-1994)
• Lieutenant General -(-1994)
• Lieutenant General (- 2002): Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence of Vietnam
• Lieutenant General (2002–2005): then promoted to First Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam, Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
• Lieutenant General (- 9/2007): vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam XII.
• Lieutenant General (9/2007-2010)
• Lieutenant General (2011-4/2015)
• Major General (4/2015-10/2020)^[1] Lieutenant General (9/2015) ^[2]
• Lieutenant General (10/2020-present)

Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics[]

• Lieutenant General Hoàng Văn Thái (1966-1967)
• Colonel General (1975–1976)
• Colonel General Đoàn Khuê (1977–1980)
• Lieutenant General
• Lieutenant General
• Lieutenant General
• Major General , Lieutenant General (2007)
• Major General (2007-2011), Lieutenant General (2009)
• Major General (2011-2019), Lieutenant General (9/2015) ^[2]
• Lieutenant General (2019-present)

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