5th Regional Command

The 5th Regional Command directly under the Vietnam People's Navy (VPN) is the Naval Operations Command that independently manages and protects the waters of the South of the South China Sea, and Gulf of Thailand in the waters of two provinces, Cà Mau (the southwestern sea of Vietnam Cà Mau) and Kiên Giang.^[1]^[2]^[3]

History[]

On October 26, 1975, 5th Coastal Region (Vùng Duyên hải 5) was established under the Naval Command.
In 1978, the 5th Coastal Region changed its name to the 5th Naval Region Command (Bộ Chỉ huy Vùng 5 Hải quân) of the Navy.
On January 14, 2011, the 5th Naval Region Command was upgraded to the 5th Regional Command.

Current leadership[]

Commander: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Duy Tỷ (former Deputy Commander-Chief of Staff of 5th Regional Command)
Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Đăng Tiến (former Deputy Political Commissar of 5th Regional Command)
Deputy Commander-Chief of Staff: Colonel Tạ Quang Nam
Deputy Commander: Colonel Nguyễn Quốc Doanh (former Brigade Commander of the 147th Naval Infantry Brigade - 1st Regional Command)
Deputy Commander: Colonel Võ Đức Tiên
Deputy Political Commissar: Colonel Nguyễn Hữu Thoan

Organisation[]

Advisory Department
Political Department
Logistics Department
Technical Department
127th Surface Ship Brigade
556th Engineer Battalion
563rd Naval Infantry Battalion
551st Radar Battalion
565th Infantry Battalion
553rd Anti-Aircraft Artillery Battalion

Commanders - Commanders of the Region through the ages[]

1975-1977: Colonel Nguyễn Thế Trinh, Commander
1977-1981: Colonel Nguyễn Dưỡng, Commander
1981-1984: Colonel Bùi Lê Tuấn, Commander
1984-1988: Colonel Nguyễn Huy Lý, Commander of the Region
1988-1991: Colonel Trịnh Khắc Thuyết, Commander of the Region
1991-2001: Colonel Phạm Xuân Nựu, Commander of the Region
2001-2002: Colonel Hoàng Thế Sự, Commander of the Region
2002-2012: Rear Admiral Doãn Văn Sở, Commander of the Region
2012-2016: Rear Admiral Doãn Văn Sở, Commander of the Region
2016-2018: Colonel Phạm Mạnh Hùng, Commander of the Region
2018-present, Rear Admiral Nguyễn Duy Tỷ, Commander of the Region

Political Commissars - Deputy political commanders over the periods[]

1975-1981: Colonel Nguyễn Văn Lắm, Political Commissar
1981-1985: Colonel Phạm Xuân Trường, deputy political commander
1985-1987: Colonel Trần Khoái, deputy political commander
1987-1988: Colonel Phạm Reng, Deputy Chief Political Officer
1988-1991: Colonel Nguyễn Huy Thăng, Deputy Chief Political Officer
1991-1997: Colonel Đỗ Xuân Thành, deputy political commander
1997-2005: Colonel Nguyễn Xuân Hợi, Deputy Chief Political Officer
2005-2008, Ngô Văn Phát, Rear Admiral (2011), Deputy Political Commander
2008-2014: Ngô Văn Phát, Rear Admiral (2011), Political Commissar of the Region
2014-2017: Colonel Đoàn Văn Chiều, Colonel, Political Commissar of the Region^[4]
2017-2019: Rear Admiral Ngô Văn Thuân, Political Commissar of the Region
2019 - present, Rear Admiral Nguyễn Đăng Tiến, Political Commissar of the Region

References[]

[1] "Vùng 5 Hải quân tích cực hỗ trợ ngư dân bám biển".

[2] "Vùng 5 Hải quân chăm lo xây dựng đội ngũ cán bộ ngang tầm yêu cầu nhiệm vụ".

[3] "Hải quân Vùng 5 điều hai tàu ra cứu hộ cứu nạn máy bay mất tích".

[4] "Bay cấp cứu kịp thời người bệnh nặng tại huyện đảo Phú Quốc".^{[dead link]}

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