7th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army)
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Coordinates: 11°30′N 107°30′E / 11.5°N 107.5°E The 7th 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 .
- Command Headquarters: Ho Chi Minh City
- Commander: Major General
- Political Commissar: Lieutenant General
- Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff: Major General
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 (Vietnamese: 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 Lâm Đồng province
- 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 (1976–1978)
- Lieutenant General (1974), Colonel General (1980), General (1984) Lê Đức Anh, (1978–1981)
- Lieutenant General (1981–1982)
- Lieutenant General, Colonel General (1986) (1982–1987)
- Lieutenant General (1987–1990)
- Lieutenant General (1990–1994)
- Lieutenant General (1994–1995)
- Lieutenant General (1995–1998): promoted to General, Director of
- Lieutenant General (1998–2003): promoted to Colonel General, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence.
- Lieutenant General (2003–2005)
- Lieutenant General (2005-2/2009)
- Lieutenant General (2/2009-2011): honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1983)
- Lieutenant General (2011-2015)
- Lieutenant General (2015-2020)
- Major General (2020-present)
Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics[]
- Colonel General Trần Văn Trà (1976–1978)[1]
- Colonel General Lê Đức Anh (1978–1981)
- Colonel General (1982–1987)
- Lieutenant General (1997–2004): Deputy Commander of politics, now Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Veterans.
- Lieutenant General (2004–2010), Political Commissar. member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Lieutenant General (2010-2018)
- Lieutenant General (2018-present)
References[]
- ^ 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
Categories:
- Military regions of the People's Army of Vietnam