7th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army)

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Coordinates: 11°30′N 107°30′E / 11.5°N 107.5°E / 11.5; 107.5 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)

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