Vietnam Border Guard

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Vietnam Border Guard
Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam
Founded	1958
Country	Vietnam
Allegiance	Communist Party of Vietnam[1]
Type	Border guard
Size	150,000
Part of	Vietnam People's Army
Headquarters	Hanoi, Vietnam
Motto(s)	Đồn là nhà, Biên giới là quê hương, Đồng bào các dân tộc là anh em ruột thịt (The post is our home, The border is our country, Our compatriots are our siblings )
Colour	Forest Green
March	Hành khúc Bộ đội biên phòng (Border Guard marches)
Anniversaries	3 March 1959 (date of establishment)
Engagements	Vietnam War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War MT Orkim Harmony hijacking
Decorations	Hero of the People's Armed Forces x2 Gold Star Order (Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh Order Military Exploit Order
Website	www.bienphongvietnam.gov.vn
Commanders
Commander	Lieutenant General
Political Commissar	Lieutenant General
Chief of Staff	Major General
Insignia
Roundel
Flag
Emblem
Awards

Vietnam Border Guard (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam, lit. 'Border Defense Soldiers of Vietnam') or Vietnam Border Defence Force is a branch of the Vietnam People's Army. It is responsible for management and protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, order and national boundaries on the mainland, islands, sea and at the gate as shall by law and is a force members in provincial areas of defence, border districts of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.^[2]

Origins[]

On 19 November 1958, the decided to unite national defence forces and army units whose missions were domestic protection, border protection, beach defence, boundary security, and other forces in charge of guarding domestic international borders, under the management of the Police Department, and named them the Guard forces. Guard forces including Border Guard and Homeland Guard.^[2][3]

According to the resolution of the Politburo, Border Guard is responsible for:

• Opportune repress spies, commandos, bandits, sea pirates and small cliques other destructive activities in cross-border, border, coast;
• Heavily attack on any army infringe upon national borders, to cope with all activities of war while waiting for the army come to reinforce;
• Prevent and punish smugglers on border areas;
• Implementing regulations on cross-border promulgated by the government of Socialist Republic of Vietnam and control of cross-border traffic (including cars, people, baggage, goods, works and cultural objects from other users in Vietnam brought out abroad and brought into Vietnam);
• Safety protect people's life and property and the State's property, the treasure, cooperatives, public schools, farms, in the border areas, against bandits, sea pirates, rangers surprised attack.

Homeland Guard is responsible for (this task transferred to police protection under the General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security):

• Suppress all destructive activities of the small fee, parachuting spies and violence, destruction of the other counter-revolutionary cliques;
• Protect the headquarters, the leader of the Party and State, the diplomatic missions, international leaders and foreign guests visiting to Vietnam;
• Protect factories, mines, warehouses important, the centre of important contact information, clues and important transport axis, and an important transport, cultural facilities, science and Art is important;
• Protect Capital, cities and towns is important, protecting the rallies by the central government regulations, executive orders curfew as needed and the people's police to maintain order general security;
• Guarding the camps, prisons, escorting political prisoners and criminal matter, the hearing protection.

On 3 March 1959, the Prime Minister of Vietnam signed Decision No. 100 - TTg on the establishment of an armed force in charge of border protection and domestic, to be known as the People's Armed Police, set under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security. This date is taken as the date of establishment of the Vietnam Border Guard.

Ceremony set up the People's Armed Police was held on the evening of 28 March 1959, at 19 hours, at the Military Club, Hanoi.

By the end of 1979 the People's Armed Police was renamed Border Guard and transferred under the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). In 1988, the Border Guard moved to directly under the Ministry of Interior until late in 1995, then moved to the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam).^[2]

Mission[]

Border Guard is the core force in charge, in co-ordination with other armed forces, localities and departments concerned and depend on people to manage, protect borders, maintaining security political, social order and safety in the border areas, maintaining the external border. Border Guard operates under the laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the international treaties relating to the sovereignty, national security and border on the mainland, islands, seas and border gates that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to.^[2]

Structure[]

The organisational system of Border Guard includes three levels: Command (Central), Command provinces; Border posts.

Command of Border Guard

• General Staff
• Political Department
• Department of Logistics
• Technology and Equipment Department
• Department of Reconnaissance
• Department of Drug Prevention
• Border Crossings Department
• Office of the Command
• 21st Information Regiment
• Border Guard Academy
• Border Guard School

Border Command of the Provinces and Municipalities of Vietnam

Border posts

• Border Guard Squadrons
• Border Guard Flotillas

Ranks[]

Commissioned officer ranks[]

The rank insignia of commissioned officers.

Rank group	General/flag officers										Field/senior officers						Junior officers								Officer cadet
Vietnam Border Guard[4] v t
							Trung tướng		Thiếu tướng		Đại tá	Thượng tá	Trung tá		Thiếu tá		Đại úy		Thượng úy		Trung úy		Thiếu úy		Học viên Sĩ quan

Other ranks[]

The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.

Rank group	Senior NCOs																						Junior NCOs						Enlisted
Vietnam Border Guard[4] v t
							Thượng sĩ				Trung sĩ												Hạ sĩ						Binh nhất						Binh nhì

Equipment[]

Infantry weapons[]

Model	Image	Type	Caliber	Origin	Notes
Pistols
K14VN		Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Vietnam
TT-33		Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	Soviet Union
Type 54/K54		Semi-automatic pistol	7.62×25mm Tokarev	China  Vietnam
Assault rifles
AK-47		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm M43	Soviet Union  Vietnam
Galil ACE		Assault rifle	7.62×39mm	Israel  Vietnam

Patrol Vessels[]

Class	Image	Type	Ships	Origin	Quantity	Notes
Damen Stan Patrol 4207		Patrol vessels	BP BP BP28-19-01 BP28-19-02	Netherlands  Vietnam	4

References[]

External links[]

• Official website