1st Corps (Vietnam People's Army)

1st Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 1) or Quyết thắng Corps (Vietnamese: Binh đoàn Quyết thắng, literally: Determined Victory Corps) is one of the four regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). First organised in 1973 during the Vietnam War, 1st Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that ended the war. Today the corps is stationed in Tam Điệp District, Ninh Bình.

Quân đoàn 1
(1st Corps)
Active24 October 1973 – present
Country Vietnam
Allegiance People's Army of Vietnam
BranchActive duty
TypeArmy Corps
RoleRegular force
SizeCorps
Part ofPeople's Army of Vietnam
Garrison/HQTam Điệp, Ninh Bình
EngagementsVietnam War
Decorations
Commanders
Current commanderMaj .Gen. Trần Việt Khoa
First commanderMaj. Gen. Lê Trọng Tấn
First party committee secretaryLê Quang Hòa

History
Major General Lê Quang Hòa, the first committee secretary of the 1st Corps.

In July 1973, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces to unify the country. In executing the issue, three months later the Ministry of Defence and the Military Commission of the Central Committee approved the plan of organising regular army corps for the Vietnam People's Army. On 24 October 1973,[1] General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict No. 142/QĐ-QP that led to the establishment of the 1st Corps in Tam Điệp, Ninh Bình.[2] The first headquarters of the corps was composed of party committee secretary (bí thư) Lê Quang Hòa and commander (tư lệnh) and deputy secretary Lê Trọng Tấn.

After the PAVN victory in the Central Highlands in March 1975, 1st Corps was ordered to move to South Vietnam and participate in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign. During the last days of the war, 1st Corps had a major role in the attack on Saigon, in which it was assigned the mission of capturing the headquarters of the Joint General Staff. The corps was awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces (Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1985.[2]

Organisation

The command structure of 1st Corps consists of the High Command (Bộ tư lệnh), the Staff of 1st Corps (Bộ tham mưu), the Political Department (Cục chính trị), the Department of Logistics (Cục hậu cần) and the Department of Technique (Cục kỹ thuật). The combat forces of the corps include the 308th Division, 312th Division, 390th Division, 367th Air Defence Division, 202nd Tank Brigade, 45th Artillery Brigade and 299th Engineer Brigade.[2]

  • 308th Division
  • 312th Division
  • 390th Division

Commanders
TimeCommanderNotes
1973–1974Maj. Gen. Lê Trọng TấnLater promoted to General and Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
1974–1975Maj. Gen. Nguyễn HòaLater promoted to Lieutenant General and Member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam.
1979–1983Maj. Gen. Lê Nam Phong
1983–1988Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Kiệm
1988–1995Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Huy HiệuLater promoted to Colonel General and Deputy Minister of Defence of Vietnam.
1995–1997Maj. Gen. Đỗ Trung DươngLater promoted to Lieutenant General and Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
1997–1998Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Khắc NghiênLater promoted to Colonel General and Chief of the General Staff.
1998–2002Se. Col. Nguyễn Xuân SắcLater promoted to Major General and Deputy Director of the Military Academy of Politics.
2002–2005Maj. Gen. Phan Khuê Tảo
2005–2007Maj. Gen. Tô Đình Phùng
2007–2009Maj. Gen. Trần Quốc Phú
2009–2010Maj. Gen. Trần Anh Vinh
2010–2011Maj. Gen. Phan Văn Giang
2011–5/2013Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Tân Cương
5/2013–presentMaj. Gen. Trần Việt Khoa

Notes
  1. Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (2009). White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House. p. 111.
  2. "Quân đoàn 1". Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 24 February 2012. Retrieved 1 February 2010.

References
  • High Command of the 1st Corps, Vietnam People's Army (2003). History of the 1st Corps (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House.
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