7th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army)

11.5°N 107.5°E / 11.5; 107.5

Quân khu 7
(7th Military Region)
Active10 December 1945 – present[1]
Country Vietnam
Allegiance People's Army of Vietnam
BranchActive duty
RoleRegular force
SizeEquivalent to Corps
Part ofPeople's Army of Vietnam
Garrison/HQHo Chi Minh City
EngagementsFirst Indochina War
Vietnam War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Decorations Gold Star Order
Commanders
Current commanderLieutenant General Nguyễn Trường Thắng
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff CommanderMajor General Đặng Văn Hùng
First party committee secretaryLieutenant General Trần Hoài Trung

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 South East Vietnam.

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

Structure

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 Đồng Văn Cống (1981–1982)
  • Lieutenant General, Colonel General (1986) Nguyễn Minh Châu (1982–1987)
  • Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thới Bưng (1987–1990)
  • Lieutenant General Bùi Thanh Vân (1990–1994)
  • Lieutenant General Đỗ Quang Hưng (1994–1995)
  • Lieutenant General Lê Văn Dũng (1995–1998): promoted to General, Director of General Department of Politics of Vietnam People's Army
  • Lieutenant General Phan Trung Kiên (1998–2003): promoted to Colonel General, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam, Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence.
  • Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Chia (2003–2005)
  • Lieutenant General Lê Mạnh (2005-2/2009)
  • Lieutenant General Triệu Xuân Hòa (2/2009-2011): honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1983)
  • Lieutenant General Trần Đơn (2011-2015)
  • Lieutenant General Võ Minh Lương (2015-2020)
  • Major General Nguyễn Trường Thắng (2020-present)

Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics
  • Colonel General Trần Văn Trà (1976–1978)[2]
  • Colonel General Lê Đức Anh (1978–1981)
  • Colonel General Nguyễn Minh Châu (1982–1987)
  • Lieutenant General Lê Thành Tâm (1997–2004): Deputy Commander of politics, now Chairman of Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam Veterans.
  • Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thành Cung (2004–2010), Political Commissar. member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
  • Lieutenant General Phạm Văn Dỹ (2010-2018)
  • Lieutenant General Trần Hoài Trung (2018-present)


References
  1. "Quá trình hình thành và phát triển Quân khu 7" [7th Military Region history] (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on October 22, 2023. Retrieved October 22, 2023.
  2. 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
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