Army Corps 12
Quân đoàn 12
Emblem of the Vietnam People's Army
Active21 November 2023 – present
Country Vietnam
BranchActive duty
TypeArmy Corps
RoleRegular force
SizeCorps
Part of People's Army of Vietnam
Garrison/HQTam Điệp, Ninh Bình
Commanders
Current commanderMajor General Trương Mạnh Dũng
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff CommanderSenior Colonel Nguyễn Thành Phố
First party committee secretaryMajor General Nguyễn Đức Hưng

12th Corps (officially Army Corps 12; Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 12) is one of the three regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). It was formed in November 2023 as a merger of the 1st and 2nd Corps.[1] The corps is stationed in Tam Điệp, Ninh Bình.[2]

History

On 21 October 2023, Vietnam's Defense Minister Phan Văn Giang announced the decision to merge the 1st and 2nd Corps to form the 12th Corps. One month later, he signed the Decision No. 6012/QĐ-BQP, officially created the 12th Corps.[3] On 28 November 2023, the inaugural meeting of the 12th Corps Party Committee was convened to debate the matter of assembling the subordinate units and personnel of the new corps.[4][5]

On 23 December 2023, a large-scale excersise was conducted by the newly established 12th Corps under the observation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính. By the end of 2023, Major General Trương Mạnh Dũng announced that the rate of combat-ready troops of the corps' units reached 95%.[6]

Organisation

On 29 November 2023, units of the 1st Corps and the 2nd Corps was merged to form the 12th Corps:[7]

Headquarters

  • Department of Staff
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Logistics
    • 752nd Transportation Regiment[8]
  • Department of Technicals

Combat forces

  • 308th Division[9]
    • 36th Infantry Regiment
    • 88th Infantry Regiment
    • 102nd Mechanized Infantry Regiment (BMP-2)[10]
    • 58th Artillery Regiment[11]
  • 312th Division
    • 141st Infantry Regiment[12]
    • 165th Infantry Regiment
    • 209th Infantry Regiment
  • 325th Division[13]
    • 18th Infantry Regiment
    • 95th Infantry Regiment
    • 101st Infantry Regiment
  • 390th Division[14]
    • 27th Infantry Regiment
    • 48th Infantry Regiment
    • 64th Infantry Regiment
  • 203rd Tank Brigade (T-54/T-55)[15]
  • 241st Air Defense Brigade (Type 65 anti-aircraft guns)[16]
  • 673rd Air Defense Brigade (AZP S-60)[17]
  • 164th Artillery Brigade
  • 368th Artillery Brigade[18]
  • 140th Signals Regiment[19]
  • 299th Engineer Brigade (PTS amphibious vehicle, PMP floating bridge)[20]
  • 5th Branch Hospital of 7th Military Hospital

Commanders

TimeCommanderNotes
2023–presentMaj. Gen. Trương Mạnh Dũng

References

  1. ↑ "Army Corps 12 makes debut". People's Army Newspaper. Retrieved 2023-12-02.
  2. ↑ "Lãnh đạo Quân ủy Trung ương, Bộ Quốc phòng dự lễ công bố Quyết định thành lập Quân đoàn 12". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 2 December 2023. Retrieved 2 December 2023.
  3. ↑ "Quá trình hình thành Quân đoàn 12 như thế nào?". People's Army Newspaper (in Vietnamese). 1 December 2023. Retrieved 1 December 2023.
  4. ↑ "Thành lập Quân đoàn 12, tiến lên hiện đại" (in Vietnamese). Government of Vietnam. Archived from the original on 22 October 2023. Retrieved 20 October 2023.
  5. ↑ "Đảng ủy Quân đoàn 12 họp phiên thứ nhất triển khai một số mặt công tác trọng tâm". 28 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Thiếu tướng Trương Mạnh Dũng: Bảo đảm quân số ở đơn vị chủ lực đạt trên 95%" (in Vietnamese). People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Tiếp nhận nguyên trạng các cơ quan, đơn vị thuộc Quân đoàn 1, Quân đoàn 2 và Phân viện 5 (Bệnh viện 7, Quân khu 3) về Quân đoàn 12". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 29 November 2023. Archived from the original on 29 November 2023. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Kiểm tra, nắm tình hình công tác hậu cần, kỹ thuật tại Quân đoàn 12". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 10 January 2024. Retrieved 10 January 2024.
  9. ↑ "Sư đoàn Quân Tiên Phong - 70 năm kiên trung, bất khuất". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 26 August 2019. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  10. ↑ "Trung đoàn 102 tham gia thi kỹ thuật tăng thiết giáp toàn quân năm 2022". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 6 September 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  11. ↑ "Ngày 12-12-1953: Bác căn dặn đồng bào và cán bộ phải "Đoàn kết thân ái giúp đỡ lẫn nhau"". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 12 December 2021. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Ống kính bạn đọc: Huấn luyện vận tải thô sơ". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 31 October 2023. Retrieved 31 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Thượng tướng Nguyễn Tân Cương kiểm tra công tác huấn luyện, sẵn sàng chiến đấu tại Sư đoàn 325". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 4 April 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  14. ↑ "Xứng với danh hiệu "Trung đoàn Quyết thắng" được Bác khen tặng". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 20 January 2019. Retrieved 23 November 2023.
  15. ↑ "Trung tướng Ngô Minh Tiến kiểm tra xây dựng đơn vị vững mạnh toàn diện tại Lữ đoàn 203". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 29 November 2021. Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  16. ↑ "Bí quyết luyện quân ở Lữ đoàn Phòng không 241". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 21 January 2018. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  17. ↑ "Lữ đoàn Phòng không 673: Vượt nắng, thắng mưa trên thao trường". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 27 March 2023. Retrieved 21 November 2023.
  18. ↑ "Lữ đoàn Pháo binh 368 "Chân đồng vai sắt, đánh giỏi, bắn trúng"". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 15 June 2022. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  19. ↑ "Quân đoàn 12: Công bố quyết định thành lập Trung đoàn Thông tin 140". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 29 December 2023. Archived from the original on 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  20. ↑ "Những "cánh tay" công binh". Hà Nội Mới. 2 March 2015. Archived from the original on 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
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