Quân đoàn 3
(3rd Corps)
Corps emblem
Active26 March 1975 – present
Country Vietnam
Allegiance Vietnam People's Army
BranchActive duty
TypeArmy Corps
RoleRegular force
SizeCorps
Part ofVietnam People's Army
Garrison/HQPleiku, Gia Lai
EngagementsVietnam War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Commanders
Current commanderSenior Colonel Nguyễn Bá Lực
First party committee secretaryMajor General Nguyễn Văn Lanh

3rd Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 3) or Tây Nguyên Corps (Vietnamese: Binh doan tay nguyen, literally: Corps of Tây Nguyên or Corps of the Western Highlands) is one of the three regular army corps of the Vietnam People's Army. First organised in 1975 during the Vietnam War, 3rd Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign and the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Today the corps is stationed in Pleiku, Gia Lai.

History

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 26 March 1975,[1] General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 3rd Corps in Tây Nguyên, from which came the name Tây Nguyên Corps of the unit.[2] The first headquarters of the corps consisted of party committee secretary (bí thư) Đặng Vũ Hiệp and commander (tư lệnh) Vũ Lăng.

During the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, it was 3rd Corps that advanced through the maritime regions of Phú Yên, Khánh Hòa Province and later captured Tan Son Nhat Airport. After the Vietnam War, 3rd Corps continued to engage in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, the corps was awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces (Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1979.[2]

Organisation

Headquarters

  • Department of Staff
    • 21st Chemical Battalion[3]
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Logistics
    • 211th Military Hospital[4]
  • Department of Technicals

Combat forces

  • 10th Division[5][6]
    • 24th Infantry Regiment
    • 28th Infantry Regiment
    • 66th Infantry Regiment
    • 16th Air Defense Battalion
    • 17th Engineer Battalion
    • 18th Signals Battalion
  • 31st Division[7]
    • 866th Infantry Regiment
    • 922nd Infantry Regiment
    • 977th Infantry Regiment
  • 320th Division
    • 48th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (BMP-1)[8]
  • 234th Air Defense Brigade[9]
    • 1st Air Defense Battalion (Type 65 anti-aircraft guns)
    • 3rd Air Defense Battalion (Type 65 anti-aircraft guns)
    • 19D32 Observation Post
  • 273rd Tank Brigade (T-54/T-55 tanks)[10]
  • 40th Artillery Brigade[11]
    • 1st Artillery Battalion (M-46 field guns)
    • 2nd Artillery Battalion (M101 howitzers)
    • 3rd Artillery Battalion (BM-21 MLRS)[12]
  • 198th Commando Brigade
  • 7th Engineer Brigade

Commanders

TimeCommanderNotes
1975–1977Maj. Gen. Vũ LăngLater promoted to Lieutenant General
1977–1979Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Kim Tuấn
1979–1982Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Quốc ThướcLater promoted to Lieutenant General, Commander of the 4th Military Region.
1982–1989Maj. Gen. Khuất Duy TiếnLater promoted to Lieutenant General, Director of the Department of Armed Forces, General Staff.
1989–1991Maj. Gen. Trần Tất ThanhLater promoted to Lieutenant General
1992–1993Maj. Gen. Lê Quang BìnhLater promoted to Lieutenant General
1993–1997Maj. Gen. Đỗ Công Mùi
1997–2000Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Hữu Hạ
2002–2004Maj. Gen. Phạm Xuân HùngLater promoted to Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
2004–2007Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Trung ThuLater promoted to Lieutenant General, Commander of the 5th Military Region.
2007–2009Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Vĩnh Phú
2009–2012Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Đức HảiLater promoted to Lieutenant General
2012–6.2015Maj. Gen. Đậu Đình ToànLater promoted to Lieutenant General
6.2015–7.2018Maj. Gen. Vũ Văn Sỹ
7.2018–2.2020Maj. Gen. Thái Văn Minh
4.2020–presentMaj. Gen. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn

Notes

  1. ↑ Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (2009). White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House. p. 111.
  2. 1 2 "Quân đoàn 3". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. ↑ "Tiểu đoàn Hóa học 21: Sẵn sàng ứng phó với sự cố môi trường". Báo Gia Lai. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2024.
  4. ↑ "Bệnh viện Quân y 211: Đột phá nâng chất lượng khám, chữa bệnh". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 27 February 2023. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  5. ↑ "Sư đoàn 10 (Quân đoàn 3): Nhiều giải pháp nâng chất lượng huấn luyện theo biên chế mới". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 3 November 2023. Retrieved 3 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sôi nổi phong trào hiến máu tình nguyện tại Lữ đoàn Pháo phòng không 234". Báo Gia Lai. 19 February 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Nâng cao hiệu quả huấn luyện dự bị động viên ở Sư đoàn 31 (Quân đoàn 3)". Báo Mới. 7 September 2023. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  8. ↑ "Trung đoàn bộ binh cơ giới 48, lá cờ đầu phong trào thi đua của Binh đoàn Tây nguyên". Văn nghệ Quân đội. 21 January 2022. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Canh trời trên đỉnh Hàm Rồng". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  10. ↑ "Cội nguồn sức mạnh để tinh, gọn, mạnh". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Lữ đoàn Pháo binh 40 (Quân đoàn 3): "Bí quyết" nhiều năm huấn luyện giỏi". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 9 May 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.
  12. ↑ "Lữ đoàn "biến việc khó thành hiện thực"". Báo Pháp luật. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  13. ↑ "Lữ đoàn Công binh 7 huấn luyện sẵn sàng chiến đấu gắn liền với công tác cứu hộ và cứu nạn ở địa phương". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 6 November 2023. Archived from the original on 6 November 2023. Retrieved 6 November 2023.

References

  • High Command of the 3rd Corps, Vietnam People's Army (2002). History of the Army at Tây Nguyên front - Annals of the 3rd Corps (1964–2000) (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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