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Military unit
4th Corps
(
Vietnamese
:
Quan đoan 4
) or
C?u Long Corps
(
Vietnamese
:
Binh đoan C?u Long
, literally:
Corps of C?u Long
or "Corps of the
Mekong
") is one of the three regular
army corps
of the
People's Army of Vietnam
. First organized in 1974 during the
Vietnam War
, 4th Corps had a major role in the
Ho Chi Minh Campaign
and the
Cambodian?Vietnamese War
. Today the corps is stationed in
D? An
,
Binh D??ng
.
History
[
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In July 1973, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces in order 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 organizing regular
army corps
for the Vietnam People's Army. On July 20, 1974,
[2]
General
Vo Nguyen Giap
, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 4th Corps in
đong Nam B?
, where is located the part of
Mekong River
called C?u Long River (C?u Long Giang or Song C?u Long), from which came the name C?u Long Corps of the unit.
[3]
The first headquarters of the corps consisted of party committee secretary (
bi th?
)
Hoang Th? Thi?n
and commander (
t? l?nh
)
Hoang C?m
.
During the
Ho Chi Minh Campaign
, it was 4th Corps that advanced through the delta regions of
Ph??c Long
,
Bien Hoa
and later captured the Special Capital Military District of
Saigon
and several important targets within Saigon. After the
Vietnam War
, 4th Corps continued to engage in the
Cambodian?Vietnamese War
, the corps was awarded the title
Hero of the People's Armed Forces
(
Anh hung L?c l??ng v? trang nhan dan
) in 1980.
[3]
Organization
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Headquarters
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- Department of Staff
- 100th Guards Battalion
[4]
- 46th Reconnaissance Battalion
[5]
- 26th Signals Battalion
[6]
- Department of Politics
- Department of Logistics
- Department of Technical
Combat forces
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Commanders
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Time
|
Commander
|
Notes
|
1974–1981
|
Maj. Gen.
Hoang C?m
|
|
1981–1982
|
Col.
Nguy?n V?n Qu?ng
|
|
1982–1988
|
Maj. Gen.
Vo V?n D?n
|
|
1988–1991
|
Maj. Gen.
V? V?n Th??c
|
|
1991–1995
|
Maj. Gen.
Le V?n D?ng
|
Later promoted to General, Director of the General Department of Politics.
|
1995–1999
|
Maj. Gen.
Nguy?n Minh Chu
|
|
1999–2004
|
Maj. Gen.
Nguy?n N?ng Nguy?n
|
Later promoted to Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
|
2004–2010
|
Maj. Gen.
Nguy?n V?n Thanh
|
|
2010–2013
|
Maj. Gen. Nguy?n Hoang
|
|
2013–2016
|
Maj. Gen. Vo Tr?ng H?
|
|
2016–2021
|
Maj. Gen. Ph?m Xuan Thuy?t
|
|
2016–Oct 2022
|
Maj. Gen. L??ng đinh Lanh
|
|
Oct 2022–present
|
Maj. Gen. Le V?n H??ng
|
|
References
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- High Command of the 4th Corps, Vietnam People's Army (1994).
History of the 4th Corps
(in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House.
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cite book
}}
: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (
link
)
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