Ministry of Defence (Vietnam)
Bộ Quốc phòng Việt Nam | |
The headquarters of the Ministry of National Defence in Hanoi | |
Agency overview | |
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Formed | 27 August 1945 |
Preceding agency |
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Type | Government Ministry |
Jurisdiction | Government of Vietnam |
Headquarters | 7 Nguyen Tri Phuong Street, Dien Bien Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi |
Employees | 450,000 military[2] |
Annual budget | $7.8 bn (2023 projection) |
Minister responsible |
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Deputy Minister responsible | |
Website | Official Website |
The Ministry of National Defence (MOND/MoND or MND;
Organisation
Command structure
According to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the Ministry of National Defence holds the supreme command of the
The General Staff is the commanding and co-ordinating institution of the Vietnam People's Army and other paramilitary units, it is currently directed by the Chief of the General Staff and Deputy Minister of Defence who would be also acting minister during the absence of the minister in office. The General Political Department takes charge of political, moral and other activities in the military forces related to the Communist Party of Vietnam, the Department of Politics also operates the system of military court and procuracy.
The General Political Department is under the leadership activities of the Secretariat and often operations under the directly authority of the Central Military Commission. Other general departments (Tổng cục) of the ministry are General Department of Engineering (Tổng cục Kỹ thuật), General Department of Logistics (Tổng cục Hậu cần), General Department of Military Industries and Manufacture (Tổng cục Công nghiệp quốc phòng) and General Department of Military Intelligence (Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng or
The command structure of the ministry is coordinated by the Central Office (Văn phòng Bộ) which acts at the same time as office of the Central Party Committee of the military forces (Quân ủy Trung ương).[5]
The following is the structure of the central organisation of the Ministry of National Defence:[6]
Components
The Ministry of National Defence is the supreme command of the Vietnam People's Army - VPA which contains several arms and army corps, the Vietnam People's Ground Forces, the Vietnamese People's Navy – VPN , the Vietnamese People's Air Force – Air Defense – VPAF-AD , the Vietnam Border Guard – VBG and the Vietnam Coast Guard – VCG. To organise the military activities and units, the territory of Vietnam is divided into 7 military regions and the Capital High Command which contains the region of Hanoi.[6]
The principal and core military force of Vietnam is the Vietnam People's Army - VPA
Besides, the Ministry of National Defence also manages a system of academies, universities and research institutes with a total number of 43 schools include: 12 academies (học viện), 12 universities schools (trường đại học) and 11 colleges schools (trường cao đẳng) and 08 intermediates levels schools (trường trung cấp). The principal academy of the ministry if the
Budget
The annual budget of the Ministry of National Defence occupies approximately 2% of the
Year | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2023 projection
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GDP of Vietnam | 839,211 | 973,791 | 1,143,442 | 1,490,000 | 11,150,705[13][14] | 470 |
Ministry's budget | 16,278 | 20,577 | 28,922 | 27,024 | 185,235[15] | 7.807 |
% per GDP | 1.872% | 2.194% | 2.529% | 1.813% | 1.661%
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Unit | billion
VND |
billion
USD |
Public service units under
- Academies (12):
- Army Academy
- National Defense Academy
- Vietnam Military Political Academy
- Military Technical Academy – Lê Quý Đôn Technical Academy
- Air Force – Air Defense Academy
- Border Guard Academy
- Military Logistics Academy
- Military Science Academy
- Military Medical Academy – Lê Hữu Trác Medicine and Pharmacy Academy
- Naval Academy
- Military Cryptography Technical Academy
- Viettel Academy
- Universities schools (12):
- First Army Officer University school – Trần Quốc Tuấn University
- Second Army Officer University school – Nguyễn Huệ University
- Political Officer University school
- Artillery Officer University school
- Chemical Defense Officer University school
- Special Agent Force Officer University school
- Communications Officer University school
- Engineer Officer University school – Ngô Quyền University
- Tank – Armor Officer University school
- Air Force Officer University school
- Vinhempich Military Technical Officer University school – Trần Đại Nghĩa University
- Military Culture – Arts University school
- Colleges schools (11):
- First Military Technical College school
- Second Military Technical College school
- National Defense Industrial College school
- Cryptographic Engineer College school
- First Logistics College school
- Second Logistics College school
- Reconnaissance College school
- Naval Technical College school
- Air Force - Air Defense Technical College school
- Information Technology College school
- Technology and Vehicle Technical College school
- Intermediates levels schools (08):
- Engineer Technical Intermediate school
- Middle Vietnam Technical Intermediate school
- Tank - Armor Technical Intermediate school
- Cryptography Technical Intermediate school
- Ordinance Technical Intermediate school
- First Border Guard Intermediate school
- Second Border Guard Intermediate school
- Border Guard 24 Intermediate school
List of ministers
References
Notes
- ^ "The Ministry of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam". Viet Nam Ministry of National Defence.
- ^ a b Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 67
- ^ "Introduction to the Ministry of Defence of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam". Viet Nam Ministry of National Defence online portal. Retrieved 22 February 2023.
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 52
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, pp. 55–56
- ^ a b Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 109
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 61
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 69
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 72
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 77
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 81
- ^ Ministry of Defence (2009), White book, p. 38
- ^ "GDP Việt Nam sẽ vượt Singapore và Malaysia, đứng thứ ba Đông Nam Á ngay trong năm nay?" [Vietnamese GDP will surpass Singapore and Malaysia, becoming the third biggest in Southeast Asia right this year (2023)?]. CafeF (in Vietnamese). 25 January 2023. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
- ^ IMF Projection of 2023
- National Assembly of Viet Nam. Retrieved 4 March 2023.
Bibliography
- Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (2009). White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House.
- Ministry of Defense, Socialist Republic of Vietnam, Vietnam's National Defense in the Early Years of the 21st Century, Ha Noi, 2004.