Quân đoàn 4
(4th Corps)
ActiveJuly 20, 1974–present
Country Vietnam
Allegiance Vietnam People's Army
BranchActive duty
TypeArmy Corps
RoleRegular force
SizeCorps
Part ofVietnam People's Army
Garrison/HQDĩ An, Bình Dương
EngagementsVietnam War
Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Commanders
Current commanderMajor General Lê Văn Hướng
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff CommanderSenior Colonel Đỗ Văn Lực[1]
First party committee secretaryMajor General Trương Ngọc Hợi

4th Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 4) or Cửu Long Corps (Vietnamese: Binh đoàn Cửu Long, literally: Corps of Cửu 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 Dĩ An, Bình Dương.

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 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 Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 4th Corps in Đông Nam Bộ, where is located the part of Mekong River called Cửu Long River (Cửu Long Giang or Sông Cửu Long), from which came the name Cửu Long Corps of the unit.[3] The first headquarters of the corps consisted of party committee secretary (bí thư) Hoàng Thế Thiện and commander (tư lệnh) Hoàng Cầm.

During the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, it was 4th Corps that advanced through the delta regions of Phước Long, Biên Hòa 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 hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1980.[3]

Organization

Headquarters

  • Department of Staff
    • 46th Reconnaissance Battalion[4]
    • 26th Signals Battalion[5]
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Logistics
  • Department of Technical

Combat forces

Commanders

TimeCommanderNotes
1974–1981Maj. Gen. Hoàng Cầm
1981–1982Col. Nguyễn Văn Quảng
1982–1988Maj. Gen. Võ Văn Dần
1988–1991Maj. Gen. Vũ Văn Thước
1991–1995Maj. Gen. Lê Văn DũngLater promoted to General, Director of the General Department of Politics.
1995–1999Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Minh Chu
1999–2004Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Năng NguyễnLater promoted to Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
2004–2010Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Văn Thành
2010–2013Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Hoàng
2013–2016Maj. Gen. Võ Trọng Hệ
2016–2021Maj. Gen. Phạm Xuân Thuyết
2016–Oct 2022Maj. Gen. Lương Đình Lành
Oct 2022–presentMaj. Gen. Lê Văn Hướng

References

  1. ↑ Quân đoàn 4: Kiểm tra toàn diện năng lực cán bộ khối cơ quan các cấp
  2. ↑ Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (2009). White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House. p. 111.
  3. 1 2 "Quân đoàn 4". Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
  4. ↑ "Tiểu đoàn Trinh sát 46, Bộ Tham mưu, Quân đoàn 4: Khổ luyện, sẵn sàng nhận và hoàn thành tốt mọi nhiệm vụ". Báo Điện Biên Phủ. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
  5. ↑ ""Hai quân nhân không tham của rơi". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
  6. ↑ "Sư đoàn 7, Quân đoàn 4: 55 năm một chặng đường lịch sử vẻ vang". Báo Quân khu 7. 10 June 2021. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  7. ↑ "Sư đoàn 7 (Quân đoàn 4) sáp nhập và tổ chức lại cơ quan hậu cần-kỹ thuật". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 26 December 2023. Retrieved 26 December 2023.
  8. ↑ "Sức mạnh hỏa lực trong diễn tập của Quân đoàn 4". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 25 November 2023. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023.
  9. ↑ "Sư đoàn 309: Giữ vững và phát huy truyền thống đơn vị anh hùng". Báo Quân khu 7. 7 October 2017. Retrieved 11 December 2023.
  10. ↑ ""Quả đấm thép" của Quân đoàn 4". Người Lao động. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  11. ↑ "Lữ đoàn Phòng không 71 sẵn sàng chiến đấu bảo vệ vùng trời TP Hồ Chí Minh". Báo Tin tức. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  12. ↑ "Pháo binh trẻ luyện tài". Báo Tuổi trẻ. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  13. ↑ "Huấn luyện chất lượng, bảo đảm an toàn". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 5 January 2024. Retrieved 5 January 2024.
  • High Command of the 4th Corps, Vietnam People's Army (1994). History of the 4th Corps (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
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