3rd Corps (Vietnam)

Quân đoàn 3
(3rd Corps)
Active26 March 1975 – 7 December 2024
Disbanded7 December 2024
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) was 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. Before disband, the corps was 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]

On 13 September 2024, the plan to merge the 3rd and 4th Corps to form the 34th Corps was announced in the 3rd Corps Emulation Congress.[3] The corps was disbanded on 7 December 2024 to form the 34th Corps.[4]

Organisation

Headquarters

  • Department of Staff
    • 28th Reconnaissance Battalion[5]
    • 27th Guards Battalion
    • 29th Signals Battalion[6]
    • 21st Chemical Battalion[7]
  • Department of Politics
  • Department of Logistics
  • Department of Technicals
    • 30th Repair Battalion[11]
    • Z9 Warehouse[12]

Combat forces

  • 10th Division[13][14]
    • 24th Infantry Regiment
    • 28th Infantry Regiment
    • 66th Infantry Regiment
    • 4th Artillery Regiment (2S1 SPHs, BM-14MM MLRS)[15]
    • 16th Air Defense Battalion
    • 17th Engineer Battalion
    • 18th Signals Battalion
  • 31st Division[16]
    • 866th Infantry Regiment
    • 922nd Infantry Regiment
    • 977th Infantry Regiment
  • 320th Division[17]
    • 48th Mechanized Infantry Regiment (T-54/T-55, BMP-1)[18][19]
    • 52nd Infantry Regiment
    • 64th Infantry Regiment
    • 20th Reconnaissance Company
  • 234th Air Defense Brigade[20]
    • 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)[21]
  • 40th Artillery Brigade[22]
    • 1st Artillery Battalion (M-46 field guns)
    • 2nd Artillery Battalion (M101 howitzers)
    • 3rd Artillery Battalion (BM-21 MLRS)[23]
  • 198th Commando Brigade
  • 7th Engineer Brigade

Commanders

Time Commander Notes
1975–1977 Maj. Gen. Vũ Lăng Later promoted to Lieutenant General
1977–1979 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Kim Tuấn
1979–1982 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Quốc Thước Later promoted to Lieutenant General, Commander of the 4th Military Region.
1982–1989 Maj. Gen. Khuất Duy Tiến Later promoted to Lieutenant General, Director of the Department of Armed Forces, General Staff.
1989–1991 Maj. Gen. Trần Tất Thanh Later promoted to Lieutenant General
1992–1993 Maj. Gen. Lê Quang Bình Later promoted to Lieutenant General
1993–1997 Maj. Gen. Đỗ Công Mùi
1997–2000 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Hữu Hạ
2002–2004 Maj. Gen. Phạm Xuân Hùng Later promoted to Lieutenant General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff.
2004–2007 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Trung Thu Later promoted to Lieutenant General, Commander of the 5th Military Region.
2007–2009 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Vĩnh Phú
2009–2012 Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Đức Hải Later promoted to Lieutenant General
2012–6.2015 Maj. Gen. Đậu Đình Toàn Later promoted to Lieutenant General
6.2015–7.2018 Maj. Gen. Vũ Văn Sỹ
7.2018–2.2020 Maj. Gen. Thái Văn Minh
4.2020–present Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Anh Tuấn

Notes

  1. ^ White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House. 2009. p. 111.
  2. ^ a b "Quân đoàn 3". Encyclopedic Dictionary of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 June 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
  3. ^ "Trung tướng Trương Thiên Tô dự, chỉ đạo Đại hội Thi đua Quyết thắng Quân đoàn 3". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
  4. ^ "Lãnh đạo Quân ủy Trung ương, Bộ Quốc phòng dự Lễ công bố Quyết định thành lập Quân đoàn 34". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
  5. ^ "Bản lĩnh tác chiến trong đêm tối của lính trinh sát Quân đoàn 3". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 27 September 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  6. ^ "Nhân viên báo vụ đam mê sáng kiến cải tiến kỹ thuật". Báo Gia Lai. 21 October 2023. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  7. ^ "Tiểu đoàn Hóa học 21: Sẵn sàng ứng phó với sự cố môi trường". Báo Gia Lai. 20 October 2019. Retrieved 30 January 2024.
  8. ^ "Vạn dặm an toàn trên Tây Nguyên". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 5 May 2024. Retrieved 6 May 2024.
  9. ^ "Quân đoàn 34 công bố quyết định thành lập các đơn vị mới". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 25 December 2024. Retrieved 25 December 2024.
  10. ^ "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.
  11. ^ ""Bệnh viện tuyến cuối" của vũ khí, trang bị kỹ thuật trên địa bàn Tây Nguyên". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 28 April 2024. Retrieved 28 April 2024.
  12. ^ "Cục Kỹ thuật Quân đoàn 3 luyện tập phòng, chống cháy, nổ kho trạm". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 2 February 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2024.
  13. ^ "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.
  14. ^ "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.
  15. ^ "Nâng cao huấn luyện ở Sư đoàn 10". Truyền hình Kom Tum. 17 September 2022. Retrieved 22 February 2024.
  16. ^ "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.
  17. ^ "Phó Bí thư Thường trực Tỉnh ủy Đặng Ngọc Huy dự Lễ giao nhận quân tại huyện Tư Nghĩa". Quảng Ngãi TV. 25 February 2024. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  18. ^ "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.
  19. ^ "Ủy ban Quốc phòng và An ninh khảo sát tại Quân đoàn 3". Đại biểu nhân dân. 16 February 2023. Retrieved 22 October 2024.
  20. ^ "Canh trời trên đỉnh Hàm Rồng". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 18 December 2023. Retrieved 18 December 2023.
  21. ^ "Cội nguồn sức mạnh để tinh, gọn, mạnh". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 31 January 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "Lữ đoàn "biến việc khó thành hiện thực"". Báo Pháp luật. 10 January 2017. Retrieved 12 November 2023.
  24. ^ "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

  • History of the Army at Tây Nguyên front - Annals of the 3rd Corps (1964–2000) (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House. 2002.