Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam

Vietnam People's Army
Quân đội Nhân dân Việt Nam
Flag of Viet Nam Peoples Army.svg
Flag of Vietnam People's Army. Slogan translates as "Determined to win."
Founded December 22, 1944
Service branches Vietnam People's Army insignia.png Ground Forces[N 1]
Vietnam People's Navy insignia.png Navy
Vietnam People's Air Force insignia.png Air Force
Vietnam Border Defense Force insignia.jpg Border Defense Force
Vietnam Marine Police insignia.jpg Coast Guard
Headquarters Hanoi, Vietnam
Leadership
Commander-in-chief President Trương Tấn Sang
Minister of Defence General Phùng Quang Thanh
Chief of Staff Colonel General Đỗ Bá Tỵ
Manpower
Military age 18–25 years old
Conscription 18 months for all able-bodied men
Active personnel Ground Forces: 412,000[1]
Air Forces, Navy, Border Defence Force, Marine Police: unknown
Deployed personnel Paramilitary: 40,000[citation needed]
Expenditures
Budget US $7.8 billion (Military Balance 2013)
Percent of GDP 5% (2013 est.)
Industry
Domestic suppliers
Viettel Mobile
Hong Ha shipbuilding company (Z173)

189 Shipbuilding Company (Z189)
Song Thu Shipbuilding Company (Z124)
Service Flight Corporation
Group 559
15 company
Precision Engineering 17 company (Z117)
Ba Son trust-company
Foreign suppliers Russia
India
Czech Republic
France
Israel
Ukraine
Romania
Sweden
Turkey
Bulgaria
Serbia
Belarus
South Korea
Iran
Former:
Soviet Union
Related articles
History
Military history of Vietnam

World War II (Anti-Japanese Campaign 1944–1945)
First Indochina War (Against France and French-sponsored local forces, 1946–1954)
Second Indochina War (Vietnam War) (Against the United States and South Vietnamese forces, 1954–1975)
Cambodian–Vietnamese War (Against the Khmer Rouge, 1977–1989)
Sino-Vietnamese War (Against China, 1979)
Sino-Vietnamese border conflicts (border clashes with China, 1979–1990)
Vietnamese border raids in Thailand (Against the Khmer Rouge insurgents and Thailand, 1979–1989)
Thai–Laotian Border War (Against Thailand to defend its ally, Laos, 1987–1988)
Clashes in Cambodia (Against the co-premier Norodom Ranariddh and the Khmer Rouge, 1997)
Insurgency in Laos (secret war in Laos against Hmong separatists, 1975–present)[2]
War against rebellions 1975–1992 (against FULRO and several insurgent groups)
Ranks Vietnamese military ranks and insignia