High Command of Capital Hanoi

Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội
(Hanoi Capital Command)
Active10 October 1945 – present[1]
Country Vietnam
Allegiance People's Army of Vietnam
BranchActive duty
RoleRegular force
SizeEquivalent to Corps
Part ofPeople's Army of Vietnam
Garrison/HQCầu Giấy district, Hanoi
EngagementsFirst Indochina War
Vietnam War
Sino-Vietnamese War
Decorations Gold Star Order
Commanders
Current commanderLieutenant General Nguyễn Quốc Duyệt
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff CommanderMajor General Đào Văn Nhận
First party committee secretaryLieutenant General Trần Ngọc Tuấn

The Hanoi Capital Command[2] (Vietnamese: Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội) of the People's Army of Vietnam, is directly under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

History

The predecessor of Hanoi Capital Command was established in October 1945 as Hanoi Special Zone (lit. Khu đặc biệt Hà Nội). By November 1946, the state was reorganized into 12 War Zones Vietnamese: Chiến khu）. Hanoi was reorganized into the 11th War Zone, also known as the Hanoi Front. When the French Indochina War broke out on 19 December 1946, the Hanoi Front was annexed into 2nd War Zone. From 1 November 1948, 2nd War Area was placed directly under the authority of 3rd Joint Zone（Liên Khu, but by May 1949, Hanoi was split to reform the independent Hanoi Front again, falling under the command of the PAVN General Command. It was maintained until after 1954 under the name Hanoi Zone. By 1957, the General Command established troops of Hanoi under the control of General Command until 1 August 1964, when it was placed directly under the 3rd Military Region. However, in September 1964, it was reorganized again into the independent Capital Command. On 5 March 1979, by Ordinance 28-LCT, the Capital Military Region was established on the basis of the Capital Command, to manage militarily the city of Hanoi. In 1999, the jurisdiction of the Capital Military Region expanded to include the old Hà Tây province (merged with Hanoi since 2008).

On May 29, 2008, during the 3rd session of the 12th National Assembly, the National Assembly has approved Resolution 15 on the expansion of the jurisdiction of Hanoi to include the whole Hà Tây province, Mê Linh district of Vĩnh Phúc province and 4 wards (Đông Xuân, Tiến Xuân, Yên Bình, Yên Trung) of Lương Sơn district in Hòa Bình province. During the execution phase of Resolution 15, the (then) President Nguyễn Minh Triết issued Executive Order no. 16/2008/L-CTN to reorganize the Capital Military Region into the Hanoi Capital Command. Right after that, the (then) Minister of National Defence Phùng Quang Thanh issued Decision no. 2192/QĐ-BQP to incorporate Hà Tây province Military Command, Hanoi city Military Command and Mê Linh district Military Command (then under the jurisdiction of Vĩnh Phúc province Military Command in the 2nd Military Region) into the new Hanoi Capital Command.

Agencies

  • Command Office
  • Command Staff Department
  • Department of Politics
    • Division of Organization
    • Division of Cadre
    • Division of Policy
    • Division of Publicity and Training
    • Division of Cultural and Ideological Affairs
    • Military Court
    • Military Procuratorate
    • Museum of the Capital Military Command: No. 157, St. Đội Cấn, Quận Ba Đình, Hanoi
  • Department of Logistics
  • Technical Department
    • Warehouse K90[3]

Units

  • 301st Infantry Division[4]
    • 59th Infantry Regiment
    • 692nd Infantry Regiment
    • 757th Infantry Regiment
    • 18th Signals Battalion
  • 452nd Artillery Regiment (reserve forces training unit, equipped with D-44 field guns)[5]
  • 47th Armored Battalion (BTR-60PB APCs)[6]
  • 20th Reconnaissance Battalion[7]
  • 18th Commando Battalion[8]
  • 610th Signals Battalion[9]
  • 103rd Military Police Battalion[10]
  • 544th Engineer Battalion[11]

Successive commander and leadership

Special Zone of Hanoi (1945–1946)

War Zone 11 (1946)

War Zone 2 (1946–1949)

Front Hanoi (1949–1957)

The Troops of Hanoi (1957–1964)

  • Commander: Col. Vũ Văn Sự
  • Chief of Staff:?

Command of Capital (1964–1979)

Capital Military Zone (1979–present)

Commander

Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics

Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff

References

  1. ^ "Quá trình hình thành và phát triển Bộ Tư lệnh Thủ đô" [Hanoi Capital Command history] (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on October 23, 2023. Retrieved October 23, 2023.
  2. ^ "New commander for Hanoi Capital Command". 7 October 2019.
  3. ^ "Cảnh giác với "giặc lửa", giữ kho an toàn". 9 October 2023.
  4. ^ "Ghi sâu lời Bác Hồ dạy, Trung đoàn 692 chăm lo xây dựng đơn vị vững mạnh toàn diện ["Bringing the Party's resolutions to life: Following Uncle Ho's example"]". 11 October 2014.[permanent dead link]
  5. ^ "Huấn luyện giỏi ở Trung đoàn Pháo binh 452". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 25 March 2022.
  6. ^ "Tiểu đoàn Thiết giáp 47: Huấn luyện giỏi, sẵn sàng chiến đấu cao". Quốc phòng Thủ đô. 25 November 2019.
  7. ^ "Tiểu đoàn Trinh sát 20 (Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội): Nỗ lực huấn luyện giỏi, diễn tập bảo đảm an toàn". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 30 November 2023. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  8. ^ "Chất lượng trong huấn luyện ở Tiểu đoàn Đặc công 18". Quốc phòng Thủ đô. 10 August 2020. Retrieved 30 November 2023.
  9. ^ "Lực lượng vũ trang Thủ đô Hà Nội: Đổi mới, sáng tạo, hoàn thành toàn diện các nhiệm vụ". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 1 January 2024. Retrieved 1 January 2024.
  10. ^ "Training in Military Police Battalion 103 under the Hanoi Capital Command". en.qdnd.vn (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 23 February 2023. Retrieved 23 February 2023.
  11. ^ "Luyện giỏi, rèn nghiêm ở Tiểu đoàn Công binh 544". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 1 April 2024.