5th Military Region (Vietnam People's Army)

The 5th Military Region of Vietnam People's Army, is directly under the Ministry of Defence of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending the South Central Vietnam include the Tây Nguyên and southern central coastal provinces. In the period of Vietnam War, 5th Military Zone included the coastal provinces of Middle Central Vietnam, 6th Military Zone included the old South Central Vietnam (including Ninh Thuận Province, Bình Thuận Province, Lâm Đồng Province, Đắk Nông Province today) and the front Tây Nguyên (Northern and Central of Tây Nguyên) was merged into 5th Military Zone after Vietnam unification.

Command Headquarters: Da Nang city
Commander: Lieutenant General Lê Chiêm (promoted to Lieutenant General on 27 December 2012)
Political Commissar: Major General Trần Quang Phương
Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff: Major General Nguyễn Long Cáng

Agencies

Military Command of Da Nang Municipality
Military Command of Quảng Nam Province
Military Command of Quảng Ngãi Province
Military Command of Bình Định Province
Military Command of Phú Yên Province
Military Command of Khánh Hòa Province
Military Command of Kon Tum Province
Military Command of Gia Lai Province
Military Command of Đắc Lắc Province - Political Commissar: Major General Võ Duy Chín (2008), honoured as Hero of the People's Armed Forces (1976)
Military Command of Đắk Nông Province
Military Command of Ninh Thuận Province
Military School of Military Zone
2nd Division
305th Division
307th Division
315th Division
368th Artillery Regiment (honored as Hero of People's Armed Forces 2008)
270th Combat Engineering Brigade

Lieutenant General Hoàng Văn Thái (1966-1967), later promoted to full general in 1980.
Major General Chu Huy Mân (1967–1976): General (1980), Director of the General Political Department Vietnam People's Army (1977–1986).
Major General Đoàn Khuê (1977–1980): Lieutenant General (1980), Colonel General (1984), General (1990), Minister of Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (1991–1997)
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Huy Chương
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Chơn (-1994)
Lieutenant General Phan Hoan -(-1994)
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Được (- 2002): Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence of Vietnam
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Khắc Nghiên (2002–2005): Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence of Vietnam. Concurrently Chief of General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army.
Lieutenant General Huỳnh Ngọc Sơn (- 9/2007): vice-Chairman of National Assembly of Vietnam XII.
Lieutenant General Nguyễn Trung Thu (9/2007-2010)
Lieutenant General Lê Chiêm (2011-4/2015)
Major General Nguyễn Long Cáng (4/2015-)^[1] Lieutenant General (9/2015) ^[2]

People's Army of Vietnam
General	Ministry of Defence People's Army of Vietnam General Staff General Political Department of the People's Army
Branches	Ground Forces Navy Air Force Border Guard Coast Guard Engineers Sapper Chemical Warfare Tank-Armoured Warfare Signals Field Artillery
Military regions	1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 7th 9th High Command of Capital Hanoi
Army corps	1st 2nd 3rd 4th
Others	General Engineering Department General Logistics Department General Department of Military Industry General Department of Military Intelligence Equipment Ground Forces Navy Air Force

Military of Asia
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States with limited recognition	Abkhazia Nagorno-Karabakh Northern Cyprus Palestine South Ossetia Taiwan
Dependencies and other territories	British Indian Ocean Territory Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Hong Kong Macau

↑ "Thiếu tướng Nguyễn Long Cáng giữ chức Tư lệnh Quân khu 5". People's Procuracy of Đà Nẵng. People's Procuracy of Đà Nẵng. 2015-04-27. Retrieved 23 December 2016.
1 2 Although unclear about promotion time but he is Lt. Gen. in Oct 2015 ""Lễ kỷ niệm 70 năm Ngày truyền thống LLVT Quân khu"". 5th Militatry Region. 5th Militatry Region. 2015-10-17. Retrieved 23 December 2016.

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