| Honorific Prefix: | Colonel General |
| Birth Name: | Tạ Thái An |
| Nickname: | Tạ Quang |
| Birth Date: | 1921 10, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Kim Động, Hưng Yên, Tonkin (French protectorate) |
| Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Allegiance: | Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam |
| Branch: | People's Army of Vietnam |
| Rank: | Colonel General |
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| Mawards: | Hero of the People's Armed Forces (posthumously) |
Hoàng Minh Thảo (born Tạ Thái An) (1921–2008) was a colonel-general in the People's Army of Vietnam active during the First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War. He commanded Việt Cộng forces in Battle of Dak To and Battle of Ban Me Thuot.[1]
Hoàng Minh Thảo was born as Tạ Thái An in Kim Động district of Hưng Yên province, Tonkin (French protectorate) in October 1921.
During the First Indochina War, Hoàng Minh Thảo was assigned to the commander of in 1945, then commander of Military Region 4 in 1949. One year later, he was assigned to the commander of newly formed 304th Brigade.
In the Battle of Điện Biên Phủ, Colonel Thảo commanded 304th Brigade besieging, attacking Isabelle positions (Vietnamese: phân khu Nam - Hồng Cúm).[2] [3] He was promoted to major general in 1959.[4] In the Vietnam war, Gen. Thảo served nearly 10 years (1966 – 1975) in Tây Nguyên battlefield . He was assigned Deputy Commander of Tây Nguyên front (B3 Front) in 1966, Commander of Tây Nguyên front in 1968, then Deputy Commander of Military Region 5 (includes both B3 and B1 Fronts) in 1974.
In 2023, CG Hoàng Minh Thảo was posthumously awarded the Hero of the People's Armed Forces.[5]