| Honorific Prefix: | Lieutenant General |
| Birth Name: | Bùi Chấn |
| Nickname: | Võ Văn Khế |
| Office: | Deputy Chief of General Staff |
| President: | Hồ Chí Minh |
| Minister: | Võ Nguyên Giáp |
| Term Start: | 1955 |
| Term End: | 1961 |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Ministry of Defence |
| President1: | Hồ Chí Minh, Tôn Đức Thắng |
| Minister1: | Võ Nguyên Giáp |
| Term Start1: | 1961 |
| Term End1: | 1980 |
| Birth Date: | 20 May 1913 |
| Birth Place: | Sơn Tịnh, Quảng Ngãi, Annam (French protectorate) |
| Death Place: | Socialist Republic of Vietnam |
| Party: | Communist Party of Vietnam |
| Allegiance: | Democratic Republic of Vietnam and later Vietnam |
| Branch: | People's Army of Vietnam |
| Rank: | Lieutenant General |
| Commands: | 101st Regiment (Trần Cao Vân Regt.) 325th Division) (Bình Trị Thiên Div.) B5 Front (Highway 9– Northern Quảng Trị Front) |
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Trần Quý Hai (born Bùi Chấn)(1913–1985) was a lieutenant-general in the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) active during the First Indochina War, and the Vietnam War.[1] He commanded Việt Cộng forces in Battle of Khe Sanh and Second Battle of Quảng Trị.[2]
Trần Quý Hai was born in 1913 as Bùi Chấn to a poor peasant family in Châu Sa commune, Sơn Tịnh district of Quảng Ngãi province. He took part in revolutionary movements since early ages and joined the Indochinese Communist Party in October 1930. In mid-1931, Bùi Chấn was jailed by the French colonial authorities for supporting Nghệ-Tĩnh Soviets. Freed in 1932, Chấn continued operating in communist movements till 1939 – when he was arrested again for leading anti-tax movement in Sơn Tịnh and Bình Sơn districts.
When Chấn's prison term was over in mid-1944, the colonial authorities sent him to Ba Tơ exile house where he and his comrades like Trương Quang Giao,, Trần Lương and clandestinely established the Provisional Provincial Party Committee of Quảng Ngãi. Together with other comrades in the committee, Bùi Chấn led in March 1945, then August Revolution in Quảng Ngãi successfully. In September 1945, he was named Secretary of the provincial committee.
In early 1946, Chấn was sent to fighting against the French in Thừa Thiên-Huế front. After voted to the standing committee of the Provincial Party Committee of Thừa Thiên-Huế, Bùi Chấn changed his name to Trần Quý Hai. In February 1947, he was assigned commissar of Trần Cao Vân regiment (aka the 101st regiment).[3]
In 1949, the General Staff established Bình Trị Thiên front (later divided to B4 and B5 fronts), appointed Trần Quý Hai to commissar beside - the front commander. Two years later, he was assigned to commander cum commissar of the newly formed 325th Brigade.[4]
During the Vietnam War, Trần Quý Hai was promoted to Deputy Chief of the General Staff in 1955, major general in 1958, then Deputy Defence Minister of Vietnam in 1961.
During 1968, Gen. Hai commanded DMZ Front (aka B5 Front or Highway 9–Northern Quảng Trị Front by PAVN) fighting Battle of Khe Sanh in Tet Offensive,[5] and Battle of Đông Hà in May Offensive.
In 1972, he commanded B5 Front fighting Second Battle of Quảng Trị.
In 2008, LTG Trần Quý Hai was posthumously awarded Gold Star Order.