| Agencyname: | Vietnam Border Guard |
| Logocaption: | Logo |
| Flag: | Vietnam Border Defense Force flag.svg |
| Flagcaption: | Military flag of the Vietnam Border Guard |
| Motto: | Vietnamese: Đồn là nhà, Biên giới là quê hương, Đồng bào các dân tộc là anh em ruột thịt |
| Formed: | 3 March 1958 |
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| Country: | Vietnam |
| Governingbody: | Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) |
| Constitution6: | --> |
| Military: | Yes |
| Speciality1: | border |
| Oversightbody: | Vietnam Border Guard Command |
| Headquarters: | Hanoi, Vietnam |
| Minister6name: | --> |
| Minister6pfo: | --> |
| Chief1name: | Lieutenant General Lê Đức Thái |
| Chief1position: | Commander |
| Chief2name: | Lieutenant General Đỗ Danh Vượng |
| Chief2position: | Political Commissar |
| Chief3name: | Major General Hoàng Hữu Chiến |
| Chief3position: | Chief of Staff |
| Parentagency: | Vietnam People's Army |
| Child7agency: | --> |
| Officetype: | Command |
| Officename: | Vietnam Border Guard Command |
| Activitytype: | Border Guard |
| Anniversary1: | 3 March (date of establishment) |
| Award6: | --> |
| Footnotes: | Decoration: Colour: Forest Green |
The Vietnam Border Guard (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam) is the border security branch of the Vietnam People's Army.
It is responsible for the management and protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, order and national boundaries on the mainland, islands, sea and at the gate as shall by law and is force member in provincial areas of defence, border districts of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.[1]
On 19 November 1958, the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Vietnam decided to unite national defence forces and army units whose missions were domestic protection, border protection, beach defence, boundary security, and other forces in charge of guarding domestic international borders, under the management of the Police Department, and named them the Guard forces. Guard forces including Border Guard and Homeland Guard.[1] [2]
According to the resolution of the Politburo, the Border Guard is responsible for:
The Homeland Guard is responsible for (this task was transferred to police protection under the General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security):
On 3 March 1959, the Prime Minister of Vietnam signed Decision No. 100 - TTg on the establishment of an armed force in charge of border protection and domestic, to be known as the People's Armed Police, set under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security. This date is taken as the date of establishment of the Vietnam Border Guard.
Ceremony set up the People's Armed Police was held on the evening of 28 March 1959, at 19 hours, at the Military Club, Hanoi.
By the end of 1979 the People's Armed Police was renamed Border Guard and transferred under the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). In 1988, the Border Guard moved to directly under the Ministry of Interior until late in 1995, then moved to the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam).[1]
Border Guard is the core force in charge, in co-ordination with other armed forces, localities and departments concerned and depend on people to manage, protect borders, maintaining security political, social order and safety in the border areas, maintaining the external border. Border Guard operates under the laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the international treaties relating to the sovereignty, national security and border on the mainland, islands, seas and border gates that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to.[1]
The organisational system of Border Guard includes three levels: Command (Central), Command provinces; and Border posts.
Command of Border Guard
Border Command of the Provinces and Municipalities of Vietnam
Border posts
See also: Vietnamese military ranks and insignia.
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Model | Image | Type | Caliber | Origin | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pistols | |||||
| K14VN | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | |||
| TT-33 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | |||
| Type 54/K54 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | |||
| Assault rifles | |||||
| AK-47 | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm M43 | |||
| Galil ACE | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | |||
| STV-022 | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | [3] | ||
| STV-215 | |||||