People's Army of Vietnam

The People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN) is the military of modern-day Vietnam. It was also the military of communist North Vietnam during the First Indochina War and the Vietnam War. Non-communist fighters called it the Viet Minh during the First Indochina War and the North Vietnamese Army (NVA) during the Vietnam War. The NVA is not to be confused with the Viet Cong because the Viet Cong were South Vietnamese who fought for North Vietnam. During the Vietnam War, the NVA made a system of trails (mostly in Laos and Cambodia) called the Ho Chi Minh Trail. This was made to send NVA soldiers into South Vietnam and to give Viet Cong support to fight against non-communist soldiers.

People's Army Of Vietnam Media

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  General Võ Nguyên Giáp on the date of the PAVN's establishment in 1944. Chief of General Staff Hoàng Văn Thái wearing a pith helmet and holding the flag.

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  North Vietnamese troops in Vietnam War, 1967

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  Infiltrators on the move in Laos down the Ho Chi Minh trail.

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  People's Army on Red Square in Moscow during the Victory Day parade on 9 May 2025

• Vietnam Ministry of National Defence structure

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  Combat uniforms of the Vietnamese Army with their corresponding color schemes: Ground Force (combined arms), Air Defence - Air Force, Navy, Border Guard and Coast Guard.

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  Phù hiệu Binh chủng hợp thành - bộ binh

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  pháo binh