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Quân đoàn 4 (4th Corps)
Active	20 July 1974–7 December 2024
Country	Vietnam
Allegiance	Vietnam People's Army
Branch	Active duty
Type	Army Corps
Role	Regular force
Size	Corps
Part of	Vietnam People's Army
Garrison/HQ	Dĩ An, Bình Dương
Engagements	Vietnam War Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Commanders
Current commander	Major General Lê Văn Hướng
Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff Commander	Senior Colonel Đỗ Văn Lực
First party committee secretary	Major General Trương Ngọc Hợi

4th Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 4) or Cửu Long Corps (Vietnamese: Binh đoàn Cửu Long, literally: Corps of Cửu Long or "Corps of the Mekong") was one of the three regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam. First organized in 1974 during the Vietnam War, 4th Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign and the Cambodian–Vietnamese War. Before disband, the corps was stationed in Dĩ An, Bình Dương.

History

In July 1973, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces in order to unify the country. In executing the issue, three months later the Ministry of Defence and the Military Commission of the Central Committee approved the plan of organizing regular army corps for the Vietnam People's Army. On July 20, 1974, General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 4th Corps in Đông Nam Bộ, where is located the part of Mekong River called Cửu Long River (Cửu Long Giang or Sông Cửu Long), from which came the name Cửu Long Corps of the unit. The first headquarters of the corps consisted of party committee secretary (bí thư) Hoàng Thế Thiện and commander (tư lệnh) Hoàng Cầm.

During the Ho Chi Minh Campaign, it was 4th Corps that advanced through the delta regions of Phước Long, Biên Hòa and later captured the Special Capital Military District of Saigon and several important targets within Saigon. After the Vietnam War, 4th Corps continued to engage in the Cambodian–Vietnamese War, the corps was awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces (Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1980.

On 13 September 2024, the plan to merge the 3rd and 4th Corps to form the 34th Corps was announced in the 3rd Corps Emulation Congress. The corps was disbanded on 7 December 2024 to form the 34th Corps.

Organization

Headquarters

• Department of Staff
  • 100th Guards Battalion
  • 46th Reconnaissance Battalion
  • 26th Signals Battalion
  • 38th Chemical Defense Battalion
• Department of Politics
• Department of Logistics
• Department of Technical

Combat forces

• 9th Division
  • 1st Infantry Regiment
  • 2nd Infantry Regiment
  • 3rd Infantry Regiment
• 71st Air Defense Brigade
  • 12th Air Defense Battalion (AZP S-60)
  • 16th Air Defense Battalion (Type 65)
• 434th Artillery Brigade
  • M101 howitzer battery
  • M-46 field gun battery
  • BM-21 MLRS battery

Right before disband, the Vietnam Ministry of Defense announced the decision to transfer 7th Division, 309th Division, 4th Military Hospital, 550th Engineer Brigade to 7th Military Region, 22nd Tank Brigade to the Armor-Tank Arms; River Crossing Battalion of 550th Engineer Brigade to the Engineer Arms.

Commanders

References

1. Quân đoàn 4: Kiểm tra toàn diện năng lực cán bộ khối cơ quan các cấp
2. Ministry of Defence of Vietnam (2009). White book of Defence of Vietnam (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: World Publishing House. p. 111.
3. ^ "Quân đoàn 4". Từ điển Bách khoa toàn thư Việt Nam (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 2012-02-24. Retrieved 2010-02-02.
4. "Trung tướng Trương Thiên Tô dự, chỉ đạo Đại hội Thi đua Quyết thắng Quân đoàn 3". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
5. "Lãnh đạo Quân ủy Trung ương, Bộ Quốc phòng dự Lễ công bố Quyết định thành lập Quân đoàn 34". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.
6. "Tiểu đoàn Vệ binh 100 (Quân đoàn 4) tích cực, chủ động phòng, chống dịch Covid-19". Báo Quân khu 7. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 29 January 2024.
7. "Tiểu đoàn Trinh sát 46, Bộ Tham mưu, Quân đoàn 4: Khổ luyện, sẵn sàng nhận và hoàn thành tốt mọi nhiệm vụ". Báo Điện Biên Phủ. 15 November 2023. Retrieved 26 November 2023.
8. ""Hai quân nhân không tham của rơi". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 8 November 2023. Retrieved 8 November 2023.
9. "Rèn thể lực với khí tài phòng da". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 5 December 2024. Retrieved 5 December 2024.
10. "Sức mạnh hỏa lực trong diễn tập của Quân đoàn 4". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 25 November 2023. Archived from the original on 26 November 2023.
11. "Lữ đoàn Phòng không 71 sẵn sàng chiến đấu bảo vệ vùng trời TP Hồ Chí Minh". Báo Tin tức. 24 April 2023. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
12. "Tết sẵn sàng trên trận địa canh trời". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam). 28 January 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2024.
13. "Pháo binh trẻ luyện tài". Báo Tuổi trẻ. 14 July 2016. Retrieved 30 October 2023.
14. "Bàn giao, tiếp nhận các đơn vị thuộc Quân đoàn 4 về Quân khu 7, Binh chủng Tăng - Thiết giáp, Binh chủng Công binh". Báo Quân khu 7. 11 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

• High Command of the 4th Corps, Vietnam People's Army (1994). History of the 4th Corps (in Vietnamese). Hanoi: People's Army Publishing House.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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