1. Which general is the only Southerner to date?

  • Nguyen Chi Thanh
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  • Le Duc Anh
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  • Le Van Dung
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  • Chu Huy Man
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The Vietnam People's Army has only one general who is originally from the South. He is General Le Van Dung, former Secretary of the Party Central Committee and Director of the General Political Department of the Vietnam People's Army.

General Le Van Dung's real name is Nguyen Van Noi, born in 1945, from Phong My commune (Giong Trom, former Ben Tre province). Before Dong Khoi, the young man Nguyen Van Noi participated in secret work and was renamed Le Van Dung (also known as Bay Dung).

As a general who grew up as a soldier, General Le Van Dung experienced many positions and participated in many battlefields. During the period 1963-1989, he fought and studied continuously for 26 years, directly participated in 179 battles, and was wounded many times. He was promoted to the rank of General in 2007.

2. Which two people were promoted directly to the rank of general without going through an intermediate level?

  • General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Van Tien Dung
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  • General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Hoang Van Thai
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  • General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Nguyen Chi Thanh
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  • General Vo Nguyen Giap and General Le Trong Tan
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In the history of the Vietnam People's Army, there were two soldiers who were specially promoted to the rank of general without going through any intermediate level: General Vo Nguyen Giap (promoted in 1948) and General Nguyen Chi Thanh (promoted in 1959).

General Vo Nguyen Giap (1911-2013) was from Quang Binh . In 1948, President Ho Chi Minh signed the first decrees to promote military ranks. According to this decree, Mr. Vo Nguyen Giap was promoted to the rank of general.

Besides General Vo Nguyen Giap, General Nguyen Chi Thanh (1914-1967), from Hue, was the second general of the Vietnam People's Army to be directly promoted to the rank of general in 1959 (when he was 45 years old) without having to go through any previous ranks. He was not only a talented general but also an active leader and activist, leaving his mark in many different fields.

3. Which general is famous for the saying "When the Party needs, the General also requisitions"?

  • Wang Chengwu
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  • Nguyen Chi Thanh
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  • Van Tien Dung
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  • Dinh Duc Thien
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General Nguyen Chi Thanh is a famous general with the saying "When the Party needs, the General also uses". That was when he had just been promoted to the rank of General for a year, in 1960, when the agricultural situation in the North was difficult, the General was assigned to be the Head of the Central Agricultural Committee.

He is famous for his title “General of Agriculture”, associated with movements and production models such as “Dai Phong Wind”, “Thi Dua Ba Nhat”, “Pha xieng ba sao”… bringing agriculture, rural areas and farmers in the North to a solid step forward. He was in charge of agriculture until 1964, then went to the South to fight.

4. The Vietnamese army just got another general, who is he?

  • Phan Van Giang
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  • Nguyen Tan Cuong
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  • Trinh Van Quyet
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  • Luong Tam Quang
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In 2025, the Vietnam People's Army will have another general, Mr. Trinh Van Quyet, Director of the General Department of Politics. General Trinh Van Quyet is 59 years old, from Thanh Ha, former Hai Duong province. He has a bachelor's degree in Party Building and State Administration.

Previously, in May 2016, he was appointed as Political Commissar of Military Region 2, and was also assigned to hold the position of Secretary of the Party Committee of Military Region 2. In April 2021, he held the position of Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

From June 2024 to present, he has held the position of Director of the General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army.

5. Up to now, how many generals does the Vietnam People's Army have?

  • 16
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  • 17
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  • 18
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  • 19
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Since its establishment in 1944, the Vietnam People's Army has had 18 generals, including:

General Vo Nguyen Giap

General Nguyen Chi Thanh

General Chu Huy Man

General Nguyen Quyet

General Hoang Van Thai

General Le Trong Tan

General Van Tien Dung

General Le Duc Anh

General Doan Khue

General Pham Van Tra

General Le Van Dung

General Phung Quang Thanh

General Do Ba Ty

General Ngo Xuan Lich

General Luong Cuong

General Phan Van Giang

General Nguyen Tan Cuong

General Trinh Van Quyet.

Source: https://vietnamnet.vn/vi-dai-tuong-nao-la-nguoi-goc-nam-bo-duy-nhat-den-nay-2426197.html