The Vietnamese army is known as the People's Army, and its founding was on December 22, 1944 (this day is called the Founding Day by Vietnam). Vietnam's military was heavily influenced by China and the Soviet Union, for example, in the later Vietnam War, guerrilla warfare tactics were learned from China. Its main military system was studied in the Soviet Union, especially the rank system.
The Soviet Union's rank hierarchy affected many countries, the mainland implemented the rank system at that time, most of the students were Soviet Ranks including: Marshal, General, Admiral, Lieutenant General, Major General, Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel, Major, followed by Lieutenant Officers, etc., which were not only borrowed by the mainland, but also borrowed by Vietnam fiercely, and even copied directly, but the difference is that Vietnam's highest military rank is General, not Marshal.
That is to say, the VietnamEse People's Army will be the highest rank of general, since it is copied from the Soviet Union, why doesn't Vietnam set up a marshal, even if it is borrowed from the Chinese military rank system, there should be a marshal, in fact, this is not to blame Vietnam, after all, Vietnam did not have a marshal who could "show his hand" at that time!
Although Vietnam is arrogant and claims that its army is one of the strongest in the world, they also know that it is not so simple to become a marshal: first, the founder of the army, second, the qualification is quite old, and third, the ability and experience of commanding large corps!
These three points were on the mainland at that time, there were many qualified, but there were almost no people in Vietnam, Ho Chi Minh's prestige was very high, he could be awarded a marshal, but he was unwilling, after all, he was the leader, should be the grand marshal, the second is the Vietnamese Wu Yuanjia, he is the founder of the Vietnam People's Army, the qualification is very old, but the experience of the large corps combat, this is not in line with the fact that Vietnam at that time had a large corps to fight, there was a Battle of Dien Bien Phu, or our military advisory group commanded, Therefore, no one in Vietnam meets the criteria of a marshal, so there is simply no marshal and general as the highest rank, so how many generals has the Vietnamese People's Army had since its establishment? Who are they?
This was the first person in the Vietnamese military at that time, was the founder of the Vietnamese People's Army, when he was ordered by Ho Chi Minh, to form the Vietnam Liberation Army Propaganda Team, which was the predecessor of the Vietnam People's Army, the propaganda team is also known as the beginning of the official establishment of vietnam, when Wu Yuanjia served as the captain, participated in the command of the first Indian Z War and the Second India Z Na War and the third India Z Na War, known as "Red Napoleon", served as Vietnam's defense minister and other positions, in 1958, Wu Yuanjia was awarded the rank of general, He was the first general of Vietnam.
Nguyen Chi Thanh
Nguyen Chi Thanh joined Vietnam in his early years against French colonial rule, and he was known as "Chairman Mao's Vietnamese student." Because he is good at carrying out guerrilla warfare in battle, in the Vietnam War against the United States, Nguyen Chi Thanh emulated China's protracted war, and his military thinking is at odds with Wu Yuanjia, and his position in the army is second only to Wu Yuanjia! In 959, Nguyen Chi Thanh was promoted to the rank of Grand General, the second general in the Vietnamese army.
Wen Jinyong
Wen Jin Dung has a relatively high status in the Vietnam People's Army, and once served as the top military commander of North Vietnam, he himself served as Vietnam's minister of defense and chief of the general staff, and in 1974, Hen Jin Yong was awarded the rank of general, the third general of Vietnam, in 1975 he led the army to capture Saigon, ending the Vietnam War, and more importantly, Wen Jin Yong was a student of the Chinese Military Advisory Group.
Huang Wentai
Hoang Van Tai had been trained at the Liuzhou branch of the Whampoa Military Academy in China, which means that this person had been educated at the Whampoa Military Academy, Hwang Van Tai had repeatedly fought against the French army in the War of Resistance Against France, succeeded the martyred General Nguyen Chi Thanh in 1967 after the Vietnam War, served as Minister of National Defense, and Deputy Chief of the General Staff, was awarded the rank of General in 1980, was the fourth general in Vietnam, and he was one of his relatives.
Zhu Huimin
Zhu Huimin was once sent to the Frunze Military Academy in the Soviet Union to study, and he was also a member of the Class of Zheng'er Bajing, he had participated in the Battle of Dien Bien Phu, had military merits, once helped Laos against the United States, after the Retreat of the United States, he led his troops to conquer the important port of Da Nang in South Vietnam, and was promoted, once served as the director of the General Politburo of the Vietnam People's Army, the vice chairman of the State Council, and in 1980 he was promoted to the rank of general!
Li Zhongxun
He served as a soldier in the French colonial army, and later entered the Whampoa Military Academy, and served as an officer of the Kuomintang, and then followed Ho Chi Minh to the Soviet Union and China's military academies, and it seems that he has been following Li Sun, leading the army into Cambodia, participating in the war against China, and he was awarded the rank of general in 1984. He was vice minister of defense and chief of the general staff of Vietnam.
Lai Deying
Lai Duc Anh had been working in the South during the War of Resistance Against the United States, serving as deputy chief of the general staff of Vietnam, and later in the military for a long time, he was promoted to the fifth Vietnamese president, and in 1985, Lai Duc Anh was promoted to general.
Mei Zhishou
Mei Zhishou, who joined the revolution before the August 1945 revolution, participated in the anti-French struggle and participated in the construction of the southern anti-war regime. During his time against the United States, he was one of the main leaders of the Southern East, a former minister of the interior and secretary of the central public security party committee. In May 1989, he was promoted to public security general.
Nguyen Decided
Nguyen Trung was a highly qualified military general who followed Wu Yuanjia to the revolution in his early years, step by step to the leadership position, after the reunification of Vietnam, he served as the commander of the military region, served as the secretary of the Secretariat of the Central Committee, the director of the General Politburo of the Vietnam People's Army, and was promoted to the rank of general in January 1990.
Duan Kui
Duan Kui only joined the Vietnam People's Army in 1945, twice went to China to learn military knowledge, during the Vietnam War, Duan Kui fought in South Vietnam and participated in the War against Cambodia, Duan Kui later served as vietnam's minister of defense, and was promoted to the rank of general on January 10, 1990!
Fan Wen Tea
Fan Wencha only began to join the army in 1953, and in the War of Resistance against France and the United States, Fan Wencha repeatedly made meritorious contributions and was repeatedly promoted, from a soldier to the commander of the military region. In 1994, he was appointed Deputy Chief of The General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. He was appointed Minister of Defence in 1995. He later served as chief of the general staff of the Vietnam People's Army, who participated in the War to Resist France and the United States, and was promoted to the rank of major general in 2003.
Feng Guangqing
In 1967, he joined the Vietnam People's Army and participated in the battles of Quang Chih and Nam Lao. Later, he studied at the Vietnamese Military Academy and was sent to study at the Voroshilov Military Academy in the Soviet Union, and he was probably the most senior vietnamese general. He has held various positions in the Vietnamese Army, serving as Vietnam's Minister of Defense for ten years in 2006. On June 7, 2007, he was promoted to the rank of Grand General.
Li Wenyong
Le Van Yong enlisted in the army in May 1963, did not have much education, continued to study in the war, and finally entered the military academy, and repeated training, since then began his take-off road, once served as the chief of the general staff of the VietnamEse People's Army, the director of the General Politburo of the Vietnam People's Army. He was awarded the rank of Grand General in July 2007.
Du Bo Wei
His profile is not very much, and the current chief of staff of the Vietnam People's Army, Du Bo Mi, was promoted to general in 2015. He also visited China in 2012.
Wu Chun Calendar
Wu Chunli joined the army very late, but he received a bachelor's degree in social sciences and a bachelor's degree in military political engineering, and for a long time he was doing political work in the military. Later, in 2011, he began to serve as the director of the General Politburo, vietnamese general Wu ChunLi, and in 2015, he was promoted to the rank of general, and is currently a member of the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the director of the General Politburo of the People's Army, the minister of national defense, and the deputy secretary of the Central Military Commission!
It can be seen that these generals in Vietnam are basically divided into two categories, one is emerging in wartime, the other is promoted in peacetime, and can become a major general rank, basically one of the founders of the Vietnam People's Army, the director of the General Political Bureau of the Vietnam People's Army, the minister of national defense, the deputy chief of the general staff and the deputy chief of the general staff.