People's Army of Vietnam facts for kids

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.

Images for kids

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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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  Vietnamese troops in Vietnam War, 1967

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  Captured photo shows VC crossing a river in 1966.

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  PAVN's structure

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  Insignia of the General Staff

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  Vietnam Map with eight Military Districts and four Corps

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  PAVN soldiers during a parade in 2015.

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  PAVN reconnaissance troops in 2015.

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  A Vietnam Coast Guard patrol vessel

See also

In Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la República Democrática de Vietnam para niños