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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.

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  • Vietnam People's Army date establishment

    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.

  • Pavnattack

    Vietnamese troops in Vietnam War, 1967

  • Viet Cong002

    Captured photo shows VC crossing a river in 1966.

  • Vietnam Ministry of National Defence structure

    PAVN's structure

  • Vietnam People's Army General Staff insignia

    Insignia of the General Staff

  • Vietnam Military Regions

    Vietnam Map with eight Military Districts and four Corps

  • Duyet binh

    PAVN soldiers during a parade in 2015.

  • Duyet binh-012

    PAVN reconnaissance troops in 2015.

  • Vietnam Coast Guard CSB-8002

    A Vietnam Coast Guard patrol vessel

See also

Kids robot.svg In Spanish: Fuerzas Armadas de la República Democrática de Vietnam para niños

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