Military history of Vietnam
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Army and warfare made their first appearance in Vietnamese history during the 3rd millennium BC. Throughout thousands of years, wars played a great role in shaping the identity and culture of people i
Honor guards representing the modern Vietnam People's Army greeted Joe Biden during his 2023 state visit to the country.
Cửu vị thần công of the Nguyễn dynasty
A female Viet Cong during the Vietnam War
Đông Sơn battle axes
People's Army of Vietnam
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The People's Army of Vietnam is the national military force of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam and the armed wing of the ruling Communist Party of Vietnam. The PAVN is the backbone component of the
Military history of Vietnam
…soil to stage attacks into South Vietnam. The US heavily bombed PVA, VC and Khmer Rouge position in Cambodia. Khmer Rouge was aided militarily by the North Vietnamese Army and the Viet Cong, and won the war in 1975. When the Laotian Civil War ended in 1975, the government of Laos started to persecute the Hmong-tribes, who…
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.
North Vietnamese troops in Vietnam War, 1967
Infiltrators on the move in Laos down the Ho Chi Minh trail.
People's Army on Red Square in Moscow during the Victory Day parade on 9 May 2025