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
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
The Khmer National Armed Forces were the combined military forces of the Khmer Republic, a short-lived nationalist and militaristic state that existed from 1970 to 1975, known today as Cambodia. The F
Marshal Lon Nol, President of the Khmer Republic, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 31 March 1972.