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2 5 Ma rch ].9 81
VIETNAM REPORT
(FOUO 3/81)
CONTENTS
MII,ITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBI,IC SEC'JRITY
Information c,n Vietnamese Nlilitary Units 1
Information or_ Military Recruiting ll~
INTERNATIONAI~ RELATIONS, TRADE AND AID
Interview With SRV Physicist Nguyen Van Hieu Published
(Nguyen Van Hieu Interview; CESKOSI,OVENSKY CASOPIS PRO `
FYZIKU, Dec 80) 16
Interview With SRV Politica? sureau Member Tran Quoc Hoan
(Tran Quoc Hoan Interview; BOHENBA, 6 Feb 81) 19
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MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SECURITY
I1~FORMATIQN ON VIETNAMESE MILITARY UNITS
[The following information oa Vietnamese military units has been extracted from
Vietna~+ese press sources published in Hanoi, unless otherwise indicated. Unit
designators and subordination are as they app~ar in the original source. The re-
marks include a brief summary of the salient information available in the news
item.]
Unit Remarks
Song Thao Corps [Binh DoanJ Subordinate units on border watching for
B.55 Gp illag3l border crossers and smugglers.
B.45 Gp (QUAN DOI NH~1N DAN 22 Oct 80 p 1)
~ B.16 Gp
M.74 Gp
N.13 Regt, 3rd MR Raising rice in Dong Xuyen Village, Ninh
Thanh District, Hai Hung Province. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 22 Oct 80 p 2)
lst Gp, 9th Gp Worked on road at Pass KL. (QUAN DOI N[iAN
- DAN 23 Oct 80 p 2)
52nc; Air Force Signal Gp Honest soldier returns lost property.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 23 Oct 80 p 3)
Bo44 Gp, Truong Son ~orps Has three regiments. Doing road construc-
- N.3 Regt tion work. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 24 Oct 80
H.48 Regt p 1)
H.3 Gp Photo of unit commander visiting troops in
' training. (QUAN DOT NHAN DAN 24 Oct 80 p 3)
B.61 Gp Probably located near border with PRC.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 24 Oct 80 p 3)
B.37 Gp Located near border with PRC. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 24 Oct 80 p 3)
Dien Bien Missile Gp Unit member commended. (QUAN DOI NEiAN DAN
- 24 Oct 80 p 3)
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61st Missile Bn, Song Da Gp Photo of uni~t missiles. (HANOI MOI 7 Dec 80
p 1)
B.61 Air Defense Gp Responsible for sir defense of Hanoi. Com-
H.36 Regt men~ed for maintenance of arms and armamenta.
H.61 Regt (TAP CHI QUAN DOI N~iAN DAN Nov 80 pp 52-58)
_ H.80 Regt
~ H.12 Regt
N.29 Gp, lst MR Lucated on the border near the enemy.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 5.?an 8Z p 1)
Capital Military Regicn On 2 January 1981 tested subordinate units -
B.O1 Gp in marksmanship, grenade throwing and ran-
B.54 Gp ning with full equipment. (HANOI MOI 3 Jan
- lst Gp 81 p 1)
4th Gp
7th Gp
J 9th Regt, Capital Forces In March 1979 was converted from a labor
unit to a mobile infantry unit. Political
Officer: Dong Van Tha [DOONGF VAWN THAR];
-lst Bn -Battalion Commander: Dang Xuan Nghi
[DAWNGJ XUAAN NG}.i~J] .
(HANOI MOI 14 Jan 81 p 2)
9th MR Subordinate units conduct cultural activi� _
ties. (VAN NGHE QUAN DOI Dec 80 p 133) _
D.8
B.9 Corps [Binh lloan] _
E.174 '
D.5
X.76 Corps [Binh Doan] .
E.82
N.71 Gp, POL Forces Maintaining flow of oil through pipeline.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 5 Jan 81 p 1)
2nd Det, 859th Gp, Sth MR Photo of inen patrolling the seacoast.
(QUAN TiOI NHAN DAN 5 Jan 81 p 2)
95th Regt, B. Div, 3rd MR Participating in construction of the Pha
Lai Thermoelecrric Power Plant. Deputy
Regimental Co~ander and Political Officer:
Le Xuan Thuong [LEE XUAAN THUWOWNGF]. (QUAN -
DOI NHAIJ DAN 5 Jan 81 p 2) -
. Factory Z.55, Technical General Unit sentry thwarte thFft. (QUAN DOI NHAN _
Department DAN 5 Jan 81 p 3)
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7th Det, Sth Signal Gp Photos of unit radioman and teleprinter
~ operators. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 5 Jan 81 p 3)
- 44tih Bn, H.63 Afissile Gp Photo of inen farmi~ng nesr missile sire.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 6 Jan 81 p 1)
B.37 Gp, Chi Lang Corps [Binh Train~d new recruits. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Doan] 6 Jan 81 p 1)
_ HuAng Giang Corps [Binh DuanJ Inducts nearly 5,000 new VCP members, in
44th Gp 1979 and 1980. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 2 Jan 81
0~ Gp p 1)
018 Gp
OS Gp
021 Gp
03 Gp
063 Gp
043 Gp
2nd Co, 57th Gp Unit cadres cheat at firing range to insure
- good rating for their unit. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN2Jan81p3)
_ 16th Co, Vinh Quang Gp, Ha Photo of mortar crew in field training.
Tuyen [Province] Forces (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 2 Jan 81 p 3)
4th Bn, M.47 Navy Gp Unit's production platoon farms at area
inhabited by Thanh Y and Thanh Phan tribes-
men in Vu Oai Village, Hoanh Ba District,
- Quang Ninh Province. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
2Jan81p3)
Lam Son Air Force Gp Deputty Political Officer: Nguyen Van Thu
[NGUYEENX VAWN THUW]. Gp Commander:
Nguyen Tien Sam [NGUYEENX TIEENS SAAM];
Deputy Gp Commander in charge of political
work: Nguyen Duc Thanh [NGUYEENX DUWCS
THANNF]; Deputy Group Commander: Nguyen
_ Huu Phu [NGUYEENX HUWUX PHUS]. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 2 Jan 81 p 3)
- 21st Regt, Tay Nguyen Corps This unit specializes in clearning land for
[Binh Doan] cultivation. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 4 Jan 81
p 1)
Navy Subordinate unita conduct apecialized
- 61st Gp training. (QUAN DOI N~i~N DAN 4 Jan 81 p 1)
- 72nd Gp
" 27th Gp
70th Gp
71st Gp
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N.76 Regt, Tay S,ac Forces Located on the northern border. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 4 Jan 81 p 1)
Biiih Tram 21 Photo of unit choral group. (QUAN DOI NHAN
~ DAN 4 Jan 81 p 2)
175th Military Hospital Photo of unit dance ensemble. (QUAN DOI _
NHAN DAN 4 Jan 81 p 2)
H.30 Transportation Gp Located in Qui Nhon City. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 6 Jan 81 p 1)
13th Military Hospital "
Rehabilitation Unit, B.32 Gp "
N.31 Gp, Pac Bo Corps [Binh Doan] Stationed on the northzrn border. (OUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 6 Jan 81 p 2)
Border Defense Pos~ 75 Located on the SRV-Lao border. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 6 Jan 81 p 2)
- 7th Plat, 3rd Co, lst Bn, M.32 Gp Located at Dum Dam Prey Hamlet, Ta Rop
V~llage, Chuong Preq Diatrict, Kompong Cham
Province, Rampuchea. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
_ 6Jan81p2)
103rd Gp Photo of inen working on tank. (QUAN DOI -
NHAN DAN f, Jan 81 p 3)
,
109th Military Hospital Youth Union members' activity commended.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 6 Jan 81 p 3) _
B.11 Gp, lst MR Located on the northern border. (QUAN 110I
56th Gp NHAN DAN 6 Jan 81 p 3)
_ M.69 Gp
B.56 Gp, Tay Bac Forces Commended for good discipline. (QUAN ~DOI
NHAN DAN 7 Jan 81 p 3)
N.72 Regt, Sth MR Unit member's fidelity to duty comQnended.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 7 Jan 81 p 3)
- B.50 Regt, Bac Thai Province Activated in February 1979. (QUAI1 DOI NHAN
DAN 7 Jan 81 p 3)
Quang Trung Miasile Gp Training activities noted. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 8 Jan 81 p 1)
6th Gp, B Corps [Binh Doan] Conducted political training activities.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Jan 81 p 1)
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6th Military Hospital Patients complain of service at hospital.
- (QUAN DOI Nf~AN DAN 8 Jan 81 p 2)
B.56 Gp, Tay Bac Forces Acting Group Co~ander: Dieu [ZIEE~TJ];
N.76 Regt Assistant Regimental Commander of N.76
_ N.SO Artillery Regt Regt: Khoan [RHOANS]; Deputy Group Com-
mander: Vung [V[JWNGX]; ~ommander N.50
Artillery Regiment: Ma~or To Can [T00
CAANF]. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Jan 81 p 3)
B.20 Gp Photos of unit switchboard and antiaircraft
7th Bn guns. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 8 Jan 81 p 3)
16th Bn
18th Bn
Chi Lang Corps [Binh Doan], lst 1~Ilt Subordinate units conduct morale building
B.31 Gp cultural activities. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Cao Bac Gp 8 Jan 81 p 3)
Thang Tam Gp
601st Gp
Pac Bo Gp
2094th Radar Gp, Ho Chi Minh City Has established good relations with local
Air Defens~ Forces people. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 9 Jan 81 p 1)
1037th Self Propel~ed Artillery Inducts ne~? VCP Party members. (QUAN DOI
Bn, Chien Thang Gp NHAN DAPi 9 Jan 81 p 1)
Factory 7 6, Technical General Commended for production and productivity
- Departmen t innovat{~~s. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 9 Jan 81
p 1)
Rear Services Department, Sth MR Subordinate units conduct morale building
17th Military Hospital activities. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 9 Jan 81
- 13th Military Hospital p 1)
15th Military Hospital ~
Pharmaceutical Factory 34
230th Traneportation Regt
475th Bn
Army Officers School No 2 Basic officers school. Source of cadets
is active duty NCOs and enlisted men.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 9 Jan 81 p 3)
Song Dao Infantry Regt, B.26 Located in the north. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Corps [Binh Doan] 9 Jan 81 p 3)
26th Armored Gp, 7th MR Stresses maintenance and repair of equip-
ment. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 11 Jan 81 p 1)
_ X.98 Infantry Gp " " " "
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H.19 Engineer Gp Assigned to a road construction task.
_ (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 11 Jan 81 p 1)
FBCtory 27, Technical General Completed 1980 plan ahead of schedule.
Department (QUAN DOI N~IAN DAN 11 Jan 81 p 1)
Armored Officers School Achieves good training results. (QTJAN DOI ,
- NHAN DAN 12 Jan 81 p 1)
05 Armored Gp, Quang Niuh This is a regimental or larger size unit.
Province (QUAN DOI NHE1N DAN 12 Jan 81 p 1)
B.49 Signal ~p Assisted local people with harvest and
water conservancy work. (QUAN DOI NHAN
- DAN 12 Jan 81 p 1)
Pharmaceuticals Enterprise XY.2 Production activities noted. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 12 Jan 81 p 2)
108th Military Hospital Unit doctor discusses cure for ahingles.
( QUAN DOI NAAN DAN 12 Jan 81 p 2)
4th Bn, A.12 Gp Unit member absents himself without leave
and returns full of regret. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 12 Jan 81 p 3)
9th Co, Tay Tien Gp, Chi Lang Located on the border. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
Corps [Binh Doan] 12 Jan 81 p 4)
M.24 Regt, Song Thao Corps Located on the border. Makes training more
[Binh DoanJ realistic. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 13 Jan 81
K.7 Bn P 1)
K.9 Bn
Song Lam Gp, Cuu Long Corps Self support farming activities reported.
[Binh Doan] (QUAN DOI N~AN DAN 13 Jan 81 p 1)
B.26 Gp Recently completed a 13 kilometer road.
N.46 Gp Located at a border. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
N.19 Gp 13 Jan 81 pp 1, 4)
82nd Gp Serving outside Vietnam. (QUAN DOI NHAN
4th Bn DAN 13 Jan 81 p 2)
52nd General Depot Conducted classes for depot personnel.
(QUAN DOI NfIAN DAN 13 Jan 81 p 2)
Song Dao Infantry Gp Strives to improve living conditions of
personnel. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 13 Jan 81
_ P 2)
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M.74 Gp, Tay Bac Forces Serving on the �ront line. (QUAN DOI NHP.N
DAN 13 Jan 81 p~)
91et Military Hospital, lst MR Produces pharmaceutical products from local
plants. (QUAN DOI NHAIJ DAN 13 Jan 81 p Z)
174th Bn, H.77 Gp, Air Defense Located in Chau Giang District, Hai Hung
Forces Province. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 13 Jan 81 p 3)
Political Officers School Coatinues to improve training methods.
- (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 14 Jan 81 p 1)
R.9 Sign41 Gp, Ly 1'huong Kiet Youth Union members inducted into VCP.
.:orps [Binh Doan] (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 14 Jan 81 p 1)
B.87 Gp, Technical General Construction activities of subordinate
Department units noted. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 14 Jan 81
65th Regt pp 1, 4)
69th Regt
H.37 Regt
S.7 Regt
79th Regt, B.91 Div, Truong Recently completed construction of 99
Son Corps [Binh DoanJ meters of steel reinforced concr~te bridg-
ing. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 15 Jan 81 p 1)
H.42 Air Defense Gp Armed with 37mm guns. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
15 Jan 81 p 1)
M.35 Gp, lst MR Producing construction materials. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 15 Jan 81 p 1)
Doan Bang Div Acting Division Commander: Le Quang Binh
[LEE QUANG BINHF]. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
15 Jan 81 p 3)
105th M3.litary Hospital Repaj.rs medical equipment and produces its
own pharmaceutical supplies. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 15 Jan 81 p 3)
Sapper Forces Stresses need for good relations with ethnic
minorities.
-T.80 Gp -located on the front 13ne.
-S.79 Gp -training Dao and Nung tribal militia.
- -11.B Gp -located in Quang Hoa, Cao Bang
province.
-13th Gp -training local militia.
-19.T Gp -t~caining local militia.
-12th Gp -assisted people in Thanh Hoa Province
harvest crops and rep~ir damage from
Tropical Storm No 6.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 15 Jan 81 p 3)
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Sth MR Subordinate units emphasize use of local -
74th Bn medicinal herbs. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 15 Jan
B.31 Gp 81 p 3)
- B,32 Gp
B.33 Gp
- 17th Military Hospital
13th MilitaYy Hospital
Factory Z.113 Co~ended for havtng an outstanding trade
union organization for 1980. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 16 Jan 81 p 1)
Y.2 Factory
A. 41 Factory "
A.37 Factory -
M.3 Factory
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X.51 Factory
M.38 Gp, Ch3. Lang CoXps Created a fire break in a forest area.
[Binh Doan] (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 16 Jan 81 p 2)
- Dong Bang Div ~,eputy Division Commander: Le Nong [LEE -
48th Regt NOONGJ. In 1980 was withdrawn from Kampu-
- 52r.d Regt chea for intensive training. (QUAN DOI
64th Regt NHAId DAN 16 Jan 81 p 3)
~ 16th AA Machine Gcm do, M.$ Gp
B.26 Gp, Tay Bac Forces Located near Meo So Highland Village.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 16 Jan 81 p 3)
- 4th MR Subordinate units cotmmended for achieve=
H.83 AAA Regt ments. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 18 Jan 81 p 1) -
lst Infantry Regt, B.18 Gp
H.06 Armored Regt
49th Signal Regt, Ly Thuong -
Kiet Corps [Binh Doan]
- 142nd Border Defense Post
06 Gp, Huong Giang Corps [Binh Participated in a field exercise involving
- Doan] tanks, signal, AAA and artillery. (QUAN
DOI NHE1N DAN 1$ Jan 81 p 4)
_ Slst Co, Tay Son Gp Located in the northern border area. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 19 Jan 81 p 2)
573rd AAA Regt Morale building activities, living condi-
tions describ ed. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 19 Jan ~
81 p 3)
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5th Transportation Gp Drivers overcome obstacles. (QUAN DOI NHAH
DAN19Jan81p3)
_ AAA Forces, Song Thao Corps Subordinate units conduct live fire exer�
- HS-56 Gp cise. (QUAN DOI 1~IAN DAN 20 Jan 81 p 1)
A-16 Gp
- X.55 Gp
K.45 Gp
- Ha Long Gp, Chi i.ang Corps Unit member complaints of forced cigarette
[Sinh Doan] purchases. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 20 Jan 81
P 2)
_ N.2 Regt Regimental Commander: Mai Hong [MAI HOONGF]; .
- Lcc,ated on the northern border. (QUAN DOI
' ' NHE1N DAN 20 Jan 81 p 3)
B.37 Gp Photo of unit patrol in blocking position.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 20 Jan 81 p 3)
Engineer Officers Schc~l Cadets receive practical training on the
front line. (C~'JAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Jan 81
p 1)
29th Gp Photo of unit engineers constructing field
works . (QUAN DGI NHAN DAN 21 Jan 81 p 1)
120th Military Hospital, 9th M'it Commended for self support farming activi-
ties. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Jan 81 p 3)
Border ilefense Post 801, A,i Giang Accomplishments of post co~nander described.
Province (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Jan 81 p 3)
Air Force Party building activities reported.
B.70 Gp (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 21 Jan 81 p 4)
71st Gp
72nd Gp
76th Gp
- 4th MR Subordinatz units commended for good per-
Song Lam Div formance. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 22 Jan 81
H.83 AAA Regt p 1)
lst Infantry Regt
49th Signal Regt
- N. 20 Engineer Gp A regimental or larger size unit. Earth
moving accomplishments noted. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 22 Jan 81 p 1)
34th Co, 21st Bn, To Vinh Dien Gp Photo of unit artillery piece. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 22 Jan 81 p 1)
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N.66 Regt, Truong Son Corps Unit driver commended. (QUAN DOI NIiAN DAN
22 Jan 81 p 2)
Port Of Entry Defense Post 958, Unit members thwart smugglers. (QUAN DOI
Ho Chi Minh City NHE1N DAN 22 Jan 81 p 3)
_ K.9n Infantry Regt Regimental Commander: Nguyen 2'ien i..uat
_ [NGUYEENR TIEENS LUAATJ]. Appears to be
- ~ part of the same division as the T.43 Regi-
ment. (QUAN D(?I NHAN DAN 22 Jan 81 p 3)
T.43 Regt [See K.96 Infantry Regiment above.]
21st Armored Brigade Co~ended for impr~vement since 1978.
(QUI~N DOI NHAN DAN 22 Jan 81 p 3)
Quan Tien Phong Uiv Conducts troops motivation camPaign. -
Bac Bac Regt (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 1)
Tu Vu Regt
Thu Do Regt
58th Artillery Gp
20th Bn _
_ 21st Bn
24th Bn
25th Bn
- Chien Thang Div Held proficiency tests for rear services
_ Song Lo Gp related tasks such as food service, care
_ H.9 Gp of wounded, vehicle maintenance. (QUAN DOI
3rd Gp NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 1) _
Sth Dong Nai Gp Photo of patrol along beach. (QUAN DOI
- NHAN DAI3 2 3 Jan 81 p 1)
Thang Tam Eng3neer Regt Located in an uninhabited area. (QUAN DOI
NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 3) _
M.15 Gp Problems of issuing clothing to new recruits _
discussed. (QUA.N DOI NHAN DAN 23 3an 81
p 3)
Depot T.02, Technical General Improvises rust removal device. (i~UAN DOI
Department NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 3)
B.62 General Depot, Technical Devises new spare parts storage system.
General Department (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 3)
Depot V.30 Produces frames for military awards. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 23 Jan 81 p 3)
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Linh Na~m Infantry Gp, Song Thao Conducts poli,tical activi.ties. (QUAN DOI -
~ Co~ps [Binh Doan] NHAN DAN 26 Jan 81 p 1) :
~ M.23 Gp This unit is regimentaL size or larger.
- Located in the area overrun by the PRC in
1979. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 26 Jan 81 p 1)
201st Armored Gp Photo of inen on tanks. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
- 26 Jan 81 p 1)
Song Dao Gp, Tay Bac Forces Unit blacksmith teams support unit farming
activities. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAPI 26 Jan 81
p 3)
43rd Bn, Quang Trung Missile Gp Harvests peanuts. (QUAN DOI NHE1N DAN
26 Jan 81 p 3)
6th Bn, Hoang Su Phi Force Located in Ha Tuyen Province. (QUAN DOI
- NHAN DADi 26 Jan 81 p 3)
B.11 Gp, Cao Bang [Province] Co~nended for agricultural production. _
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 27 Jan 81 p 1)
- B.56 Gp, Tay Bac [Forces] " " " " -
Quan Tien Phong Div " " " "
B.32 Gp, 3rd MR Consists of at least 15 battalions.
(QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 27 Jan 81 p 1)
B.91 Gp, Truong Son Corps [Binh Doing road construction work~ (QUAN DOI
Doan] NHAN DAN 27 Jan 81 p 3)
Ist Regt
22nd Regt
~ 55th Regt
The following units were granted awards for unspecifi~d accomplishments during the
years 1979-1980. (QUAN DOI NHAN~ DAN 24 Jan 81 pp 1, 4)
B.70 Engineer Gp, B.12 Corps [Binh Doan]
M.46 Navy Gp
B.60 Infantry Gp, lst MR -
N.29 Infantry Gp, lst MR
- B.1 Infantry Gp, 7th MR _
- 2nd Infantry Gp, 9th MR _
N.13 Engineer Gp, 3rd MR
H.83 AAA Gp, 4th MR
C.23 Air Force ~p
H.67 Air Defense Gp
H.79 Engineer Gp
Ist Infantry Gp, Mien Tay [West] Corps [Binh Doan]
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T.2 Infantry Gp, Mien Tap Corps _
N.66 Engineer Gp, B.12 Corps
B.6 Gp, General Staff ;
_ N.10 Transportation Gp, Rear Service General Degartment
Air Force Officers School
Air Defense Officers School
lOSth riilita~ry Hospital, Rear Services General Department .
_ Factory Z.1, Technical General Department
B.63 Air Defense Gp
- B.56 Infantry Gp, 2nd MR
H.O1 Armored Gp
M.44 Gp, 32nd Corps [Binh Doan]
B.b8 Artillery Gp
- H.28 Infantry Gp, Dong Bac Forces
_ H.6 Signal Gp, Air Defense Forces
S.O1 Signal Gp, lst MR
N.73 AAA Gp, Sth MR
5.73 AAA Gp, Huong Giang Corps [Binh Doan]
B.5 Engineer Gp, 12th Corps _
lst Infantry Gp, 4th MR
H.04 Artillery Gp
- C.19 Gp, Civil Air General Department
5th Military Hospital, 3rd MR
- Army Officers School No 1
Army Officers School No 2 _
Military Medicine Middle School No 1, Rear'Services General Department
Intermediate Ordnance Technical School, Technical General Department
_ H.14 Air Def ense Gp, Tay Bac Forces
M.72 Navy Gp -
H.41 AAA Gp, Quyet Thang Corps [Binh Doan]
600th Gp, 32nd Corps
H.06 Armored Gp, 4th MR
M.14 Sapper Gp ~
H.05 Signal Gp
M.9 Infantry Gp, Mien Tay Corps
H.29 Engineer Gp
M.41 Infantry Gp, Quyet Thang Corps [Binh Doan]
M.02 Infantry Gp, Quyet Thang Corps
N.4 Artillery Gp, Quyet Thang Corps ^
Signal Factory M.3
XY.2 Pharmaceuticals Enterprise, Rear Services General Department
Tank OfficQrs Coimnand and Technical School
- B.41 Infantry Gp, Cuu Long Corps [Binh DoanJ
2nd Infantry Gp, Sth MR
B.37 Infantry Gp, lst MR "
B.70 Engineer Gp, 12th Corps
M.46 Navy Gp
H.O1 Armored Gp
M.44 Gp, 32nd Corps
M.74 Infantry Gp, 2nd MR
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T.2 Infantry Gp, Mien Tap Corps
lst Infantry Gp, Mien Tay Corps
_ B.60 Infantry Gp, lst MR
, 2nt~ Infantry Gp, 9th MR ~
B.1 Infantry Gp, 7th MIt
H.28 Infantry Gp, Dong Bac Forces
- H.4 Infantry Gp, Huong Giang Corps
_ M.65 Infantry Gp, Cuu Long Corps
M.13 Sapper Gp
H.04 Artillery Gp
v.4 Artillery Gp, Quyet Thang Corps [Binh Doan] -
H.79 Engineer Gp ~
N.66 Engineer Gp, 12th Corps
7th Engineer Gp, Truong Son Corps
- N.13 Engineer Gp, 3rd MR
B.6 Gp, General Staff
N.10 Transportation Gp, Rear Service General Department
C.23 Air Force Gp
H.67 Air Defense Gp
H.83 AAA Gp, 4th l~t
Signal Officers School
Air Defense Officers School
C.19 Gp, Civil Air General Department
105th Militarq Hospital, Rear Services Gen2ral Department
Sth Military Hospital, 3rd MR _
- Z.1 Factory, Technical General Department
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MILITARY AFFAIRS AND PUBLIC SECURITY
. INFORMATION ON MILITARY RECRUITING
[The following information on military recruiting in the Socialist Republic of
Vietnam has been extracted from Vietnamese press sources published in Hanoi, unless
otherwise indicated. The remarks include a brief summary of the salient informa- ~
tion available in the news item.]
Location Remarks
*9th Military Region Entire military region exceeded lst phase induction quota
by 19~. Tien Giang Province met full years induction
quota in lst phase. Exceeding lst phase quota were Hau
Giang Province (153~) and Ben Tre Province (112%). "In
the past..., in some places the [VCP] committees left
[recruiting] up to the military agencies and the Youth
Union....This situation explains why in past years mili-
- tary recruitment efforts and results and the performance -
of military service at localities in the Military Region
did not develop evenly and had not achieved stabilitq."
(TAP CHI QUAN DOI NHAN DAN Dec 80 gp 57-63)
Hanoi University Photo of students leaving for military service. (QUAN
DOI NHAN DAN 2 Jan 81 p 2)
19 May Machine Plan~ Director's son inducted into military service to the sur-
- prise of his co-workers since his father wae "the chair-
man of the Plant Draft Board and all the father had to do
was to say the word and he wnuldn't have to go." The
mother was very reluctant to her son being drafted but -
_ was won over at a family meeting. (QUAN DOI NN.AN DAN
2 Jan 81 p 2)
Water Conservancy On 2 January 1981 completed draft registration of more
- College, Hanoi than 1,000 teachers and atudents. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN
SJan81p1)
Ha Son Binh P~rovince On 2 January 1981 more than 1,000 ~ouths of Thanh Cao
- Village, Thanh Oai District registered for the military
and labor draft. (QUAN DOI NHAN DAN 5 Jan 81 p 1)
~A full translation of this article will appear in VIETNAM REPORT.
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*Hanoi Between 1 and 5 January 1981 conducted registration of
military reservists. (HANOI MOI 3 Jan 81 p 1)
_ Ho Chi Minh City During 1980 achieved 102X of its induction quota. Com-
- pared to previous years this year induction support
- activities received better support from the local authar-
ities and mass organizations. Registration for 1981 in- -
ductions conducted on 1-5 January 1981. (QUAN DOI NHAN
DAN 11 Jan 81 p 1)
Quang Hoa District, Meets induction quota. (QUAN DOI N~~N DAN 23 Jan 81 p 2) -
Cao Bang Province -
Vu Thu District, Making preparations for 1981 inductions. (QUAN DOI NHAN
- Thai Binh Province DAN 26 Jan 81 p 1) -
*A full translation of this article will appear in VIETNAM REPORT.
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INTERNATIONAL REZATION~, TRADE AND AID
iNTERVIEW WITH SRV PHYSICIST NGUYEN VAN HIEU PUBLISHED
Prague CESKOSLOVENSKY CASOPIS PRO FYZIRU in Czech No 6, Dec 80 pp 607-608
Lfnterview with Nguyen Van Hieu, director of Ho Chi Minh City Branch, SRV National
- Center for Scientific Research, by Vladimir Vorlicek date and place not give~
[Text] Some of our nuclear physicist lmow Prof Nguyen Van Ateu
(born 1938), director of the Institute of Physics, SRV National
Center for Scientif ic Research, from the period of his activity
in the Joint Institute of N~uclear Research in Dubna [USSR]
(1960-69), or as deputy editor of the periodical FIZIKA
ELEMENTARNYKii CHASTITS I ATOMNOGO YADRA [Physics of Elementary
Particles and the Atomic Nucleus [USSR]. While in Dubna,
Nguyen Van ftieu obtained his candidate's degree (1963,
dissertation on the phyQics of the neutrino) and doctor's
degree (1964, diesertation of the theory of strong interactions
between elementary particles) in mathematical and physical
sciences, He was named profeasor of mathematical and theoretical
physics in 1968. He is the author of more than 100 works
dealing with quantum field theory, the theory of elem~ntary
_ parti.cles and the quantum theory of solids.
Prof Nguyen Van Hieu has headed the Institute of Physics since
its foundation in 1969. In addition he is the director of the
Ho Chi Minh City branch of the SRV National Center for Scientific
Research and a vice president of the National Center.
[Question] Professor, Vietnamese students and research students have been educated
at Czechoslovak advanced schools and other organizations for a number of years, but
nonetheless we laiow very little about physice in Vietnam and its problems. The
readers of CEBROSLOVENSRY CASOP'IS PRO FYZIKU would certainly welcome it if they
could hear about these matters from qou in more detail.
_ [Answer] Before the Geneva accords on peace in Vietnam in 1954, physics research was
not puraued in Vietnam. The first step in its development was the organization of
the Department of Physics under the Physical and Mathematical Faculty at the
Pedagogical Institute in Hanoi in 1954. Within 2 years Hanoi University and the
Iianoi Polytechnic Institute were organized, and these also had physics departments.
The maia work of these organizations was to begin the txain~ng of highly educated
specialists in physics. Later scientif ic research work was begun as well. Thei1
; Hanoi University's Physics Department grew into the Faculty of Physics.
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After the war the SRV Government sent a large number of research students to the
Soviet Union and other socialist countries to earn the degree of candidate of _
science. Some scientif ic workers wexe also ssnt to take part in scientific
research in the institutes of the socialist countries' academies of sciences and
the Joiat Institute of Nuclear I~esearch in. Dubna. Thanks to these measures the
number of Vietnamese physieists increased rapidly, so that by 1969 the conditions
for the founding of the Institute of Phqsics had been crerited. And after a year of .
preparation the Institute of Physics began its activity in earnest in early 1970. -
[Question] Then Vieltnam's top physics orgaaization is 3ust IO years old. What main
~irections of physical research have tak,~n shape during that time?
[AnswerJ Because of the long war aad its consequences, the development of science
encountered and still encounters major difficulties. Accordingly, physics in Vietnam
- can concentrate only on certain rather narrow areas. Let me mention f ive which _
are the most important for us. In solid state physics, we are involved with growing
semiconductors of types A3B5 and A2B6 and the study of their properties, with optical
and recombination processes in seniconductors, with MOS structures, and with growing _
and studying the properties of yttrium aluminum garnet [YAG] crystals for lasers
and low-temperature physics. In nuclear physics we are concentrating on nuclear `
spectroscopy and activation analysis. In addition we are developing optica and
spectroscopy (the physics of gas and dye lasers, atomic absorption spectroscopy,
luminescence and Raman scattering), and magaetic resonance methods (the study of
crystals and organic eompounds by means of nuclear and electron paramagnetic
resonance). And finally, the efforts of theoretical physicists are concentrated on -
quant~ field theory, the theory of the nucleus and the theory of solids.
[Question] What have been your experiences in international cooperation?
[Answer] For more than 20 years the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and other aocialist
countries have given us great assistance in training specialists, and building
laboratories and equipping them with modern equipment, and many other matters. In
_ recent years we bave also been able to iavite ecientists from the socialist countries
~o visit us and give lectures and to help ua in conducting experiments. After the -
liberation of South Vietnam, French and Dutch scientists too began to help us, as
well as some friends to Vietnam from the United States.
[Question] How does your country make use of the workera who obtained their advanced
education or scientific degrees in Czechoslovakia?
_ [Answer] Many scientists who atudied in Czechoslovakia or did graduate research there
are working in our institute. All have had excellent echooling and are makiag
notable contributiona to the institute�e scientif ic work.
[Question] What are your own scientific interests?
[Answer] In Dubna I worked on quantum field theory and I am continuing to work in
this area. In addition, recently I have also been intere8ted in the theory of
solids, because our institute's main orientation is toward semiconductor physics.
[Question] What would you like to say in conclueion to the readers of this
periodical? ~
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[Answer] I~.hould like to express our great thanks to our Czechoslovak colleagues,
particularly those from the Institute of Physics and the Institute of Nuclear Physics,
Czechoslovak Academy of Sciences, for.their great and effective help, and to wish
them much success in their scientific work for the cause of socialism and the _
f lourishing of Czechoslovakia. A delegation from the Czechoslovak Academy of Sciericea
1ed by Academician Bohumil Kvasil has just concluded a visit to Vietnam. This visiti
foreshadows a new stage in the development of cooperation between the Czechoslovak -
Academy of Sciences and the SRV National Center f:.r Scientif ic Research, particularly
in physics.
[Question] Thank you for our conversation.
- This interview was cenducted and translated for CESKOSLOVENSKY CASOPIS PRO FYZIKU =
A by Vladimir Vorlicek.
Manuscript received 27 July 1980.
COPYRIGHT: Academia, Nakladatelstvi Ceskoslovenske Akademii Ved, Prague, 1980
8480
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INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS, TRt1DE AND AID
- INTERVIEW WITH SRV POLITICAL BUREAU MEMBER TRAN QUOC HOAN
Havana BOHEMIA in Spanish 6 Feb 81 pp 76-77
~eport on interview with Tran Quoc Hoan member of the Political Bureau of the
Central Corrmiittee of the Cotmnunist Party of Vietnam, in Havana; date not given7
[Text] Interview granted to BOHEMIA by Comrade Tran Quoc Hoan, member of the Political
Bureau of the CC of the Communist Party of Vietnam, and chief of the Vietnamese dele-
gation to the Second Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba:
- "The policy of aggression carried out by the Peking authorities against Vietnam ori-
- ginates in their hegemonic ambitions. Despite the fact that they were categorically
_ defeated in their invasion during February 1979, the Chinese Government's reactionary _
members are not yet resigned to giving up their aggressive maneuvers against our
~ country. They are accelerating the alliance with the imperialists, particularly
those of North America and Japan. They are enticing the most retrogressive forces
to oppose the revolution in Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea. They are intensively sabo-
taging the Vietnamese people's construction of socialism, through political, military,
economic and diplomatic procedures, in an attempt to weaken and annex Vietnam and
the rest of Indochina, so as to use them as a springboard for their expansion toward
~outheast Asia."
These were th~ f irst comments made by Comrade Tran Quoc Hoan, when we asked about
the present status of China's attacks against Vietnam. Always smiling, and with
- precise and resolute remarks, the Vietnamese leader embarked on a conversation
describing the heroism of his people in resisting and emerging victorious in all
_ their struggles for full independence and sovereLgnty.
"At the present time, China is maintaining along the entire northern border of Viet-
nam a large military force, consisting of scores of divisions which engage daily in
military provocation against the Vietnamese population. It has organized special
troops in the regions bordering our country, such as Yunan and Kuangsi, expanding
the Kiu Lin airport so as to accommodate large aircraft and reinforcing the naval,
ground and air forces on the island of Hainan.
"Meanwhile, the Peking authocities have not ceased to make the threat of teaching
Vietnam a'second lesson.' Something that has come to the attention of the public -
is the fact that, recently, the Chinese troops have resumed their hostile activities,
and the usurpation of land in the Vietnamese border areas. Such actions are aimed
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at expanding the occupied areas of Vietnam, and at changing the historical border. _
We have vocifercusly condemned those act~ of vandalism."
With regard to the solidarity among the three Indochinese peoples throughout hi~tory,
Tran Quoc Hoan tells us:
"Owing to geographical and historical conditions, the peoples of Vietnam, Laos and
Kampuchea have united shoulder to shoulder in the struggle against the conunon enemy, -
colonialism and ~mperialism, on behalf of independence and liberty, and for the -
construction and defense of their respective countries. The combative solidarity
_ among the three peoples has been a highly important factor in the victory of each
one." -
In discussing the reactionaries' attempts to divide and undermine the historical
solidarity among the Indochinese peoples, the member of the Political Bureau of the
Communist Party of Vietnam comments:
"It must be said that the Chinese expansionists and the imperialists are seeking, by
all possible means, to bring about dlvision among the three Indochinese countries.
The most treacherous of their maneuvers consists of the attempt to spread China's
hostile relations against Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea into a conflict between the ~
nations of the Association of Soutt~east Asian Nations (ASE?,N) and the Indochinese
countries. They are thereby attempting to weaken the Indochinese countries, and -
to cause destabilization in the ASEAN countries (Indonesia, Thailand, Singapore,
Malaysia and the Philippines), to facilitate their domination in this part of the -
world. There is no doubt whatsoever that the Chinese e~.pansionism and hegemonism
_ represent a threat not only to the peoples of Vietnam, Laos and Kampuchea, but also
to the entire Southeast Aaia area. However, at the present time, the rightwing "
forces in the ruling circles uf Bangkok and other ASEAN countries, obeying orders
from the United States and China, are moving about from ore side to another in an
- attempt to implement the UN's erroneous resolutions ef 13 and 20 October, concerning
the so-called 'problera of Kampuchea; in order to intervene in the internal affairs
~f that country, to heighten tensiona and to bring about the destabilization of
Southeast Asia.
"At the present time, Southeast Asia is a heated area of the world. The policy
against the Indochinese countries carried out by the Chinese expansionists, in -
collusion with the North American imperialiats, is the cause of that tension. To
find a solution, it ia essential that Peking put an end to its policy of aggression -
and meddling in the internal affaira of the three Indochinese countries. _
"Last July, the foreign ministers of the Indochineae countries, meeting in Vientiane, _
put forth realistic proposals for dealing with the existing problems on the basis -
of reapect for the legitimate interests of each one.
"The policy of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam toward the ASEAN countriea is found-
ed upon peaceful coexistence, cooperation and friendship. Vietnam will make e�very _
effort to convert Southeast Asia into a peaceful, stable region, in the service of
world peace. The recent visit by the deputy foreign minister, Dinh Nho Liem, the
special envoy of acting President Nguyen Huu Tho, as well as the previoua tours by
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- Vietnamese leaders in the ASEAN countries, have been for the purpose~of seeking
solutions for the intensification of friendly, cooperative relations between Vietnam
and those s,tates, and exchanging views on the mutual efforts for preserving peace
and stability in ~he rEgion. We trust that, in the end, the wise forces in tiie
governments of those countries will act in a positive manner, hased on the legitimate
interests of h~ndreds of millions of inhahitants of this region."
We row mentioned the great task cf the Vietnamese people in constructing socialism.
= Tran Quoc Hoan talls us:
_ "F~llowing ihe total liberation of South Vietnam, we carried out a rapid unification
of :.l~e country in the political area, and that of the state and the revolutionary
organizations. The results of the ~eneral elections for the National Assembly of
the Sixth Legislature, the only one for the entire country, held on 25 April 1976,
demonstrated the desire for unification, and the acquisition of a revolutionary
consciousness on the part of the people of Vietnam. Those general elections reaf-
_ firmed the fact that the South Vietnav~ese people, despite having lived for many
= years under the North American style neocolonialist regime, have always kept their
confidence ~n the party, and are aware that the inevitable course of history is the
_ reunification of the fatherland, and that the entire country must progress along the
path of soc~alism.
"Our main difficulties at present consist of the fact that the material and technical
- bases for the construction of the first phase of socialism are too meager, marked
- essentially by small production. The consequence~~ of 30 years of war and of neo-
colonialism are very serious, and all this is compounded by the anti-Vietnamese
policy of the Chinese reactionary rulers."
I3ext, th~ Vietnamese leader discusses the fundamental tasks at the present time:
_ "The general tasks of the Vietnamese revolution now consist of moving the small
- production in the direction of socialist production, building the material and
technical bases for socialism, while at the same time p~rforming its historic
mi~sion of f ighting and defeating all the aggressive maneuvers of the reactionary
clique in the Chinese ruling circles, defending the conquests made by the revolution
and steadfastlq safeguarding the socialist fatherland. At the moment, concurrently
with the intensificat~on of the national defense and combat readiness capacity, we
_ must concentrate all our efforts on the stabilization and development of the economy,
on gradually making the people's lives stable and better, and, at the same time,
preparing for firm progress in the future i.o construct socialism successfully."
- In these great tasks facing the people of Vietnam, to surmount the diff iculties and
- continue along the path toward the construction of socialism, the solidary aid of
the socialist countries and Vietnam's participation in the Council for Mutual Economic
Assistance (CEMA) are of essential importance. On this topic, the Vietnamese leader
tells us:
- "For dozens of years, Vietnam has maintained bilateral and multilateral relations
with the Soviet Union and the other fraternal socialist countries. At the 32d Session
of CEMA, Vietnam became an actual member of this organization. This is a logical
development of the poZicy of the party and government of the SRV, with respect to
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the intensification of solidarity and total cooperation with the USSR and other
socialist countries. In those relations, Vietnam has benefited from the support
gnd the generous, multifaceted assistance of Lenin's fatherland and all the social-
_ ist eountries, in surmounting the enormous problems left behind by a bloody war
lasting dozens of years, by the consecutive, disastrous natural calamities and by
- the destruction caused by the Chinese expansionists in the recent invasion of Viet- '
nam. GIith its participation in CEMA, the SRV is in a position to put in motion -
all its potent~al for becoming incorporated to an increasingly active extent in
the bilateral and multilateral cooperation afforded within the framework of that
entity.
"By harmoniously combining patriotism with proletarian internationalism, and becoming -
imbued with the line for economic construction of thp Communist Party of Vietnam,
our people will put into effect the spirit of self-support, and wi11 use the interna-
tionalist assistance from the socialist countries to progreas forcefully and stead-
fastly along the path of the construction of socialism, and to fulfill their obliga- _
tion with respec t to the cooperation and division of CEMA."
In connection with those relations with the socialist countries, Tran Quoc Hoan
discus ses Cuba:
"We have just celebrated the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic, '
_ economic, cultural, and scientific and technical relation~ between Vietnam and Cuba.
For the past 20 years, the fraternal relations of friendship and cooperation between
the two peoples have progressed productively; something that has lent great support
to the revolutionary cause in each country, and to the common struggle of the ~
peoples of the world who are fighting against imperialism and international reaction-
aries, and on behalf of peace, independence, democracy and social progress.
"As two vanguard posts of. socialism in the Western and Eastern Hemispheres, and two
activ~ members of CEMA and of the Movement of Nonalined Nations, we have always ~
, been actively associated with the cause of the construction of socialism and the
defense of the f atherland. We are united in efforts to consolidate and intensify -
the strength of the socialist.community and, at the same time, together with the
pr.ogressive peoples of the world, we are struggling for peace, the easing of tensions,
national independence and a new international economic order. We are deeply convinced
that the friendship and the cooperative relations between Vietnam and Cuba are solid
- and indestructible, and will always be a major factor for promoting the revolutionary
cause in each country." _
COPYRIGHT: BOHEMIA 1981
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