5 Army Senior Lieutenant Generals cease to hold positions from March 1st
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has signed decisions to terminate the positions of Deputy Minister of National Defense, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) with 5 Army Senior Lieutenant Generals.
In Decisions 343/QD-TTg, 347/QD-TTg, 348/QD-TTg, 349/QD-TTg dated February 26, 2026, the Prime Minister decided that 4 Senior Lieutenant Generals, Members of the 13th Central Committee of the Party, including: Hoang Xuan Chien, Le Huy Vinh, Vo Minh Luong and Vu Hai San, will no longer hold the position of Deputy Minister of National Defense, and will retire from work from March 1, 2026.
In Decision No. 346/QD-TTg dated February 26, 2026, the Prime Minister decided that Senior Lieutenant General Huynh Chien Thang - Member of the 13th Central Committee of the Party - will no longer hold the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, and will retire from work from March 1, 2026.
Previously, on the afternoon of February 26, a conference was held in Hanoi to hand over the tasks of the Head of the Ministry of National Defense between Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong - Member of the Standing Committee of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Minister of National Defense and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Gau - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
On the same day, February 26, the Ministry of National Defense organized a conference to hand over technical work between Senior Lieutenant General Le Huy Vinh - Deputy Minister of National Defense and Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Hien - Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Minister of National Defense.
Handing over decisions to officers on peacekeeping duty in Central Africa
On February 26, the Ministry of National Defense organized the awarding of the President's Decision to officers to perform UN peacekeeping missions in the Central African Republic.
In this deployment, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Hoang Long - lecturer of the Department of Foreign Languages, Department of Reconnaissance, National Defense Academy, was assigned to replace Major Nguyen Anh Tuan to take on the position of Chief of Staff of Intelligence (SO ISR) at the MINUSCA mission (Central African Republic).
Handing over the task of Political Commissar of the Military Command of Dong Thap province
In the afternoon of February 23, the Party Committee - Military Command (CHQS) of Dong Thap province organized a conference to hand over the tasks of Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command.
Accordingly, Colonel Nguyen Viet Thang - Standing Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command - was sent to study at the National Defense Academy.
During the course, to promptly ensure the leadership and direction of Party work and political work in the Provincial Party Committee and Armed Forces, Colonel Nguyen Viet Thang handed over the task of Standing Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Military Party Committee to Major General Pham Van Thanh - Deputy Secretary of the Military Party Committee, Commander of the Provincial Military Command.
Colonel Nguyen Viet Thang also handed over the responsibilities and tasks of Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command to Colonel Cao Van Thao - Deputy Political Commissar of the Provincial Military Command.
2 Army officers added to the Executive Committee of Ia Rve Commune Party Committee (Dak Lak)
On the morning of February 23, the Party Committee of Ia Rve commune (Dak Lak province) organized the announcement of the Decisions of the Standing Committee of the Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee on appointing additional members of the Executive Committee and Standing Committee of the Party Committee for the Party Committee of Ia Rve commune.
At the conference, the Party Committee of Ia Rve commune announced the Decision of the Standing Committee of Dak Lak Provincial Party Committee on appointing additional members of the Executive Committee, members of the Standing Committee of the Party Committee of Ia Rve commune for the term 2025-2030 for Lieutenant Colonel Bui Danh Hen - Commander of Ia Rve Border Guard Station and Lieutenant Colonel Le Van Dien - Commander of the Commune Military Command.
