34th Corps (Vietnam)

34th Corps
34th Corps
Quân đoàn 34
Active	10 December 2024– present
Country	Vietnam
Branch	Active duty
Type	Army Corps
Role	Regular force
Size	Corps
Part of	People's Army of Vietnam
Garrison/HQ	Pleiku, Gia Lai
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Bá Lực
First party committee secretary	Maj. Gen. Lê Minh Quang

34th Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 34) is one of the two regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam (PAVN). It was formed in December 2024 as a merger of the 3rd and 4th Corps. The corps is stationed in Pleiku, Gia Lai.

History

On 13 September 2024, the plan to merge the 3rd and 4th Corps to form the 34th Corps was announced in the 3rd Corps Emulation Congress.^[1] 3rd and 4th Corps was disbanded on 7 December 2024 to form the 34th Corps.^[2]

Organisation

Units of the 3rd Corps and the 4th Corps was merged to form the 34th Corps:

Headquarters

Combat forces

Commanders

Time	Commander	Notes
2023–present	Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Bá Lực

References

^ "Trung tướng Trương Thiên Tô dự, chỉ đạo Đại hội Thi đua Quyết thắng Quân đoàn 3". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.
^ "Lãnh đạo Quân ủy Trung ương, Bộ Quốc phòng dự Lễ công bố Quyết định thành lập Quân đoàn 34". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

[1] "Trung tướng Trương Thiên Tô dự, chỉ đạo Đại hội Thi đua Quyết thắng Quân đoàn 3". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 13 September 2024. Retrieved 13 September 2024.

[2] "Lãnh đạo Quân ủy Trung ương, Bộ Quốc phòng dự Lễ công bố Quyết định thành lập Quân đoàn 34". People's Army Newspaper (Vietnam) (in Vietnamese). Archived from the original on 15 December 2024. Retrieved 15 December 2024.

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