Vietnamese military ranks and insignia were specified by the National Assembly of Vietnam through the Law on Vietnam People's Army Officer (No: 6-LCT/HĐNN7) on 30 December 1981.Article title
The Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three career paths: Officers (), warrant officers (), non-commissioned officers (), and enlisted personnel ().
Because the shoulder insignia of all ranks are represented by an elongated pentagonal epaulette, they are, either detailed or colour-coded to indicate rank, branch, as well as unit.
The shoulder epaulettes from those of enlisted soldiers to field officers are detailed with a silver crest with an encircled silver star. Those of generals and admirals have fully golden epaulettes with corresponding golden crests and encircled stars.
Ranks can show information about branches of military personnel.
The branch colours that form the piping of the shoulder boards are as follows: Army (ground forces): red Navy: dark blue/navy blue Air Force/Air defence: azure Border Defence: green Coast Guard: blue
The shoulder insignia ranks are in gold shoulder boards in the Ground Forces, Air Force and Navy.
Border Defense Force's ranks are in dark green shoulder boards with red piping. Coast Guard rank and rating insignia are in blue with gold piping.
Beginning in the 2010s, Navy officers were given gold sleeve insignia following the practice of most international navies, which are worn on the cuff in the full dress with the executive curl.
Table of ranks Officers The following are rank insignia of commissioned officers of the People's Army. The People's Army of Vietnam is an integrated force, ranks are the same in all services, with an exception of the flag officers of the Navy.
Warrant officer The following are the insignia for warrant officers for the army, navy, air force, border guard and coast guard respectively. These officers are recruited to specific fields, and do not undertake the same military training as regular officers.
In addressing them, they are referred to using the rank displayed - e.g. as Major (Thiếu tá), Lieutenant (Trung úy) etc. They do not hold any command authority over regular officers.
Rank insignia used by the warrant officer corps since 2008 have a pink silk line running along the shoulder board (before 2008 it was a V-shaped chevron) to distinguish them from the regular officer corps. Naval specialist officers also have a pink border on their cuff insignia in their service dress.
Enlisted The following are the rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Navy sailor suit
Cadet Rank Ground Force Navy Air Force Border Guard Coast Guard Officer Cadet NCO Cadet & technical staff Prior to 2010, the rank of Aspirant was held by final-year students at military and security academies.
Lapels LevelGround ForcesAir ForceNavyBorder GuardCoast Guard Cyberspace OperationsMausoleum Defence Emblem General Officers Field Grade OfficersCompany Grade Officers NCOEnlisted No equivalent
Historical ranks
Commissioned officer ranks
Student officer ranks Rank group Student officer 1946–1958 1960–1992
Other ranks
See also History of Vietnamese military ranks South Vietnamese military ranks and insignia
References
External links (Vietnamese military and police ranks)