12th Corps (Vietnam)


12th Corps or officially the Army Corps 12 is one of the two regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam. It was formed in November 2023 as a merger of the 1st and 2nd Corps. The corps is stationed in Tam Điệp, Ninh Bình.

History

On 21 October 2023, Vietnam's Defense Minister Phan Văn Giang announced the decision to merge the 1st and 2nd Corps to form the 12th Corps. One month later, he signed the Decision No. 6012/QĐ-BQP, officially created the 12th Corps. On 28 November 2023, the inaugural meeting of the 12th Corps Party Committee was convened to debate the matter of assembling the subordinate units and personnel of the new corps.
On 23 December 2023, a large-scale exercise was conducted by the newly established 12th Corps under the observation of Vietnamese Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính. By the end of 2023, Major General Trương Mạnh Dũng announced that the rate of combat-ready troops of the corps' units reached 95%.

Organisation

On 29 November 2023, units of the 1st Corps and the 2nd Corps was merged to form the 12th Corps:

Headquarters

  • Department of Staff
  • * 702nd Guards Battalion
  • * 701st Reconnaissance Battalion
  • * 703rd Artillery Command Battalion
  • * 36th Electronic Warfare Battalion
  • * 21st Chemical Defense Battalion
  • Department of Politics
  • * 12th Corps Military Procuracy
  • * 12th Corps Regional Military Procuracy
  • Department of Logistics - Technicals
  • * 752nd Transportation Regiment
  • * 569th Logistics - Technicals Warehouse
  • * 5th Military Hospital
  • 12th Corps Military School
  • * 1st Training Battalion
  • * 2nd Training Battalion

Combat forces