2nd Corps (Vietnam People's Army)

Quân đoàn 2 (2nd Corps)
Active	17 May 1974 – present
Country	Vietnam
Allegiance	Vietnam People's Army
Branch	Active duty
Type	Army Corps
Role	Regular force
Size	Corps
Part of	Vietnam People's Army
Garrison/HQ	Lạng Giang, Bắc Giang
Engagements	Vietnam War Cambodian–Vietnamese War
Decorations
Commanders
Current commander	Maj. Gen.Phạm Văn Hưng
First commander	Maj. Gen. Hoàng Văn Thái

2nd Corps (Vietnamese: Quân đoàn 2) or Hương Giang Corps (Vietnamese: Binh đoàn Hương Giang, literally: Corps of the Perfume River) is one of the four regular army corps of the Vietnam People's Army. First organised in 1974 during the Vietnam War, 2nd Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that ended the war. Today the corps is stationed in Lạng Giang District, Bắc Giang.

In July 1973, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces to unify the country. In executing the issue, three months later the Ministry of Defence and the Military Commission of the Central Committee approved the plan of organising regular army corps for the Vietnam People's Army. On 17 May 1974, General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict that led to the establishment of the 2nd Corps in Thừa Thiên, now Thừa Thiên–Huế Province, where is located the Perfume River (Sông Hương or Hương Giang), that came the name Hương Giang Corps of the unit. The first headquarters of the corps consisted of political commissar (chính ủy) Lê Linh and commander (tư lệnh) Hoàng Văn Thái.