Tổng cục 2

Tổng cục Tình báo, other names: Tổng cục 2, TC2 (translated variously as General Department of Military Intelligence or Second General Department) is an intelligence agency of Vietnam.

The current Director of TC2 is Lieutenant General Pham Ngoc Hung.

TC2 is an official department of the Ministry of Defense. However, TC2 reports directly to the Communist Party of Vietnam and the President.

TC2 is organised into:

The Communist Party of Vietnam exercises its control through the Military Intelligence Commission of the Communist Party.

Besides there is a separate Office of Intelligence in the Ground Force, Navy, Air Force, Border Guard and Coast Guard.

Despite its naming as a military intelligence body, its work covers a broad range of interests — by law, it is permitted to "be active in the fields of politics, defence, security, foreign relations, economics, science and technology, industry and the environment, society and culture". It is responsible for both internal and external intelligence.

TC2 has been accused by some groups of human rights abuses and political interference.

During First Indochina War:

During Vietnam War a significant number of spies were sent by North Vietnam and Vietcong into government of South Vietnam and Army of the Republic of Vietnam. Some notable spies were Pham Ngoc Thao, Pham Xuan An, Vu Ngoc Nha etc. Some famous operations by North Vietnamese and Vietcong spies were:

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