Vietnam Border Defense Force
| Vietnam Border Defence Force Biên phòng Việt Nam |
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| Active | 1958 – present |
| Country |
 Vietnam
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| Allegiance |
 Communist Party of Vietnam
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| Type | Border defence force |
| Size | 150,000 |
| Part of |
 Vietnam People's Army
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| Headquarters | Ha Noi, Vietnam |
| Motto(s) | Đồn là nhà, Biên giới là quê hương, Đồng bào các dân tộc là anh em ruột thịt (The post is our home, The border is our country, Our compatriots are our siblings ) |
| Colour | Forest Green |
| March | Hành khúc Bộ đội biên phòng (Border Defence marches) |
| Anniversaries | 3 March 1959 (date of establishment) |
| Engagements |
Vietnam War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War MT Orkim Harmony hijacking |
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| Website | www |
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| Commander | Lieutenant General Võ Trọng Việt |
| Political Commissar | Major General Phạm Huy Tập |
| Chief of Staff | Major General Hoàng Xuân Chiến |
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Vietnam Border Defence Force is branch of the Vietnam People's Army, as the core, responsible management and protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, order and national boundaries on the mainland, islands, sea and at the gate as shall by law and is a force members in provincial areas of defence, border districts of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
On 19 November 1958, the Politburo of the Communist Party of Vietnam has decided to unite national defence forces and army units whose mission is to protect domestic, border protection, beach, boundary and other armed forces in charge of protecting the domestic and border guards,... under management by Police Department, named Guard forces. Guard forces including Border Guard and Homeland Guard.
According to the resolution of the Politburo, Border Guard is responsible for:
Homeland Guard is responsible for (this task transferred to police protection under the General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security):
On 3 March 1959, the Prime Minister of Vietnam signed Decision No. 100 - TTg on the establishment of an armed force in charge of border protection and domestic, to be known as the People's Armed Police, set under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security. This date is taken as the date of establishment of the Vietnam Border Defence Force.
Ceremony set up the People's Armed Police was held on the evening of 28 March 1959, at 19 hours, at the Military Club, Hanoi.
By the end of 1979 the People's Armed Police was renamed Border Defence Force and transferred under the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). In 1988, the Border Defence Force moved to directly under the Ministry of Interior until late in 1995, then moved to the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam).
Border Defence Force is the core force in charge, in co-ordination with other armed forces, localities and departments concerned and depend on people to manage, protect borders, maintaining security political, social order and safety in the border areas, maintaining the external border. Border Defence Force operates under the laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the international treaties relating to the sovereignty, national security and border on the mainland, islands, seas and border gates that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to.
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