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/H?NN7) on 30 December 1981.[1][2]
The Vietnam People's Army distinguishes three careerpaths: Officers (s? quan), non-commissioned officers (h? s? quan), and enlisted personnel (chi?n s?).
Because the shoulder insignia of all ranks are represented by an elongated pentagonal epaulette, they are, hence, 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
- Air Force/ Air defence: azure
- Navy: dark blue/navy blue
- 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.
Table of ranks
Officers
The following are the current rank insignia for commissioned officers for the army, navy, air force, border guard and coast guard, respectively.
Warrant officers
The following are the insignia for warrant officers for the army, navy, air force, border guard and coast guard respectively.
Rank insignia used by warrant officers 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 officer corps.
Enlisted
The following are the enlisted rank insignia for the army, navy, air force, border guard and coast guard respectively.
| Equivalent NATO code |
OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Vietnam People's Ground Force |
No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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| Sergeant Major Thng s? |
Sergeant Trung s? |
Corporal H? s? |
Private First Class Binh nh?t |
Private Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vietnam People's Navy |
No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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| Chief petty officer Thng s? |
Petty officer 1st class Trung s? |
Petty officer 2nd class H? s? |
Leading Seaman Binh nh?t |
Seaman Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
 Vietnam People's Air Force |
No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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| Sergeant Major Thng s? |
Sergeant Trung s? |
Corporal H? s? |
Leading Aircraftman Binh nh?t |
Aircraftman Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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| Sergeant Major Thng s? |
Sergeant Trung s? |
Corporal H? s? |
Private First Class Binh nh?t |
Private Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Vietnam
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No equivalent | 
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No equivalent | 
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| Sergeant Major Thng s? |
Sergeant Trung s? |
Corporal H? s? |
Leading seaman Binh nh?t |
Seaman Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Equivalent NATO code |
OR-9 | OR-8 | OR-7 | OR-6 | OR-5 | OR-4 | OR-3 | OR-2 | OR-1 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Lapels
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See also
- History of Vietnamese military ranks
- Comparative military ranks
- Military rank
- People's Army of Vietnam (Military of Vietnam)
- Vietnam
References
- ^ "LU?T - S? quan quân i nhân dân Vi?t Nam". Archived from the original on 3 February 2014.
- ^ http://www.vanbanphapluat.com/danh-muc-van-ban-phap-luat.html?view=doc&id=83282[permanent dead link]
External links
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