# High Command of Capital Hanoi

The Hanoi Capital Command (Vietnamese: Bộ tư lệnh Thủ đô Hà Nội) of the People's Army of Vietnam, is directly under the responsibility of the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, tasked to organise, build, manage and command armed forces defending Hanoi, the capital of Vietnam.

## History

The predecessor of Hanoi Capital Command was established in October 1945 as Hanoi Special Zone (lit. Khu đặc biệt Hà Nội). By November 1946, the state was reorganized into 12 War Zones Vietnamese: Chiến khu）. Hanoi was reorganized into the 11th War Zone, also known as the Hanoi Front. When the French Indochina War broke out on 19 December 1946, the Hanoi Front was annexed into 2nd War Zone. From 1 November 1948, 2nd War Area was placed directly under the authority of 3rd Joint Zone（Liên Khu, but by May 1949, Hanoi was split to reform the independent Hanoi Front again, falling under the command of the PAVN General Command. It was maintained until after 1954 under the name Hanoi Zone. By 1957, the General Command established troops of Hanoi under the control of General Command until 1 August 1964, when it was placed directly under the 3rd Military Region. However, in September 1964, it was reorganized again into the independent Capital Command. On 5 March 1979, by Ordinance 28-LCT, the Capital Military Region was established on the basis of the Capital Command, to manage militarily the city of Hanoi. In 1999, the jurisdiction of the Capital Military Region expanded to include the old Hà Tây province (merged with Hanoi since 2008).
On May 29, 2008, during the 3rd session of the 12th National Assembly, the National Assembly has approved Resolution 15 on the expansion of the jurisdiction of Hanoi to include the whole Hà Tây province, Mê Linh district of Vĩnh Phúc province and 4 wards (Đông Xuân, Tiến Xuân, Yên Bình, Yên Trung) of Lương Sơn district in Hòa Bình province. During the execution phase of Resolution 15, the (then) President Nguyễn Minh Triết issued Executive Order no. 16/2008/L-CTN to reorganize the Capital Military Region into the Hanoi Capital Command. Right after that, the (then) Minister of National Defence Phùng Quang Thanh issued Decision no. 2192/QĐ-BQP to incorporate Hà Tây province Military Command, Hanoi city Military Command and Mê Linh district Military Command (then under the jurisdiction of Vĩnh Phúc province Military Command in the 2nd Military Region) into the new Hanoi Capital Command.

## Agencies

* Command Office
* Command Staff Department
* Department of Politics
** Division of Organization
** Division of Cadre
** Division of Policy
** Division of Publicity and Training
** Division of Cultural and Ideological Affairs
** Military Court
** Military Procuratorate
** Museum of the Capital Military Command: No. 157, St. Đội Cấn, Quận Ba Đình, Hanoi
* Department of Logistics
* Technical Department
** Warehouse K90

## Units

* 301st Infantry Division
** 59th Infantry Regiment
** 692nd Infantry Regiment
** 757th Infantry Regiment
** 18th Signals Battalion
* 452nd Artillery Regiment (reserve forces training unit, equipped with D-44 field guns)
* 47th Armored Battalion (BTR-60PB APCs)
* 20th Reconnaissance Battalion
* 18th Commando Battalion
* 610th Signals Battalion
* 103rd Military Police Battalion
* 544th Engineer Battalion

## Successive commander and leadership
### Special Zone of Hanoi (1945–1946)

* Commander: Vương Thừa Vũ
* Chief of Staff: Hoàng Văn Khánh (general)

### War Zone 11 (1946)

* Commander: Vương Thừa Vũ
* Chief of Staff:?
* Political Commissioners: Trần Độ

### War Zone 2 (1946–1949)

* Commander: Hoàng Sâm
* Chief of Staff: Lê Hiến Mai

### Front Hanoi (1949–1957)

* Commander: Phùng Thế Tài
* Chief of Staff: Trần Quốc Hoàn

### The Troops of Hanoi (1957–1964)

* Commander: Col. Vũ Văn Sự
* Chief of Staff:?

### Command of Capital (1964–1979)

* Commander: Snr. Col. Lê Nam Thắng
* Political Commissioners: Trần Vỹ

### Capital Military Zone (1979–present)
#### Commander

* Lt. Gen. Đồng Sĩ Nguyên (1979–1980)
* Maj. Gen. Lư Giang (1980–1989)
* Lt. Gen. Chu Duy Kính (1989–1997)
* Maj. Gen. Phạm Văn Tánh (1997–2002)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Như Hoạt (2002–2008)
* Lt. Gen. Phí Quốc Tuấn (2008–2015)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Doãn Anh (2015–2018)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Hồng Thái (2018–2019)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Quốc Duyệt (2019–present)

#### Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics

* Lt. Gen. Trần Độ (1946–1950)
* Trần Vỹ (1964–1969)
* Maj. Gen. Đoàn Phụng (1969–1973)
* Maj. Gen. Hoàng Kim (1979–1983)
* Maj. Gen. Chu Duy Kính (1986–1989)
* Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Đăng Sáp (2007–2008)
* Maj. Gen. Phùng Đình Thảo (2008–2010)
* Lt. Gen. Lê Hùng Mạnh (2010–2015)
* Lt. Gen. Nguyễn Thế Kết (2015–2019)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Trọng Triển (2019–present)

#### Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff

* Lê Hiến Mai
* Trần Quốc Hoàn
* Maj. Gen. Bùi Viết Chương
* Maj. Gen. Tạ Đình Hiểu
* Maj. Gen. Trịnh Thanh Vân
* Maj. Gen. Bùi Minh Thứ
* Maj. Gen. Lê Hải Bình (–2008)
* Maj. Gen. Nguyễn Văn Nghinh (2008–2010)
* Senior Colonel Nguyễn Doãn Anh (2013–2015)
* Maj. Gen. Bùi Trọng Quỳnh (2015–present)