page_title: 1st Corps (Vietnam People's Army)
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: 1st Corps (Vietnam People's Army) / History
caption_attribution_description: English: Major General en:Lê Quang Hòa of the North Vietnamese delegates attending the Four Joint Military conference. The conference held at Tan Son Nhut Airbase will finalize details on the release of prisoners of wars held by the four parties
context_page_description: 1st Corps or Quyết thắng Corps is one of the four regular army corps of the People's Army of Vietnam. First organised in 1973 during the Vietnam War, 1st Corps had a major role in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign that ended the war. Today the corps is stationed in Tam Điệp District, Ninh Bình.
  Commander: Maj. Gen Trần Việt Khoa
  Political Commissar: Maj. Gen. Mai Văn Lý
context_section_description: 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 24 October 1973, General Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict No. 142/QĐ-QP that led to the establishment of the 1st Corps in Tam Điệp, Ninh Bình. The first headquarters of the corps was composed of party committee secretary (bí thư) Lê Quang Hòa and commander (tư lệnh) and deputy secretary Lê Trọng Tấn.
  After the PAVN victory in the Central Highlands in March 1975, 1st Corps was ordered to move to South Vietnam and participate in the Ho Chi Minh Campaign. During the last days of the war, 1st Corps had a major role in the attack on Saigon, in which it was assigned the mission of capturing the headquarters of the Joint General Staff. The corps was awarded the title Hero of the People's Armed Forces (Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1985.
caption: Major General Lê Quang Hòa, the first committee secretary of the 1st Corps.
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