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3 Corps, also known as the Highland Brigade, is one of four major mobile corps of the People's Army of Vietnam, was established on March 26 in 1975 in the Central Highlands. Headquarters: Tea Ba wards, city of Pleiku , the province of Gia Lai.

March 26, 1975, the main unit of the Liberation Army of South Vietnam and the Democratic Republic of Vietnam in front Highlands (B3) were assembled to form a corps-level units. Shortly after its inception, # corps participated in Ho Chi Minh campaign, advancing from the north west of Saigon.

Army Corps 3, a major unit of the Vietnam People's Army. The first Commander and Political Commissar of the Army's 3 Corps were comrades Wuling and Dang Vu Hiep. The Corps Commander 3 now has and Deputy Commander, Political Commissar, Deputy Political Commissar; the authorities in charge of the side advisory work, politics, logistics, engineering and other affiliated entities.

Immediately after the liberation of the Highlands,General Vo Nguyen Giap-Politburo member, Secretary of the Central Military Commission, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense Decision No. 54 / QD-QD dated 03/26/1975, established 3 Corps under the Ministry of Defense. with 3 Corps established, it marked the birth of the corps main body of the 4th People's Army of Vietnam. According to the decision of the Ministry of Defense, the organizational structure of the 3 Corps included: Command, the advisory bodies, political, logistical and other attached units. With components was the key unit of block B3 is in the process of developing campaigns Highlands, 3 Corps was a major troopers of the army's complete, tightly organized structure, stability, very high mobility, great firepower, and qualified and experienced combat soldiers. It can independently carry out a campaign or undertake major direction in a superior big campaign, making the decisive force in campaigns with strategic significance.

In March 1975, the art of deception fooled the enemy on the battlefield. Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Central Highlands was isolated with the other battlefields, and a secret, a surprise attack Buon Ma Thuot, made the enemy dizzy, passive, confused; followed by counterattack defeated the forces of the enemy air-landed on Road 21, smashed intentions and regained Buon Ma Thuot puppet army, forcing the enemy to flee from the Highlands. Firmly grasping opportunities, the speedy maneuver forces pursued them in destroying 7 Spurred Street, proceed down the plains on three axes Road No. 7, No. 19 and Sugar No. 21, the armed forces and the people of the locality liberation of Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Khanh Hoa, destroy and disintegrate 2nd Corps, Military Zone 2 of disguise, Campaign Highlands triumph.

The campaign won the Highlands, and on the southern battlefield to meet the requirements, 3-Corps Highland Brigade was formed March 26, 1975 from the major units of the Central Highlands Front (B3). This event marked the development of the people's armed forces Highlands meet objective requirements of the request, the task before the engine revolution history southern liberation and unification. Only 10 days after its establishment, the Corps participated in Ho Chi Minh campaign directed mainly attack on Northwest Saigon, with spirit, "God speed, daring, unexpected, be won," the corps to destroy Division Although cloaked in the same Group 25, smashed the strongest defenses of the enemy from Cu Chi to Go Dau Ha.

With the guiding ideology "Strong violence, sure win, hit hard, hit repeatedly, grasp opportunities, hit jab deep, rapid development," the Corps has synergistic closely, to shock, to wipe out any resistance enemy from Trang Bang, Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Phu Hoa, the Agency Five, Camp Quang Trung, Tan Son Nhat Airport, disguised General Staff, successfully completed campaign mission, contributing to the army, the entire population of the South liberation, unification.

In the history of the Ho Chi Minh campaign, 3 Corps was tasked with advancing from the direction of the campaign mainly from North West Saigon. The 3rd Corps Command was quick to grasp thoroughly the task, with a determination to build combat and combat plans, it urgently mobilized forces from the northwest direction mobility campaigners Saigon. Traditions of "Decisive victory, creativity, solidarity, unity, serious, self-reliance", the motto guiding ideology warfare: "Strong violence, win, hit hard, hit consecutive grasp development opportunities to penetrate to fast", 3 Corps coordinated closely with the local armed forces, the troops advancing from the direction of Saigon, in turn conquered and mastered Go Dau Ha, Trang Bang , Dong Du, Hoc Mon, Quang Trung Training Center, Tan Son Nhat airport, Wei General Staff ... successful completion of assigned tasks, contributing to liberate the South and reunify the country.

In the southwest border war, 3 Corps was ordered to quickly maneuver forces to Tay Ninh to attack the invaders. With a motto of fighting, both to build and consolidate, the corps opened many campaigns and deployments, and defeated the enemy. Simultaneously, with the spirit of great internationalism, 3 Corps successfully completed the task of helping revolutionary forces in Cambodia development, help the people of Cambodia escape from genocide. In January 1979, 3 Corps maneuver forces from the entire country of Cambodia were on duty ready to fight and fight, formal construction, strengthen the national defense and war posture local people critical strategic areas.

Day tradition: 26/03/1975

With the glorious victories in the fight to protect the country and socialist Vietnam and international obligations, 3 Corps has been honored by the Party, State honored Hero of the People's Armed Forces (dated 12/20/1979) and the Cambodian government Angco Medal (1979).

After reunification day, 3 Crops sheltered in the Central Highlands and participate in FULRO raids. Since 1978, 3 Corps was mopping Khmer Roug. Since 1979 the Corps transfered all localities Cambodia for 4 Army to move troops to take over the north of the river bridge up defenses against China, and in 1979 to 1987 in the northern border war in North Thailand. Completing the quest for national liberation war, the Corps was tasked to manage and participate in the construction and protection of the revolutionary government, overcoming the consequences of the war; coordination with the armed forces and committees, governments, local People (Dak Lak, Lam Dong, Phu Khanh Thuan Hai) Pulro raids and reactionary groups; combat maneuver Southwest border protection, coordination with other units and revolutionary forces smashed Cambodia Pol Pot reactionaries Ieng Sa-ri finished supreme international obligations. The Corps continued to march to the North to do new tasks. In 1987 undertaking strategic layout of the main army duties in accordance with national defense in the new era, the task Corps return Highlands. Since 1987, 3 Corps is stationed back in the Central Highlands region.

3 Corps - Highland Brigade's main army, a strategic reserve of the People's Army of Vietnam, it standing in the provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Binh Dinh, with the central task of training, combat readiness and fightin to victory.

The Corps also works effectively to mobilize people to abide by and implement guidelines and policies of the Party and the laws of the State; the committees, governments, armed forces in the area to maintain security - political, social order and safety; help people to develop economic alleviation of poverty; prevention of fire, explosion, storms, floods, search and rescue, collapse rescue; participate in building defense area national defense posture, posture associated with people's security in the area.

Although born in the final years of the war against America, the constituent units are Corps history and traditions of the French war, especially the 11 years the Americans on the battlefield Highlands and Zone 5.

Since returning to its birthplace, although faced with innumerable difficulties and new challenges, officials and soldiers had will uphold reliance overcome all the difficulties, collective Constructing Corps revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modern and complete training missions, combat readiness (SSCD); close coordination with the armed forces and committees, governments, local people maintain political security, contribute to failed plots and tricks "peace movement" violent overthrow of the hostile forces to firmly defend the Central Highlands region. These results were encouraging.

Focused on building a strong corps, workers and soldiers steadfastly study Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh ideology and objectives of national independence associated with socialism. They have strong political bravery, self-willed, self-improvement; moral qualities of light; internal unity, solidarity military good people; building the political, spiritual solid foundation in building VMTD Corps, to meet the requirements, the task of protecting the country in the new situation.

The Corps is constantly improving the quality of training and qualifications, and is ready to receive and complete all tasks assigned. The thorough emphasis and performance with the better motto "Pure-practical-solid", includes realistic training, monitoring tasks, monitoring the area, appropriate to each force, equipment condition and situation health; always apply and promote good martial arts and how to beat the military traditions of the Highlands heroes.

Combining military training, to build up the regular lines, discipline and observance of the law, the Corps combined good and disciplined democracy, education and management to uphold the exemplary vanguard role of Party officials and members. The Corps is interested in taking care of progressive maturation of individual officers and soldiers; solidarity, unity in units to consolidate and strengthen, contributing to strong stability for the Corps to complete the task.

Well done public relations work is often the political task, as the foundation to build political Corps; the nature of the military tradition. So the Corps has actively coordinate with party committees, governments and local units, in many ways reflect a more diverse content of deployment, with mobilization measures consistent with good effect. The Corps brought tens of thousands of cadres and soldiers, teams work on the same food, same housing, same as the people in the village; advocating people to implement guidelines and policies of the Party and the laws of the State; exposing the sinister plot tricks of the enemy forces; People help economic development, poverty reduction, building the political base; closely with local armed forces and people smashed conspiracy of political violence and reactionary organizations, maintain security in the area.

Especially during Hurricane No. 9, No. 11, 2009, the Corps mobilized thousands of officers, soldiers and unmanaged media day at the local danger was 3 provinces of Gia Lai, Kon Tum, Binh Dinh moment for hurricanes, floods and help stabilize people's lives.

The Corps has inherited promoting good qualities and glorious traditions of the nation, the Army and the People's Armed Forces Highlands. That's dedication to the Party center, take hospitality to the people; strictly obey orders, unity, endured hardships and overcome difficulties. During the fight, the brave and tenacious are not afraid to sacrifice, to dare, and to win; fight on any terrain, good reviews focusing scale, when it hit a small, guerrilla fighting high performance, has to match the courage, tenacity, pursuit of high, deep design, uncompromising, emergency policy, bold, winning all enemy objects. During construction, this requires overcoming difficulties and deprivation, hardship, serious, perseverance, persistence, self-reliance, industriousness, creativity, science, united, democratic and determination; in any given situation successfully completing assigned tasks, worthy tradition of: "Decision-winning Creative Unity- Mini- Seriously- Self-date".

The Corps performs multiple tasks with fundamental advantages, but it also faces new challenges. As a major Corps, standing on key strategic areas of the country, there arestill "hot spots" of security-key political sabotage by hostile forces, with many conspiracis and new tricks. The Corps must perform tasks such as prevention of fire, explosion, storm, flood, rescue, and public relations work. Army life is difficult with weather, harsh climate, and lagging economic and social development in the area of deployment. To successfully complete all tasks in the new situation, the Brigade deployed must seek solutions, which focus on implementing the the major contents of the Corps.

The Corps is focused on building a strong Army of the political, ideological, based on the thorough deep, serious implementation of the resolutions, directives and orders of their superiors; improving the quality of political education, ideological, enhancing the information and propaganda, ideological orientation actively struggling with the wrong perspective ... building staff, the soldiers bravery solid value; aware of the situation and tasks, the object partners; peace of mind to stick with the unit, with localities, improving vigilance in overcoming all difficulties and getting ready to complete any outstanding tasks assigned.

The Corps maintains strict duties, not passive, in every situation unexpectedly; the thorough and strict implementation of the orders and directives of their superiors; regular complement, complete with close combat plans and task locality; enhanced training, drills improve management situations; coalition forces closely monitor the situation and actively struggle to frustrate plots and trick "peace movement", the violent overthrow of hostile forces. The Corps participates in building effective regional defense and prevention, counter-terrorism; improving operating and participating organizations to overcome the consequences of natural disasters to contribute to stable economic development of the local society in the area of operations.

Synchronous implementation solutions improve the quality of training; stick to the motto "Pure, practical, strong". Synchronization training and intensive monitoring mission and area of operation of each force and each unit take the task in the target training. This includes focused training for the proficient use of weapons, ammunition and equipment technical personnel; Independent proficient combat, combat shall, improve the combat capability is enhanced weapons and techniques in the defense sector; timely handling of the situation. Enhanced training: practice, pounding exchange, night, counterterrorism, counterinsurgency, salvage and rescue ... get tactical training centered training techniques as a basis; incorporate training with strength training, marching away, carrying heavy loads; training to build up the regular lines, discipline, and creating powerful shifts in body building.

The Corps focused on improving logistics capabilities to ensure required techniques contributing to improving the quality of combat strength, ensuring that most combat tactical campaigns are able to rescue, rescue, overcome the consequences of natural disasters. To implement synchronous measures to ensure stable and gradually improving life for food, clothing, housing, health care, activities for the team. Improving the implementation effectiveness of the campaign "Management and exploitation of weapons, technical equipment good, reliable, safe, economical and safe transportation"; well maintained system specifications to ensure full and timely quantity and quality of weapons and equipment to ensure good for the task.

The Resolution of the 11th Military Party Congress for the 2020-2025 tenure is of utmost importance to the Military’s new development period. Thus, party committees within the Army Corps 3’s Party Organisation have been focusing their leadership on thoroughly grasping and executing this Resolution.

As a main unit stationed in the strategic area of Central Highlands, the Army Corps 3 has concentrated its leadership and direction on drastically, synchronously, comprehensively realising the goals and targets set by the Resolutions of the 10th Military Party Congress and the Corps’ 9th Party Congress. It is worth noting that it has directed its offices and units to strictly maintain the combat readiness order, proactively grasp, evaluate and correctly anticipate the situation, and opportunely give advice to the Central Military Commission (CMC) and the Ministry of National Defence (MND) on effectively dealing with issues relating to political security and social order and safety, thereby avoiding passivity in any circumstance and raising the Corps’ combat readiness capacity and manoeuvrability. Under the guidelines on “achieving a breakthrough in the training quality” and ensuring “three-substantive” training1, the Corps has focused on renewing the work of training management and operation, adhering to the training motto of “basics, practicality, and thorough grasp,” and providing practical, tasks-based training courses in accordance with each group of troops and its materiel. Significance has been attached to combining training with military standard order building, discipline management, safety assurance, and the building of comprehensively strong, “exemplary, typical” offices and units. The work of political education and ideological management has been carried out frequently with a lot of new models and creative approaches to the studying and following of Ho Chi Minh’s ideology, ethics and lifestyle. In this regard, emphasis has been placed on establishing moral standards of the Corps’ cadres and soldiers, namely “Steadfastness, Responsibility, Democracy, Discipline, Unity, Exemplification, Thrifty, and Self-Reliance,” which has helped bolster the Corps’ tradition in the new period.

Furthermore, the Corps has adopted various measures to build a politically, ideologically, morally, organisationally strong Party Organisation and create a strong consensus within its affiliates and Party Organisation. Due attention has been paid to reviewing, issuing, supplementing, and stringently implementing the work and leadership regulations. At the same time, the Corps has proactively, effectively prevented and fought against wrong, hostile viewpoints, the “peaceful evolution” strategy, “self-evolution” and “self-transformation” to defend the Party’s ideological foundation within itself.

According to the Resolution of the 11th Military Party Congress, the Military’s force adjustments will have been basically completed by 2025. The Military will have been made revolutionary, regular, seasoned, and gradually modern, with a number of modern services, corps, and forces by 2030. The whole Military will be modernised from 2030. Being stationed at the forefront of the hostile forces’ sabotage scheme and confronted with social negative practices and the COVID-19 pandemic, the Corps has implemented various measures to fulfil the goal.

First of all, it has directed its affiliates to introduce the Resolution to all cadres, party members, and the masses. Immediately after the 11th Military Party Congress, under the guidance from higher echelons, the Corps has required its offices and units to hold briefings on the results of the Congress for all staff members, opportunely design propagation documents, and assign party committee members to introduce the Resolution. Studying and introducing the Resolution have been included in party committees’ resolutions and commanders’ work plans. The Corps’ Party Committee has demanded that all cadres, party members and the masses be fully aware of the importance of studying the Resolution as an objective requirement and a criterion for assessing their qualities, capabilities and task performance in 2021. Heads of party committees have been asked to be responsible for the programmes, contents, and results of studying the Resolution and include the contents of the Resolution in the action plan for the resolution of their party organisation’s congress.

Focuses of the study of the Resolution have been placed on the military-defence guidelines, goals, and tasks and the building of the Military Party Organisation between 2020 and 2025. Greater importance has been attached to clarifying the building of a politically strong Military as the basis for raising the entire Military’s synergy and combat power, the realisation of the three breakthroughs in the Military’s organisational structure, training, military standard order building, discipline management, and military administrative reform as well as the Military’s core role in constructing the all-people national defence and the posture of all-people national defence associated with the posture of people’s security. As a result, in a short time only, the Corps has introduced the Resolution to over 15,000 cadres and soldiers with the participation of all party committee members and key cadres, while gradually raising the awareness and political responsibility of cadres, party members and the masses.

To translate the Resolution into life, the Corps’ Party Committee has concentrated on improving all-level party committees and organisations’ leadership capacity. It has directed offices and units to concretise the Resolution into their action programmes, their supervision and inspection plans, and their work and leadership regulations. Up to now, all party committees within the Corps’ Party Organisation have completed their action programmes and their work and leadership regulations for the whole tenure. Meanwhile, the Corps’ Party Committee has asked its affiliated party committees to raise the quality of building and executing their resolutions and improve their capacity to grasp and realise the Resolutions of the 11th Military Party Congress and the Corps’ 10th Party Congress in accordance with their task. At the same time, they have been required to set up leadership breakthroughs in each year and for the whole tenure. In this regard, great value has been attached to realising “one focus and three breakthroughs2,” building a pure, strong Party Organisation and a comprehensively strong, “exemplary, typical,” compact Corps, and enhancing the Corps’ synergy and combat readiness capacity to meet the task requirements.

Reality has proved that the leadership role of a party committee is promoted when its secretary, members, and key cadres have sufficient qualities and capabilities in introducing and performing their assigned task. Thus, the Corps has implemented a breakthrough in raising the quality of its cadres together with both long-term and short-term strategies. In the long term, the Corps would concentrate on building a contingent of cadres with specific criteria relating to political zeal, morality, discipline, and professional competence as well as with the proper structure and high quality. In the short term, the Corps would deal with the quantity of its cadres, adjust its organisational structure, and enhance the quality of its cadres on a par with their task requirements, while aligning the building of party committee members with that of key cadres at all levels.

In the process, due attention has been paid to maintaining the regulations and procedures for the personnel work to ensure democracy, justice, openness, and objectivity. Evaluations of cadres have been carried out closely, practically as the basis for training and using them according to the task requirements. The Corps’ cadres at all levels have continued renewing their working method and style in a close, focalised, scientific, drastic, and effective fashion, keeping a close relationship with soldiers, maintaining democracy, unity and discipline, matching their words with action, and setting good examples for their subordinates to follow. In addition, the Corps has resolutely fought against and strictly handled bureaucracy, formal democracy, arbitrariness, paternalism, militarism, “credit-driven disease,” and violations of democracy.

The Corps has attached great value to encouraging the synergy, knowledge, and responsibility of organisations and forces in grasping and implementing the Resolutions of the 11th Military Party Congress and all-level Party Congresses. It has promoted the role of political cadres and offices, especially the inspection and organisation commissions in counselling units to develop their action programmes and plans for the Resolution. Grounded on their function and task, mass organisations, Soldiers’ Councils, offices, and units within the Corps have adopted various measures to achieve a positive change in the awareness and action of their members. More importantly, the Corps has well conducted the work of political education and ideological orientation to raise troops’ responsibility, consolidate their faith, and build up their political zeal and determination so that they would proactively overcome difficulties, dare to think, dare to do, persistently deal with issues arising from reality, and successfully realise the Resolution.

Competent offices within the Corps have enhanced the work of inspecting and counselling the execution of the Resolution. Advocating that “supervision must be expanded, while inspection must be focalised,” the Corps has focused on inspecting and supervising its key cadres and party organisations’ leadership over the performance of units’ political task and the Party building in line with the implementation of the 12th Party Central Committee’s Resolution No.4, the 12th Politburo’s Directive 05-CT/TW, and the Campaign entitled “promoting tradition, devoting talent, deserving to be Uncle Ho’s soldiers” in the new period. Also, the Corps has promoted the role of party committee members and key cadres at all levels in rectifying weaknesses pointed out after inspections and supervisions.

The historical battle, building and maturing the Corps decades ago, are always tied to the traditional Highland Front. That is solidarity, ingenious, creative, brave spirit "Find that kill American"; power of the whole nation, the whole campaign in the Highlands at Plei Me, Sa Thay, Dak To, Bu Prang, Duc Lap, Dak Diligent, Ba Ngoc Su, Plei Kan, Ko Leng, Chu Nghe, Jade Rinh Rua that peak-Tan Canh and Dak created a glorious war history as people nationwide rejoiced.

With exceptionally outstanding achievements in the war against America, international duty, as well as the construction and national defense, the Corps honorably, the State honored the title of "Hero People's Armed Forces "and was awarded the Medal of Ho Chi Minh 2, 56 and 245 of the Military Medal Victory Medal grades, along with many other honors; in collective Corps 51, 32 individuals were Party and state title Hero of People's Armed Forces. Which has 2 divisions, 4 medium (Travel) Group was honored the title of Hero of the second, 2 regiment was honored the title of hero for the third time in the reform era.

Inheriting the tradition and glorious years of construction, combat and growth, officials Highland Brigade soldiers strive to preserve and promote the history and wrote glorious gold. Worthy of top honors at Highland Brigade are the Heroes of the Vietnam People's Army.