Naval Infantry (Vietnam)

The Naval Infantry (Vietnamese: Binh chủng Hải quân Đánh bộ, Quân đội nhân dân Việt Nam Chữ Hán: 宾种海军打部，军队人民越南) are an armed branch of the Vietnam People's Navy that have the task of stationing troops to protect islands and rocks, or attacking or landing by sea on the mainland or on the islands occupied by foreign countries, protecting Vietnam's territorial sovereignty and territorial sea.[1][2]

Naval Infantry
Hải quân đánh bộ
CountryVietnam
BranchVietnam People's Navy
TypeMarines

According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies in 2010, the VPN NI is the second largest marine corp next to the US Marine Corps.[3]

History

Cambodian–Vietnamese War

In the evening of January 6, a group of commandos of 87 people secretly landed and attacked to occupy a Khmer Rouge artillery position protecting the coast, at the same time, 130 mm artillery began to bombard Khmer Rouge positions. Immediately, small patrol boats of the Khmer Rouge departed from Ream military port and small harbors to attack the Vietnam People's Navy. After a battle at sea, due to its superiority in numbers and firepower, the Vietnam People's Navy repelled or sank most of the Khmer Rouge ships, but one Vietnamese ship was also hit. Many sailors were injured.[4]

Training

Every year, the naval infantry brigades send many waves of soldiers to the island, mainly Spratly Island, to train for months to get used to the waves, to get used to the island and close to the battlefield. Each trip is the most elite members when they have been trained together with the forces and passed the final medical examination.[5]

Current mission

The situation is becoming more and more complicated when China makes a claim to all the islands and archipelagoes including the Spratly and Paracel archipelagos (under Vietnam's sovereignty) in the entire South China Sea. On May 6, 2009, China submitted a map of the nine-dash line (also known as the U-shaped line) to the United Nations Secretary-General, in which it claimed sovereignty over the entire South China Sea. Soon after, on May 7, 2009, Vietnam, Malaysia and then Indonesia protested and denied.[6]

Current force

Two Brigades 101 and 147 today are the core force performing the task of defending the islands in the vast waters of the Vietnamese homeland.

Current equipment
See also: List of equipment of the Vietnam People's Navy § Soldier's equipment

References
  1. "Spring fun of the naval infantry". Quân Đội Nhân Dân.
  2. "Vietnam Naval Infantry - Hải quân Đánh bộ Việt Nam 2017". YouTube.
  3. "Vietnam - Naval Infantry". www.globalsecurity.org.
  4. History of the Vietnam People's Navy. pp. 322–26.
  5. A day at the naval infantry barracks
  6. "Great history of sovereignty disputes in the South China Sea".
  7. "Huấn luyện thể lực ở Lữ đoàn Hải quân đánh bộ 101". Báo Nhân Dân điện tử. December 4, 2016.
  8. Lữ đoàn 147 Hải quân: Hơn 80 cán bộ, chiến sĩ tham gia chữa cháy rừng
  9. 147th Naval Infantry Brigade: Launched for training in 2017
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