General Department of Defence Intelligence
The General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI; Vietnamese: Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng - TBQP, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence for national defence', sometimes Tổng cục Tình báo, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence'),[1] also recognized by its internal designation General Department II (Tổng cục II or less formally Tổng cục 2 - TC2),[2] is a general department (tổng cục)-level agency under the Vietnam Ministry of Defence and the strategic military intelligence service of the Vietnam People’s Army, which practically being the biggest existing intelligence body under the Vietnamese government. GDDI is intended to directly carry out intelligence activities at the strategic level, meanwhile serving as the advisory organ for the Minister of National Defence and the General Chief of Staff to consult on the force organization and intelligence operations. It is the lead department directly responsible for instructing and guiding the army’s military intelligence and reconnaissance network in terms of professional intelligence in Vietnam.[3]
| Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng Tổng cục II | |
 Seal of GDDI | |
 Flag of General Department II as a unit under the Vietnam People's Army | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 25 October 1945 |
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| Jurisdiction |  Vietnam People's Army |
| Headquarters | Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi |
| Employees | ~25.000 |
| Annual budget | Classified |
| Agency executives |
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| Parent department |  CPV CMC |
| Parent agency | SRV MoD |
Combat formations
editGDDI commissions at least three formal combatant brigades, being field reconnaisance formations.[4] Designated as the special reconnaissance forces (trinh sát đặc nhiệm), they are capable of conducting dedicated frontline military offensive operations as well as infiltration campaigns serving the Vietnamese interests. A majority of GDDI's characteristics and organization is not formally publicized.
- Brigade K3 (Lữ đoàn K3): Northern Vietnam region.[5]
- Brigade 74 (or 74th Brigade; Lữ đoàn 74): Central Vietnam and Central Highlands.[6]
- Brigade 94 (or 94th Brigade; Lữ đoàn 94): Southern Vietnam region.
References
edit- ^ "Defense intelligence sector receives noble order". en.qdnd.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ "Defense intelligence service always excellently accomplishes its missions". en.qdnd.vn (in Vietnamese). Retrieved 2022-10-11.
- ^ "General Departments and Agencies". Ministry of Defence (Vietnam).
- ^ "Military unit hands over house of gratitude". People's Army Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
General Department 2 of the Ministry of National Defense in association with the...The construction was built by troops of Brigade 94...
- ^ "State President commends performance by Brigade K3". People's Army Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
- ^ "Brigade 74 titled "Hero of People's Armed Forces"". People's Army Newspaper. Retrieved 2024-09-29.
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