The 9th Military District of Vietnam People's Army, is directly under the Ministry of Defense of Vietnam, tasked to organize, build, manage and command armed forces defending the Mekong Delta.
- Command Headquarters: Cần Thơ city
- Commander: Lieutenant General Trần Phi Hổ (12/2007)
- Political Commissar: Major General Đinh Văn Cai
- Deputy Commander cum Chief of Staff: Major General Nguyễn Phương Nam (2010)
Agencies[]
- Department of Staff
- Department of Politics
- Division of Organization
- Division of Cadre
- Division of Policy
- Division of Propogendar and Training
- Division of Thoughts and Culture
- Military Court of Military Zone
- Military Procuratorate of Military Zone
- Department of Logistics
- Department of Technique
- Office of Command of 9th Military Zone
Units[]
- Military Command of Cần Thơ Municipaliyt
- Military Command of An Giang Province
- Military Command of Bạc Liêu Province
- Military Command of Bến Tre Province
- Military Command of Cà Mau Province
- Military Command of Đồng Tháp Province
- Military Command of Hậu Giang Province
- Military Command of Kiên Giang Province
- Military Command of Sóc Trăng Province
- Military Command of Tiền Giang Province
- Military Command of Trà Vinh Province
- Military Command of Vĩnh Long Province
- Military School of Military Zone
- 121st Military Hospital
- 4th Infantry Division
- 8th Infantry Division
- 330th Infantry Division
- 339th Infantry Division
- 25th Combat Engineer Brigade: honored as Hero of People's Armed Forces in 2005
- 6th Artillery Brigade
- 226th Brigade
Successive Commander and Leadership[]
Commanders[]
- Senior Colonel Đồng Văn Cống (1964–1969), Major General (1974), Trung tướng (1980)
- Senior Colonel Lê Đức Anh (1969–1974)
- Lieutenant General Lê Đức Anh (1976-June 1978): Colonel General (1980), General (1984), Chief of General Staff of Vietnam People's Army (1986–1987), Minister of Defence (1987–1991), President of Vietnam (1992–1997)
- Major General Nguyễn Chánh (1978–1979): Lieutenant General (1984), Director of the General Logistics Department
- Lieutenant General Trần Văn Nghiêm (1979–1983)
- Lieutenant General Nguyễn Thới Bưng (1983–1986)
- Lieutenant General Nguyễn Đệ (1986–1996)
- Lieutenant General Nguyễn Văn Tấn (1996–2000)
- Lieutenant General Huỳnh Tiền Phong (2000–2007)
- Lieutenant General Trần Phi Hổ (2007–present).
Political Commissioners, Deputy Commanders of Politics[]
- Lieutenant General Nguyễn Hùng Phong
- Major General Lê Văn Tưởng (1976–1978)
- Major General Bùi Văn Huấn: promoted to Lieutenant General, Deputy Director of the General Political Department, member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Major General Nguyễn Việt Quân: member of Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam
- Major General Đinh Văn Cai
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