'Ministry of State Defence of the nation of Socialist Republic of Viet Nam'),[3] is the governmental ministry of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam that manages, coordinates and supervises military affairs, including all military units, paramilitary units, and similar agencies in the country.

It runs the People's Army Newspaper and the Military Broadcasting Center (QPVN; Vietnamese: Kênh Truyền hình Quốc phòng Việt Nam, lit.

'National Defence Television Channel of Viet Nam') together with the Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam.

The General Political Department is under the leadership activities of the Secretariat and often operations under the directly authority of the Central Military Commission.

[2] The land-based units of the VPA consists of four army corps (quân đoàn): 1st, 2nd, 3rd and 4th; six arms (binh chủng): Artillery, Tank and Armor Warfare, Sappers, Signals, Engineers and Chemical; seven military regions (quân khu) and one command (bộ tư lệnh): 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, 7th, 9th military regions and the High Command of the Capital City of Hanoi.