General Department of Defence Intelligence
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The General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI; Template:Langx, sometimes Script error: No such module "Lang"., Template:Lit),[1] also recognized by its internal designation General Department II (Script error: No such module "Lang". – TC2),[2] is a general department (Script error: No such module "Lang".)-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]
Combat formations
GDDI commissions at least three formal combatant brigades, being field reconnaissance formations.[4] Designated as the special reconnaissance forces (Script error: No such module "Lang".), 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 (Script error: No such module "Lang".): Northern Vietnam region.[5]
- Brigade 74 (or 74th Brigade; Script error: No such module "Lang".): Central Vietnam and Central Highlands.[6]
- Brigade 94 (or 94th Brigade; Script error: No such module "Lang".): Southern Vietnam region.
References
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