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| Vietnam Border Guard Bộ đội Biên phòng | |
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| Abbreviation | BĐBP |
| Motto | Đồn là nhà, Biên giới là quê hương, Đồng bào các dân tộc là anh em ruột thịt lit. 'The post is our home, the frontier is our motherland, the compatriots are our siblings' |
| Agency overview | |
| Formed | 3 March 1959 |
| Jurisdictional structure | |
| Operations jurisdiction | Vietnam |
| Governing body | Ministry of Defence (Vietnam) |
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| Operational structure | |
| Overseen by | Vietnam Border Guard Command |
| Headquarters | Hanoi, Vietnam |
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| Parent agency | Vietnam People's Army |
| Commands | Vietnam Border Guard Command |
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| Significant Border Guard | |
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| Decoration: Colour: Forest Green Ensign: Badge: | |
The Vietnam Border Guard (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam - BĐBP or BP) is the border security branch of the Vietnam People's Army.
It is responsible for the management and protection of the sovereignty, territorial integrity, security, order and national boundaries on the mainland, islands, sea and at the gate as shall by law and is force member in provincial areas of defence, border districts of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.
On 19 November 1958, the Politburo of the Workers' Party of Vietnam decided to unite national defence forces and army units whose missions were domestic protection, border protection, beach defence, boundary security, and other forces in charge of guarding domestic international borders, under the management of the Police Department, and named them the Guard forces. Guard forces including Border Guard and Homeland Guard.
According to the resolution of the Politburo, the Border Guard is responsible for:
The Homeland Guard is responsible for (this task was transferred to police protection under the General Department of Police, Ministry of Public Security):
On 3 March 1959, the Prime Minister of Vietnam signed Decision No. 100 - TTg on the establishment of an armed force in charge of border protection and domestic, to be known as the People's Armed Police, set under the leadership of the Ministry of Public Security. This date is taken as the date of establishment of the Vietnam Border Guard.
Ceremony set up the People's Armed Police was held on the evening of 28 March 1959, at 19 hours, at the Military Club, Hanoi.
By the end of 1979 the People's Armed Police was renamed Border Guard and transferred under the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam). In 1988, the Border Guard moved to directly under the Ministry of Interior until late in 1995, then moved to the Ministry of Defence (Vietnam).

Border Guard is the core force in charge, in co-ordination with other armed forces, localities and departments concerned and depend on people to manage, protect borders, maintaining security political, social order and safety in the border areas, maintaining the external border. Border Guard operates under the laws of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, the international treaties relating to the sovereignty, national security and border on the mainland, islands, seas and border gates that the Socialist Republic of Vietnam has signed or acceded to.
The organisational system of Border Guard includes:
The rank insignia of commissioned officers.
| Rank group | General / flag officers | Senior officers | Junior officers | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Trung tướng | Thiếu tướng | Đại tá | Thượng tá | Trung tá | Thiếu tá | Đại úy | Thượng úy | Trung úy | Thiếu úy | |||||||||||||||
The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel.
| Rank group | Senior NCOs | Junior NCOs | Enlisted | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Thượng sĩ | Trung sĩ | Hạ sĩ | Binh nhất | Binh nhì | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Image | Name | Type | Origin | Note |
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| Helmet | ||||
| Type A2 helmet | Combat helmet | Used in training and law enforcement activity | ||
| Pith helmet | Helmet | Used in training | ||
| PASGT helmet | Combat helmet | |||
| Camouflage | ||||
| K20 Border Guard | Camouflage | Standard issue | ||
| K20 Navy | Camouflage | Used by Border Guard flottila in naval border area | ||
| Model | Image | Type | Variant | Quantity | Origin | Notes |
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| VUA-SC-3G | Reconnaissance | 3 UAV systems | Currently, the VUA SC-3G is being used by the Vietnam Border Guard. |
| Model | Image | Type | Variant | Caliber | Origin | Notes |
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| Pistols | ||||||
| K14VN | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | ||||
| TT-33 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | ||||
| Type 54/K54 | Semi-automatic pistol | 7.62×25mm Tokarev | ||||
| Assault rifles | ||||||
| AK-47 | Assault rifle | AKMS AKM |
7.62×39mm M43 | |||
| Galil ACE | Assault rifle | 7.62×39mm | ||||
| STV rifle | Assault rifle | STV-022 STV-215 STV-380 |
7.62×39mm | Since 2022, the STV215/380 began to be officially equipped for the 10th Division, 3rd Corps (now the 34th Corps), following the model of a strong, uniformly equipped division. Subsequently, it was gradually equipped for units in the 12th Corps, infantry divisions in various military regions, and some border guard units. | ||
| Machine gun | ||||||
| PKM | General -purpose machine gun | 7.62x54mmR | ||||
| RPD | Light machine gun | RPD-44 STrL-D |
7.62×39mm | |||
| DShK | Heavy machine gun | DShK-38 DShK 38/46 |
12.7×108mm | |||
| Model | Image | Type | Variant | Quantity | Origin | Details |
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| UAZ-469 | Military light utility vehicle | 2 | ||||
| KamAZ-43253 | Military truck | 4 | ||||
| Hyundai County | Utility Vehicle | 2 | ||||
| ZIL-130 | Military truck | 4 | ||||
| KamAZ-43266 | Military truck | 1 |
| Class | Image | Type | Ships | Origin | Quantity | Notes |
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| Damen Stan Patrol 4207 | Patrol vessels | BP48-19-01 BP29-19-01 BP28-19-01 BP27-19-01 |
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| High-Speed Guard Boat | ; | Patrol vessels | BP 07-01-01 BP 29-01-02 BP 29-01-07 BP 29-01-01 BP 29-01-06 BP 29–06–02 |
12 | Five ships will be built at the Kattupalli shipyard, while the remaining seven in the project will be constructed at Vietnam's Hong Ha Shipyard with technical assistance from L&T. The shipbuilding design center of the Indian group is responsible for the design and engineering of the project. | |
| MS-50S | ; | Patrol vessels | BP 01–15–01, BP 20–15–01, BP 31–15–01, BP 57–15–03, BP-07-15-01, BP-08-15-01, BP-09-15-01, BP-33-15-01, BP-15-15-01, BP-19-15-01 | 23 | The Technical Equipment Procurement Council of the Border Guard Command conducted technical acceptance testing and handed over these 13 boats at the end of November 2025. | |
| CN-09 |
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Patrol vessels | BP 14-19-01 BP 14-19-02 BP 02-19-01 BP 11-19-01 BP 30–19–01 |
5 | Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard received BP 14-19-01 and BP 14–19–02. Hai Phong Border Guard received BP 02–19–01. Phu Quy Port Border Guard Station received BP 11–19–01. Quang Tri Border Guard received BP 02–19–01. |
| Model | Image | Type | Variant | Caliber | Origin | Note |
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| Rifles | ||||||
| SVT-40 | Semi-automatic rifle | 7.62*54mm | Russia | |||
| Submachie gun | ||||||
| PPSh 41/Type 50 | Submachine gun | 7.62*25mm | Russia/China | |||
| Type 64 | Submachine gun | 7.62*25mm/9*19mm | China | |||