Academies, Colleges and Schools

(Bqp.vn) - The VPA has a complete system of academies, colleges and schools to meet the demands for training officers and non-commissioned officers as well as technicians at all levels for the VPA, postgraduates and civilian technicians. Those institutions also conduct scientific and technological research in the VPA, foster all kinds of learners on defence and security knowledge, educate and further advance political theoretical knowledge.

The Ministry of National Defence directly administers the National Defence Academy, Political Academy, Army Academy, Logistics Academy, Military Technology Academy, the 1st Army Officer Training College, the 2nd Army Officer Training College, and the Political Officer Training College.

The National Defence Academy is the education and training centre for the Party and State’s high-ranking cadres. It is tasked with training and qualifying learners for advanced political theoretical knowledge, training the VPA's operational and strategic-level officers, fostering defence and security knowledge development for key executive cadres of ministries, agencies, branches from the Central to local levels, conducting scientific research, providing military master's and doctoral programmes, and undertaking international cooperation in defence and security training for military officers and civilians.

The Army Academy is tasked with training and conducting scientific research, qualifying learners for advanced political theoretical knowledge, providing military master's and doctoral programmes, training infantry regiment and division command and staff officers, arms brigade command and staff officers, infantry division reconnaissance commanding officers, command and staff officers of the district military commands and equivalents, providing short courses for the completion of command and staff training for officers of infantry regiments and local military commands, as well as for tactics lecturers at regimental and divisional level.

The Political Academy is tasked with training and qualifying learners for advanced political theoretical knowledge, training regiment and division-level political officers and lecturers of military social sciences and humanities, improving political theory, providing military master's and doctoral programmes in military social sciences and humanities, offering courses on the Party and political work and defence and security.

The Logistics Academy is tasked with providing tertiary education and training for junior logistics officers, training tactical and operational-level logistics officers, providing master's and doctoral programmes in military logistics and finance, and training logistics technicians.

The Military Technology Academy is tasked with providing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education and training programmes in military technology, technical command and staff, project management, conducting research and development of military science and technology, and participating in economic development.

The Military Medical Academy is tasked with training doctors, pharmacists, physicians and providing undergraduate, graduate and postgraduate education courses. It is also a military medical research centre.

The 1st and 2nd Army Officer Training Colleges are tasked with training junior infantry command officers (from platoon, company to battalion levels), providing military master's and doctoral programmes, offering military courses at undergraduate (including college-level courses) and graduate levels, and training military, defence and security lecturers.

The Political Officer Training College is tasked with providing tertiary education and training for political officers, training lecturers of military social sciences and humanities and teachers and lecturers of defence and security education, qualifying junior officers and graduates for some majors.

The remaining military academies, colleges and schools are under the management of general departments, services and arms. They are tasked with training junior command officers and providing them with university education, training tactical and operational level command and staff officers, providing military master's programmes and participating in scientific research.