is the highest military administration of Vietnam, under the General It is responsible for the military command, political and ideological education, logistic supply, technical support and military industrial production and operation of the whole army.

Vietnam's armed forces consist of the regular army, local forces, reserve forces and the People's Liberation Army. The Ministry of Defense's 2011-2015 army building program aims to increase the military and defense industrial forces, and Vietnam's defense budget in 2011 reached about $2.6 billion, a 70 percent increase over last year.