Vietnam Border Guard

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Vietnam Border Guard Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam
Logo
Military flag of the Vietnam Border Guard
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)
General nature	Military police
Specialist jurisdiction	National border patrol, security, and integrity.
Operational structure
Overseen by	Vietnam Border Guard Command
Headquarters	Hanoi, Vietnam
Agency executives	Lieutenant General Lê Đức Thái, Commander Lieutenant General Đỗ Danh Vượng, Political Commissar Major General Hoàng Hữu Chiến, Chief of Staff
Parent agency	Vietnam People's Army
Commands	Vietnam Border Guard Command
Notables
Significant Border Guard	Vietnam War Cambodian-Vietnamese War Sino-Vietnamese War MT Orkim Harmony hijacking
Anniversary	3 March (date of establishment)
Website
www.bienphongvietnam.gov.vn
Decoration: Hero of the People's Armed Forces x2 Gold Star Order (Vietnam) Ho Chi Minh Order Independence Order Military Exploit Order Colour:    Forest Green

The Vietnam Border Guard (Vietnamese: Bộ đội Biên phòng Việt Nam) 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.^[1]