, the first committee secretary of the 1st Corps. In 1972, after the failure of the air raid in
Operation Linebacker II, the
Federal government of the United States was forced to sign the
Paris Peace Accords, according to which in 1973 the United States had to withdraw all troops home. However, the military situation in
4th Military Region of the
People's Army of Vietnam is also unfavorable. The
Central Military Commission of the Communist Party of Vietnam sent a few divisions that were suffering heavy losses to the
North to reinforce. In July 1973, the
Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam after its 21st conference issued a resolution of strengthening the armed forces to unify the country. In executing the issue, three months later the
Ministry of Defence and the
Central Military Commission approved the plan of organising regular
army corps for the Vietnam People's Army. On 24 October 1973, General
Võ Nguyên Giáp, Minister of Defence, signed the edict No. 142/QĐ-QP that led to the establishment of the 1st Corps in
Tam Điệp,
Ninh Bình. The first headquarters of the corps was composed of party committee secretary (
bí thư)
Lê Quang Hòa and commander (
tư lệnh) and deputy secretary
Lê Trọng Tấn. After the PAVN victory in the
Battle of Ban Me Thuot in March 1975, 1st Corps was ordered to move to
Southern Vietnam and participate in the
1975 spring offensive. During the last days of the war, 1st Corps had a major role in the attack on
Saigon, in which it was assigned the mission of capturing the headquarters of the
Joint General Staff. The corps was awarded the title
Hero of the People's Armed Forces (
Anh hùng Lực lượng vũ trang nhân dân) in 1985. == Development process ==