The center was originally established in 1953 and located on
Highway 1 approximately 16km northwest of Saigon. In the mid-1950s, the Quang Trung Training Center was the principal ARVN training establishment providing eight weeks of basic training to all recruits and reservists and advanced courses to infantry soldiers. It had an annual capacity of approximately 24,000 (or about 8,000 at any one time). In 1956 the commanding general was described by the US Army attache as a "pompous, fat, stupid man ... who will do anything to increase his personal fortune." He was reportedly financing a brothel run by his mistress. In June 1971 the JGS Central Training Command introduced a six-week method of instruction course for military instructors at Quang Trung. After the
Fall of Saigon, the center was used as a
re-education camp for South Vietnamese military and government personnel. ==List of Commandants==