Officers The following are rank insignia of
commissioned officers of the People's Army. The
People's Army of Vietnam is an integrated force, ranks are the same in all services, with an exception of the flag officers of
the Navy.
Warrant officer The following are the insignia for warrant officers for the army, navy, air force, border guard and coast guard respectively. These officers are recruited to specific fields, and do not undertake the same military training as regular officers. In addressing them, they are referred to using the rank displayed - e.g. as Major (Thiếu tá), Lieutenant (Trung úy) etc. They do not hold any command authority over regular officers. Rank insignia used by the warrant officer corps since 2008 have a pink silk line running along the shoulder board (before 2008 it was a V-shaped chevron) to distinguish them from the regular officer corps. Naval specialist officers also have a pink border on their cuff insignia in their service dress.
Enlisted The following are the rank insignia of
non-commissioned officers and
enlisted personnel.
Cadet Prior to 2010, the rank of
Aspirant was held by final-year students at military and security academies. == Lapels ==