Naval_Infantry_(Vietnam)
Naval Infantry (Vietnam)
Naval infantry branch of the Vietnam People's Navy
The Naval Infantry Brigades (Vietnamese: Lữ đoàn Hải quân Đánh bộ, chữ Hán: 旅團海軍打步) are an combat arm under the Vietnam People's Navy that have the task of stationing troops to protect islands and rocks, or attacking or landing by sea on the mainland or on the islands occupied by foreign countries, protecting Vietnam's territorial sovereignty and territorial sea.[1][2]
According to the International Institute of Strategic Studies in 2010, the VPN NI is the second largest marine corp next to the US Marine Corps.[3]