Giáp Văn Cương

Vietnam People's Navy admiral

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Admiral Giáp Văn Cương

Deputy Chief of the PAVN General Staff
In office 1974–1977

Personal details
Born	(1921-09-13)13 September 1921 Lục Nam, Bắc Giang, Tonkin (French protectorate)
Died	27 March 1990(1990-03-27) (aged 68) Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Political party	Communist Party of Vietnam
Awards	Hero of the People's Armed Forces (posthumously)
Military service
Branch/service	People's Army of Vietnam Vietnam People's Navy
Years of service	1945-1990
Rank	Admiral
Battles/wars	Operation CQ-88 [vi]

Giáp Văn Cương (1921–1990) was an Admiral of the Vietnam People's Navy. He participated in both the first Indochina War and the second Indochina War.

Early years

Giáp Văn Cương was born on 13 September 1921 in Bảo Đài commune, Lục Nam district, Bắc Giang province of the Tonkin Protectorate, French Indochina.^[1]

Military career

In 1974, he was promoted to Major General, Deputy Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army. In 1977, he was appointed Commander of the Vietnam People's Navy. In 1988, he was promoted to Admiral, the first Admiral of the Vietnam People's Navy.^[1]