General Department of Defence Intelligence

{{Short description|Vietnamese military intelligence agency}}

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| agency_name = General Department of Defence Intelligence
{{nobold|General Department II}}

| nativename = {{lang|vi|Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng}}

| nativename_a = Tổng cục II

| logo = Flag of General Department of Defence Intelligence of Vietnam.svg

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| logo_caption = Flag of General Department II as a unit under the Vietnam People's Army

| seal = Tổng cục Tình báo Quốc phòng.svg

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| seal_caption = Seal of GDDI

| formed = {{Start date and age|1945|10|25|df=yes}}

| preceding1 = Military Intelligence Division (1946–1947; 1957–1995)

| preceding2 = Intelligence Agency (1947–1950)

| preceding3 = Communication Department (1951–1957)

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| parent_department = {{flagicon image|Flag of the Communist Party of Vietnam.svg}} CPV CMC

| parent_agency = {{flagicon|Vietnam|army}} SRV MoD

| jurisdiction = {{flagicon|Vietnam|army}} Vietnam People's Army

| headquarters = Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi

| employees = ~25.000

| budget = Classified

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| chief1_name = Phạm Ngọc Hùng

| chief1_position = director general

| chief2_name = Lê Quang Minh

| chief2_position = Commissar

| chief3_name = Đặng Vũ Chính

| chief3_position = 1st Deputy Director

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The General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI; {{Langx|vi|Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng {{noitalic| – TBQP}}|lit=General Department of Intelligence for national defence}}, sometimes {{Lang|vi|Tổng cục Tình báo}}, {{Lit|General Department of Intelligence}}),{{Cite web |title=Defense intelligence sector receives noble order |url=https://en.qdnd.vn/military/news/defense-intelligence-sector-receives-noble-order-490718 |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=en.qdnd.vn |language=vi-vn}} also recognized by its internal designation General Department II ({{Lang|vi|Tổng cục II{{noitalic| or less formally }}Tổng cục 2|lit=}} – TC2),{{Cite web |title=Defense intelligence service always excellently accomplishes its missions |url=https://en.qdnd.vn/military/news/defense-intelligence-service-always-excellently-accomplishes-its-missions-523581 |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=en.qdnd.vn |language=vi-vn}} is a general department ({{Lang|vi|tổng cục}})-level agency under the Vietnam Ministry of Defence and the strategic military intelligence service of the Vietnam People’s Army, which practically being the biggest existing intelligence body under the Vietnamese government. GDDI is intended to directly carry out intelligence activities at the strategic level, meanwhile serving as the advisory organ for the Minister of National Defence and the General Chief of Staff to consult on the force organization and intelligence operations. It is the lead department directly responsible for instructing and guiding the army’s military intelligence and reconnaissance network in terms of professional intelligence in Vietnam.{{Cite web |title=General Departments and Agencies |url=https://mod.gov.vn/en/intro/vnd/sa-en-mod/sa-en-dv-mf-ctctt |website=Ministry of Defence (Vietnam)}}