General Department of Defence Intelligence

General Department of Defence Intelligence
General Department II
Tổng cục Tình báo Quốc phòng; Tổng cục II
	Seal of GDDI
	Flag of the Vietnam People's Army
Agency overview
Formed	25 October 1945; 78 years ago
Preceding agencies	Military Intelligence Division (1946-1947; 1957-1995); Intelligence Agency (1947-1950); Communication Department (1951-1957);
Type	Independent
Jurisdiction	Government of Vietnam; Communist Party of Vietnam; Vietnam People's Armed Forces
Headquarters	Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi
Employees	~25.000
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executives	Phạm Ngọc Hùng, director general; Lê Quang Minh, Commissar; Đặng Vũ Chính, 1st Deputy Director;
Parent department	CPV Central Military Commission
Parent agency	SRV Ministry of National Defence

The General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI; Vietnamese: Tổng cục Tình báo Quốc phòng - TBQP, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence for the State Defence', sometimes Tổng cục Tình báo, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence'),^[1] also recognized by its internal designation General Department II (Tổng cục II or less formally Tổng cục 2) or TC2,^[2] is the strategic military intelligence agency of Vietnam, serving the Vietnam People's Armed Forces.

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Agency overview
Tổng cục Tình báo Quốc phòng Tổng cục II
Seal of GDDI
Flag of the Vietnam People's Army
Formed	25 October 1945; 78 years ago (1945-10-25)
Preceding agencies	Military Intelligence Division (1946-1947; 1957-1995) Intelligence Agency (1947-1950) Communication Department (1951-1957)
Type	Independent
Jurisdiction	Government of Vietnam Communist Party of Vietnam Vietnam People's Armed Forces
Headquarters	Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi
Employees	~25.000
Annual budget	Classified
Agency executives	Phạm Ngọc Hùng, director general Lê Quang Minh, Commissar Đặng Vũ Chính, 1st Deputy Director
Parent department	CPV Central Military Commission
Parent agency	SRV Ministry of National Defence