26 October 1975, the Ministry of Defence issued Decision No.141/QD-QP which established five Coastal Areas of Naval Command and jurisdiction provisions of the five regions. In 1978, they were renamed as the following naval regions: 1st Regional Command (A Regional Command): Gulf of Tonkin, north coast from Quảng Ninh to Hà Tĩnh and the islands in Gulf of Tonkin. Command Headquarters: Haiphong. Commander: Rear Admiral Phạm Văn Điển. Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Phạm Văn Vững. 2nd Regional Command (B Regional Command): South China Sea and south coast from Bình Thuận to Bạc Liêu, southern continental shelf, including the key areas are economic science service areas (called are DK1, DK2). Command Headquarters: Nhơn Trạch, Đồng Nai. Commander: Rear Admiral Phạm Khắc Lượng. Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Phong Cảnh. 3rd Regional Command (C Regional Command): North central coast, from Quảng Bình to Bình Định, including the islands of Cồn Cỏ, Lý Sơn,... and Paracel Islands. Command Headquarters: Da Nang. Commander: Rear Admiral Đỗ Quốc Việt Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Tiến Dũng 4th Regional Command (D Regional Command): South China Sea, south central coast including Spratly Islands, Phú Quý island and the south central coast, from Phú Yên to Bình Thuận. Command Headquarters: Cam Ranh Bay military port, Khánh Hòa Province. Commander: Rear Admiral Phạm Văn Hoành. Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Phạm Thanh Hóa. 5th Regional Command (E Regional Command): South China Sea and coast in Gulf of Thailand from Cà Mau to Kiên Giang. Command Headquarters: Phú Quốc, Kiên Giang. Commander: Rear Admiral Nguyễn Duy Tỷ. Political Commissar: Rear Admiral Ngô Văn Phát. Armed services Ranks in Vietnam People's Navy Commissioned officer ranks The rank insignia of commissioned officers. Other ranks The rank insignia of non-commissioned officers and enlisted personnel. Naval Academy The Vietnamese naval academy, with its headquarters in Nha Trang, is the main institute for training naval commanding officers for the divisional level, and commanding staffs at tactical/campaign levels. Students include both undergraduates and postgraduates serving in the military. The forerunner of the Vietnam Naval Academy, the Coastal Training School, was established on 26 April 1955 by the General Staff. The school has changed name several times, such as the Naval Training School in 1959, the Naval School of Vietnam in 1961, the Naval Officers School in 1967, and the School of Naval Engineering Command in 1980. The school renamed itself the Naval Academy in 1993. After 55