General Department of Defence Intelligence
| Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng Tổng cục II | |
Seal of GDDI | |
Flag of General Department II as a unit under the Vietnam People's Army | |
| Agency overview | |
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| Formed | 25 October 1945 |
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| Jurisdiction | Vietnam People's Army |
| Headquarters | Bắc Từ Liêm District, Hanoi |
| Employees | ~25.000 |
| Annual budget | Classified |
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| Parent department | CPV CMC |
| Parent agency | SRV MoD |
The General Department of Defence Intelligence (GDDI; Vietnamese: Tổng cục Tình báo quốc phòng – TBQP, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence for national defence', sometimes Tổng cục Tình báo, lit. 'General Department of Intelligence'), also recognized by its internal designation General Department II (Tổng cục II or less formally Tổng cục 2 – TC2), is a general department (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.