General Phan Van Giang: "The point of view is to feed an army for three years and use it for one hour"
Báo Dân trí•05/11/2024
(Dan Tri) - Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang affirmed that we must train our troops so that when a situation arises, we can handle it. "The point of view is to raise troops for three years and only use them for one hour."
On the morning of November 5, speaking at the discussion on the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, delegate Pham Trong Nghia (Lang Son) agreed with the increase in the retirement age of officers as proposed in the draft. The number of colonels and generals accounts for a small proportion . According to Mr. Nghia, increasing the age for officers in active service will increase the time as well as the level of contribution to the social insurance fund. In addition, the delegate also proposed to review and consider increasing the age for colonels and generals, in order to ensure unity in the armed forces and be compatible with the roadmap for increasing the retirement age in the Labor Code. According to Mr. Nghia, the number of colonels and generals accounts for a small proportion, so extending the retirement age does not have much impact on the total number of soldiers. Meanwhile, this is a mechanism to continue to promote the experience and qualifications of these officers in peacetime. Mr. Pham Trong Nghia speaks before the National Assembly (Photo: Pham Thang). Mr. Nghia cited a Government report saying that the Ministry of National Defense currently has nearly 400 seconded officers. The delegate proposed to supplement the regime and policies for seconded officers when their secondment mission ends. Regarding the age of officers serving in the army, delegate Nguyen Thi Yen Nhi (Ben Tre) said that increasing the maximum age limit according to military rank will meet practical requirements and ensure the organizational structure and military staffing. However, Ms. Nhi noted that in mountainous and island areas, which are often more complicated and difficult, it is necessary to consider regulating a lower age limit than in other areas and assign the Minister of National Defense to regulate this. Speaking at the discussion, some opinions also suggested that the drafting agency study and consider increasing the age of active service for general officers to 62 years old, to ensure consistency among the armed forces and ensure the use of talented people. "Training the army so that when a situation arises, it must be handled" Regarding the increase in the rank of lieutenant from 46 to 50 years old, Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang said that officers graduating after about 10-12 years will be promoted to captain. If by the age of 50 they are only promoted to captain, "their capacity must be reviewed", the retirement age of captain is not much, almost non-existent. "Our point of view is to train the army for three years and only use it for one hour", Mr. Giang said and said that the army must train the army so that when a situation arises, it must be handled, if it is lax, it will be very difficult to handle. Mr. Giang said that the intensity must be increasingly high, if the intensity does not increase, it is clearly not meeting the requirements. Recent wars have shown that we need to make higher demands, especially in terms of expertise and technology. Minister of National Defense Phan Van Giang explained and clarified the opinions raised by delegates (Photo: Pham Thang). Regarding the proposal to increase the retirement age of military generals to 62 years old, the Minister of National Defense said that due to the specific characteristics of the organization and command work in the military, he hoped that the National Assembly would allow the retirement age for generals to remain the same as in the draft proposal, which is 60 years old (regardless of gender).
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