Medical, submarine and pilot students can be promoted to lieutenant upon graduation.

For the first time, the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense decided to confer the rank of lieutenant on domestically trained graduates.

General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, took a photo with female military medical soldiers at the parade training session to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Liberation of the South and National Reunification - Photo: NAM TRAN

General Phan Van Giang, Minister of National Defense, has just signed and issued Circular No. 18 regulating the conferment of military ranks on graduates of officer training in active service; the promotion of colonel and lieutenant officers ahead of schedule and the raising of officers' salaries ahead of schedule.

First time conferring the rank of lieutenant for domestic training

Notably, the circular clearly stipulates the criteria for considering the promotion to the ranks of lieutenant, first lieutenant, and captain for graduates of active officer training.

Non-commissioned officers and soldiers who graduate from pilot and submarine training and have good training will be considered for the rank of lieutenant.

Non-commissioned officers and soldiers with university degrees, good graduation rankings or higher, and good training are considered for the rank of lieutenant in the following specific cases:

Training at foreign schools; training doctors at the Military Medical Academy who are party members: The rate of conferring the rank of lieutenant is no more than 90%.

Training pharmacists and engineers at military schools and non-military schools who are official party members; training second university degrees in military schools from non-commissioned officers and soldiers on active duty who are party members: The rate of conferring the rank of lieutenant is not more than 70%.

5-year training program (not for engineering training) is an official party member, during the course was awarded the title of advanced soldier twice or higher or won official prizes at national and international competitions; students are ethnic minorities of very small ethnic groups and students are recruited according to Government regulations as official party members: The rate of conferring the rank of lieutenant is not more than 55%.

4-year training program for official party members, during the course awarded 2 times the title of advanced soldier or higher or won official prizes at national and international competitions; students are ethnic minorities of very small ethnic groups and students selected according to Government regulations, students trained in non-military schools, trained in schools under the Ministry of Public Security are official party members: The rate of conferring the rank of lieutenant is not more than 45%.

For non-commissioned officers and soldiers who graduate from university training, they will be considered for the rank of first lieutenant or captain in the following specific cases:

Training doctors at the Military Medical Academy with a graduation rank of excellent or higher, during the course awarded the title of emulation soldier of the whole army or higher; training at the university level at the remaining schools with an excellent graduation rank, during the course awarded the title of emulation soldier of the whole army or higher is an official party member and is considered for the rank of senior lieutenant.

Pilots and submariners trained domestically with good graduation ratings, good training, and being party members will be considered for the rank of first lieutenant; those with excellent graduation ratings or higher, good training, and being party members will be considered for the rank of captain.

Training abroad with good graduation rank or higher, good training will be considered for the rank of captain.

Non-commissioned officers and soldiers who graduate with a master's degree or equivalent abroad and have good training will be considered for the rank of first lieutenant.

On March 26, at the ceremony to honor Outstanding Young Faces and Promising Young Faces of the entire army in 2024, General Phan Van Giang said that this was the first time the Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense had awarded the rank of First Lieutenant to students who had been trained domestically for 6 years and graduated, if they had excellent grades, were emulation fighters, and were party members.

Previously, the regulation stipulated that the rank of first lieutenant could only be conferred on those trained abroad.

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