On the morning of November 28, with 458/459 delegates present in favor, the National Assembly passed the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.
The Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army takes effect from December 1, 2024.
According to the law, the maximum age of active service (retirement age) for officers of military rank will increase by 1-5 years compared to the current law. Specifically, the retirement age for lieutenants is 50 years old; majors is 52; lieutenant colonels is 54; colonels is 56; colonels is 58 and generals is 60.
When the military has a need, officers with sufficient political qualities, ethics, capacity, health and volunteering can have their service age extended for no more than 5 years. In special cases, it can be extended longer according to regulations of the Minister of National Defense.
Before the National Assembly passed it, the National Assembly Standing Committee said that if the retirement age of military officers was increased to the same age as that of police officers or to the same age as workers according to the Labor Code, it would not ensure that officers, especially officers in combat-ready units, would have enough health to complete their tasks.
Every year, the Army still has to recruit military personnel to arrange and rejuvenate the squad-level cadres. If the age is increased compared to the draft law, it will cause surplus and congestion in the officer corps.
Increasing the retirement age of officers as proposed in the draft law submitted to the National Assembly for approval will both preserve the contingent of officers with basic training, courage, qualifications, experience, health in command, management, research, and consulting, and the number of highly qualified officers to have more time to serve in the army, meeting the requirements of building a modern army; and ensure that officers basically have enough years of social insurance participation to receive a maximum pension of 75%.
Regarding the highest military rank , the rank of General, the number is no more than 3, including: Minister of National Defense; Chief of the General Staff; Director of the General Political Department.
Senior Lieutenant General, Navy Admiral, the number is not more than 14, including: Deputy Minister of National Defense with the highest military rank of Senior Lieutenant General, Navy Admiral no more than 6; Deputy Chief of General Staff, Deputy Director of General Department of Politics, each position has the highest military rank of Senior Lieutenant General no more than 3. In addition, there are also Directors and Political Commissars of the National Defense Academy.
The positions and titles with the highest military ranks are Lieutenant General, Vice Admiral of the Navy; Major General, Rear Admiral of the Navy with a number of no more than 398.
Thus, the total number of highest general ranks is 415 people.
The seconded military officer elected to hold the position of Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee has the highest military rank of Senior Lieutenant General. The seconded military officer approved to hold the position of Deputy Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee or appointed to the position of Deputy Minister or equivalent position or title has the highest military rank of Lieutenant General.
Seconded military officers approved to hold the position of Standing Member of the National Defense and Security Committee or appointed to the position of General Director or equivalent position or title with the highest military rank of Major General.
The Government stipulates that the positions with the highest military ranks are Lieutenant General, Vice Admiral of the Navy, Major General, Rear Admiral of the Navy...
The highest military rank with the position and title of an officer is colonel and lieutenant as prescribed by the Minister of National Defense.
Chairman of the National Defense and Security Committee Le Tan Toi said that some delegates suggested considering the proportionality of general ranks between the army and the police in large and key provinces and cities; clearly stipulating the number of general ranks for each rank.
According to the National Assembly Standing Committee, if the number of Senior Lieutenant Generals is added to the position of Deputy Chief of the General Staff and the ceiling of general ranks is set for the Commander of the Military Command of 11 key provinces as in the Law on Public Security (without the ceiling of general ranks for Political Commissars), it will not be in accordance with Resolution No. 51 of the Central Committee and will exceed the number of general ranks set by the Politburo (415 people).
Besides, it will affect the thoughts, aspirations and wishes of the Commanders, Political Commissars of Military Commands and Border Guard Commands of other provinces and cities.
The Central Military Commission and the Ministry of National Defense are studying and proposing amendments to the decree and circular on positions and titles of military officers. In particular, they will consider and carefully calculate the highest military rank of officers in the entire army, supplement specific regulations on the number and each position with the military rank of Lieutenant General, Vice Admiral of the Navy and Major General, Rear Admiral of the Navy to ensure strictness, transparency and not exceeding the number according to the conclusion of the Politburo.
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