Military Rank of Professional Soldiers: Rights and Obligations of Professional Soldiers
How are the military ranks of professional soldiers determined?
According to Article 16 of the Law on Professional Soldiers, Defense Workers, and Defense Public Employees 2015, the regulations are as follows:
The military ranks of professional soldiers are determined corresponding to their technical, operational expertise and salary levels, including:
+ Lieutenant Colonel Professional Soldier;+ Major Professional Soldier;+ Captain Professional Soldier;+ Senior Lieutenant Professional Soldier;+ Lieutenant Professional Soldier;+ Junior Lieutenant Professional Soldier.
- The highest military ranks of professional soldiers include:
+ Senior level: Lieutenant Colonel Professional Soldier;+ Intermediate level: Major Professional Soldier;+ Primary level: Captain Professional Soldier.
How are the military ranks of professional soldiers determined? What are the rights and obligations of professional soldiers? (Image from the Internet)
What are the service duration and age limit for professional soldiers in active duty?
According to Article 17 of the Law on Professional Soldiers, Defense Workers, and Defense Public Employees 2015, the regulations are as follows:
The active duty service duration for professional soldiers during peacetime is as follows:
+ The minimum service duration is 06 years from the date of decision to convert to professional soldiers;+ Serving until reaching the age limit as stipulated in paragraph 2, Article 17 of the Law on Professional Soldiers, Defense Workers, and Defense Public Employees 2015.
- The highest active duty age limit for professional soldiers by military rank:
+ Professional soldiers with officer ranks: men 52 years old, women 52 years old;+ Major and Lieutenant Colonel professional soldiers: men 54 years old, women 54 years old;+ Lieutenant Colonel Professional Soldier: men 56 years old, women 55 years old.
- Professional soldiers with high technical and operational expertise, having sufficient political, moral qualities, and health, if voluntarily, may be considered for an extension of active duty service not exceeding 05 years upon the need of the army.
- Fighters performing tasks at 40 years old are prioritized for training and retraining and are assigned other positions suitable to the army's requirements or transferred to another sector. In cases where the army cannot continue to use and cannot transfer them, if they have enough 20 years of social insurance contribution, including 15 years as fighters, they are eligible for retirement.
The list of fighter positions is regulated by the Minister of National Defense.
What are the rights and obligations of professional soldiers?
According to Article 6 of the Law on Professional Soldiers, Defense Workers, and Defense Public Employees 2015, the rights and obligations of professional soldiers, defense workers, and defense public employees are as follows:
(1) Rights of professional soldiers, defense workers, and defense public employees:
- The State ensures material and spiritual life, policies, and preferential treatment appropriate to the nature of the tasks of the People's Army;- Training and retraining to improve political, military, legal, technical, and operational expertise suitable to their positions and titles;- Enjoying other rights as prescribed by law.
(2) Obligations of professional soldiers, defense workers, and defense public employees:
- Absolutely loyal to the Homeland, the People, the Communist Party, and the Socialist Republic of Vietnam;- Strictly adhere to the Party's guideline, state policies, the laws, military discipline, and be ready to complete all assigned tasks;- Absolutely obey superior orders; when receiving orders from the commander, if there are grounds to believe that the orders are illegal, against the discipline and regulations of the People's Army, they must report immediately to the order issuer; in case they still have to comply, they must promptly report to the direct superior of the order issuer and shall not be responsible for the consequences of executing such orders;- Protecting the assets and interests of the State, the army, the agencies, organizations; protecting the lives, health, properties, and lawful rights and interests of individuals;- Engaging in political, military, legal, cultural, scientific, technical, and operational studies; practicing organizational discipline and physical health, improving political bravery and combat capability suitable to each entity;- Professional soldiers must fulfill combat duties, be ready to fight, and sacrifice to protect the independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity of the Homeland; protect the People, the Communist Party, the State, and socialist policies, carry out international obligations, adhere to the regulations of the People's Army, and other obligations of soldiers as prescribed by the Constitution and the law;- Defense workers must fulfill the obligations of laborers, adhere to labor discipline and regulations according to the law; defense public employees must fulfill the obligations of public employees as prescribed by the Law on Public Employees.
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