What is the Vietnam People's Army force?
What is the Vietnam People's Army force?
According to Clause 1, Article 25 of the National Defense Law 2018, the Vietnam People's Army force is defined as follows:
People’s army
1. The Vietnam People's Army force is the core of the Vietnam People's Army force s in the performance of national defense tasks, including the permanent standing force and the reserve force. The permanent standing force of the Vietnam People's Army force shall comprise the regular troop and the local troop.
December 22 is the annual traditional day of the Vietnam People's Army force and the All-people National Defense’s Day.
2. The Vietnam People's Army force shall have assigned functions and duties to get ready to fight and fight for safeguarding of the Homeland; propagate and disseminate guidelines, advocacies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, policies and laws of the State; engage in labour and production work, and combine the national defence and socio-economic development activities, participate in the civil defence and join hands with the people in building the country; fulfill international obligations.
3. The Vietnam People's Army force shall assist the state in building the Vietnam People's Army force to become revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modern, and have rationally-structured permanent forces, and a powerful and mighty Militia and Self-defence Force; building several forces to directly advance to modernity.
4. Organizational structure, tasks, service regime and regimes and policies of the Vietnam People's Army force shall comply with the provisions of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam Vietnam People's Army force, the Law on Military Professionals, National Defense Workers and Officers, and the Law on Military service and other relevant provisions of law.
Thus, the Vietnam People's Army force shall have assigned functions and duties to get ready to fight and fight for safeguarding of the Homeland; propagate and disseminate guidelines, advocacies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, policies and laws of the State; engage in labour and production work, and combine the national defence and socio-economic development activities, participate in the civil defence and join hands with the people in building the country; fulfill international obligations.
What are the functional principles and cases of use of the Vietnam People's Army force ?
According to Article 24 of the National Defense Law 2018, the functional principles and cases of use of the Vietnam People's Army force are specified as follows:
1. The activities of the Vietnam People's Army force must comply with the Constitution, laws and treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a contracting party; shall be put under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the command of the State President and the unified management of the Government.
2. Cases in which the Vietnam People's Army force is used shall be prescribed as follows:
a) In the state of war or the state of national defense emergency, the order of the State President and other relevant provisions of law shall be observed;
b) Upon exercising the martial law or curfew order, provisions of this Law and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
c) In the state of emergency due to disasters, dangerous epidemics or serious threats to national security and social order and safety, the provisions of laws on emergency state and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
d) Where there is a threat to national security or social order and safety which is not so serious that the state of emergency is promulgated, the provisions of laws on national security and other relevant provisions of law shall prevail;
dd) On participating in activities contributing to the protection of peace in the region and the world, the decisions of the National Defense and Security Council shall be obeyed;
e) In case of complicated situations of national security, social order and safety; fighting against crime; participation in the prevention, combat and mitigation of consequences of incidents, natural disasters, epidemics, the use of the armed force shall be regulated by the Government.
Respectfully and best wishes for your health!
