What is the highest rank in the People's Army in Vietnam? What is maximum age for on-active-service general rank officers in Vietnam?

What is the highest rank in the People's Army in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 10 of the Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999, which stipulates officers’ ranks and grades system:

Officers’ ranks and grades system

The officers’ ranks and grades system comprises three ranks and twelve grades:

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3. The general rank include four grades:

Major general, naval rear-admiral;

Lieutenant general, naval vice-admiral;

Senior lieutenant general, naval admiral;

General.

Pursuant to Article 15 of the Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999, amended by Clause 3, Article 1 of the Law on amending and supplementing A Number Of Articles Of The Law On Officers Of The Vietnam People’s Army in 2014, stipulates the highest army ranks for officer positions:

The highest army ranks for officer positions

1. The highest army ranks for officer positions are prescribed as follows:

a/ General:

The Minister of National Defense;

The Chief of the General Staff; the Director of the General Department of Politics;

b/ Senior Lieutenant General, Naval Admiral:

The number of Deputy Ministers of National Defense who have the highest army rank being Senior Lieutenant General or Naval Admiral is no more than six;

The Deputy Chief of the General Staff, Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics: each position has the highest army rank being Senior Lieutenant General and is held by more than three persons;

Director and Political Commissar of the National Defense Academy;

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According to the above regulations in Vietnam, the officer military rank system is divided into 3 levels and 12 ranks. The highest rank is General including: General, Senior Lieutenant General, Lieutenant General, Major General.

In addition to the rank of General, there is also the rank of Naval Admiral. This rank is equivalent to General and is only conferred on high-ranking officers in the Navy.

The highest rank in the People's Army for officer positions is specified as follows:

(1) General

- Minister of National Defense;

- Chief of the General Staff;

- Director of the General Department of Politics;

(2) Senior Lieutenant General, Naval Admiral

- Deputy Ministers of National Defense;

- Deputy Chief of the General Staff;

- Deputy Director of the General Department of Politics;

- Director and Political Commissar of the National Defense Academy;

(3) Lieutenant General, Vice Naval Admiral

- Commanders and Political Commissars:

+ military zones, army services, border guards;

+ Directors, Heads, Political Commissars of General Departments;

+ Head of the Government Cipher Department;

- Commanders and Political Commissars:

+ Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City;

+ Vietnam Marine Police;

- Directors and Political Commissars:

+ Academies of Army, Politics,

+ Military Engineering, Logistics, Army Medical Service;

- Principals and Political Commissars of the Army Officers Schools I and II, the Political Officers School;

- Deputy Director of the National Defense Academy;

- Deputy Political Commissar of the National Defense Academy;

- Directors of the Departments:

+ Operations, Military Training, Personnel;

+ Militia and Self-Defense Forces, Organization and Personnel, Propagation, School, Electronic Operations;

+ Information Technology, Rescue- Salvage;

+ External Relations;

- Chief Inspector of the Ministry of National Defense;

- Chief Justice of the Central Military Court who is a Deputy Chief Justice of the Supreme People’s Court;

- Procurator General of the Central Military Procuracy who is a Deputy Procurator General of the Supreme People’s Procuracy;

- Director of the Central Party Commission Office - the Office of the Ministry of National Defense;

- Director of the Institute for Defense Strategy;

- Director of Central Military Hospital 108;

(4) Major General, Rear Naval Admiral

- Commanders and Political Commissars of Army Corps, Services, Naval Zones, Marine Police Zones;

- Directors of the Departments:

+ Army Security Protection; Military Science; Finance, Planning and Investment;

+ Army Medical Corps; Criminal Investigation; Standardization, Measurement and Quality Control;

+ People Agitation; Policies; Economy; Cipher; Barrack Building; Technology Management;

+  Mapping; Military Supplies; Petroleum; Transportation; Military Equipment; Vehicles- Machinery;

+ Army Service Engineering; Drill-Training; Army Air Defense; Reconnaissance; Drug Prevention and Control; Cipher Operation Technique Management;

+ Departments 11, 12, 16, 25 and 71;

Directors of the Military Science and Technology Institute, Vietnam Military History Institute, Institute 26, Institute 70;

- Directors and Political Commissars of the Air Defense and Air Forces, Navy, Border- Guard, Military Science Academies;

- Director of the Cipher Technique Academy;

- Commanders of the Defense- Economy Army Corps 11, 12, 15, 16 and 18;

- Commander and Political Commissar of the President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Protection Command Post;

- Political Directors:

+ Army Services, Border Guard, Defense Academy, General Staff, General Department of Logistics, General Department of Engineering, General Department of Defense Industry, General Department II;

+ Director of the Political Department of the General Department of Politics;

- A Deputy Chief of Staff who is the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Military Zone, Army Service or Border-Guard Staff;

- A Deputy Political Director who is the Secretary or Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee of the Political Department of the Military Zone, Army Service or Border Guard;

- Editor-in-Chief of the Quan Doi Nhan Dan (People’s Army) newspaper; Editor-in-Chief of the All-People Defense Review;

- Director of the Army Television- Radio Broadcasting Center;

- General Director and a Deputy General Director being the Secretary of the Party Committee of the Army Telecommunications Group;

- General Director of Vietnam-Russia Tropics Center;

- Directors of Hospital 175, Hospital 103, the Army Traditional Medicine Institute, the National Bums Institute;

- Directors of Departments of the Academies of National Defense; Marxist- Leninist Theories; Party- Political Activities; Strategies; Military Campaigns;

- Assistants of the National Defense Minister, Directors of the Legal Department, Office of the General Staff, and Office of the General Department of Politics;

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What is maximum age for a general to serve in active duty?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 13 of the Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999, amended by Clause 3, Article 1 of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, amended in 2008, stipulates officers active-service ages:

Officers active-service ages

1. The maximum ages of on-active-service officers according to officers ranks:

The company rank: male: 46, female: 46;

Major: male: 48, female: 48;

Lieutenant colonel: male: 51, female: 51;

Senior lieutenant colonel: male: 54, female: 54;

Colonel: male: 57, female: 55;

The general rank: male: 60, female: 55.

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According to this Article, the maximum age for generals rank serving in active duty is 60 years old for men and 55 years old for women.

In addition, when the military needs, officers who have sufficient political and moral qualities, are good at expertise, work, have good health, and voluntarily can have their active service age extended to no more than 5 years; Special cases may take longer.

What is time limit for promotion to the rank of General for on-active-service officers in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 17 of the Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999, amended by Clause 4, Article 1 of the Law on amending and supplementing A Number Of Articles Of The Law On Officers Of The Vietnam People’s Army in 2014, stipulates rank promotion for in-service officers as follows:

2. The durations for rank promotion consideration for in-service officers are prescribed as follows:

Second Lieutenant to Lieutenant: 2 years;

Lieutenant to Senior Lieutenant: 3 years;

Senior Lieutenant to Captain: 3 years;

Captain to Major: 4 years;

Major to Lieutenant Colonel: 4 years;

Lieutenant Colonel to Senior Lieutenant Colonel: 4 years;

Senior Lieutenant Colonel to Colonel: 4 years;

Colonel to Major General or Rear Naval Admiral: at least 4 years:

Major General or Rear Naval Admiral to Lieutenant General or Deputy Naval Admiral: at least 4 years;

Lieutenant General or Deputy Naval Admiral to Senior Lieutenant General or Admiral: at least 4 years;

Senior Lieutenant General or Admiral to General: at least 4 years;

The duration of officers’ study at schools shall be counted into the rank promotion duration.

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