Criteria for awarding the “Gold Star Order” in 2024 in Vietnam

Criteria for awarding the “Gold Star Order” in 2024 in Vietnam (Internet image)

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What is Order? How many types of orders are there in Vietnam?

Orders shall be awarded to collectives with many achievements; awarded or posthumously awarded to individuals with meritorious services, achievements, or long-term contribution processes in agencies, organizations, or units.

Orders include:

- “Gold Star Order”;

- “Ho Chi Minh Order”;

- “Independence Order”, first, second, and third classes;

- “Military Exploit Order”, first, second and third classes;

- “Labor Order”, first, second and third classes;

- “Fatherland Defense Order”, first, second and third classes;

- “Feat Order”, first, second and third classes;

- “Great National Unity Order”;

- “Bravery Order”;

- “Friendship Order”.

(Article 33 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022)

Criteria for awarding the “Gold Star Order” in 2024 in Vietnam

(1) The “Gold Star Order” is the noblest order of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.

(2) The "Gold Star Order" shall be awarded or posthumously awarded to individuals who comply with guidelines of the CPV and policies and laws of the State in a good manner and satisfy at least one of the following criteria:

- Have great and exceptionally outstanding meritorious services in the revolutionary cause of the CPV and the nation;

- Have great and exceptionally outstanding meritorious services to Vietnam in one of the following fields: politics, economy, society, culture, art, science, technology, national defense, security, foreign affairs, or other fields.

(3) The “Gold Star Order” shall be awarded to Ministries, departments, central or provincial authorities, and agencies of the National Assembly of Vietnam that satisfy the following criteria:

- Have been awarded the “Ho Chi Minh Order” and have many exceptionally outstanding achievements for at least 25 consecutive years at the time of applying for the "Gold Star Order", have wide influence scope and new and typical for the whole country to learn;

- Have long-lasting traditions, great meritorious services in the revolutionary cause of the CPV and the nation; have internal unification and healthy and pure CPV organizations and unions.

(4) The "Gold Star Order" shall be awarded to military regions, corps, services, armies, general departments, and equivalences of the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, the force system of the People’s Public Security, general departments, and equivalences of Ministries, departments, and central authorities that satisfy the following criteria:

- Have been awarded the “Ho Chi Minh Order” and have many exceptionally outstanding achievements after the award of such order for at least 25 consecutive years at the time of applying for the "Gold Star Order", have wide influence scope and new and typical for the whole country to learn;

- Have long-lasting traditions, great meritorious services in the revolutionary cause of the CPV and the nation; have internal unification and healthy and pure CPV organizations and unions.

(6) The “Gold Star Order” shall be awarded to foreign heads of state who contribute great meritorious services to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam recognized and proposed by Ministries, departments, or central authorities.

(Clause 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, Article 34 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022)

Emulation and commendation principles in Vietnam

- Emulation principles include:

+ Voluntariness, self-consciousness, publicity, and transparency;

+ Unity, cooperation, and mutual development.

- Commendation principles include:

+ Accuracy, publicity, transparency, equality, and timeliness;

+ Assurance of uniformity between forms and subjects of commendation and meritorious services and achievements;

+ One commendation form may be awarded many times to one subject; prohibition against provision of multiple awards or other forms of commendation to one achievement; provision of commendation to the corresponding achievement;

+ Focus on the provision of commendations to individuals, collectives, and households that directly work, produce, and conduct business; individuals and collectives that work in borders, seas, islands, and regions with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions.

In addition, assurance of gender equality in emulation and commendation.

(Article 5 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022)

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