Criteria for consideration for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time for police officers in Vietnam

Criteria for consideration for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time for police officers in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. Criteria for consideration for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time for police officers in Vietnam

According to Article 2a of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP (amended in Decree 57/2023/ND-CP), the criteria for consideration for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time for public security officers are as follows:

Criteria and standards for setting up particularly excellent achievements in national security protection, social order and safety assurance, prevention and combat against crime and law violations, building the People's Police, scientific research, work, and study for consideration for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time as prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 23 of the Law on People’s Public Security Force is specified as follows:

- People's Public Security officers may be considered for promotion to the rank of general ahead of time in cases of exceptionally outstanding achievements in national security protection, social order, safety assurance, fighting against crime and law violations, building the People's Public Security Forces, conducting scientific research, work, and study, and being awarded one of the forms of state medals and honorary titles (excluding the forms of rewards by term and rewards for the dedication process) as follows:

+ Forms of medals: Gold Star Medal; Order of Ho Chi Minh; Independence Medal, first class, second class, and third class; Military Orders, First, Second, and Third Class; First, Second, and Third Class Labor Medals; Orders for the Defense of the Fatherland, First, Second, and Third Class; Orders for the Defense of the Fatherland, First, Second, and Third Class; Victory Medals, First, Second, and Third Class;

+ State honorary titles: title of Hero of the People's Armed Forces; Labor Hero Title.

- During the time of holding a position, only one time before the time limit for promotion to the rank of rank and the time of awarding the medal, especially outstanding achievements must be within the term of holding the current rank.

- The time for promotion to the rank of general is no more than 12 months ahead of time and by a competent agency or organization when considering specific cases, based on the level of achievement and the scope of influence of the reward forms, to decide the appropriate time for promotion to the rank of general before the deadline.

2. What is the salary and working time used to calculate the benefits of the People's Police officer in Vietnam?

- Salary to calculate benefits

+ Salary for calculating the one-time allowance regime specified at Point a, Clause 4, Article 3 of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP calculated by the average monthly salary on which social insurance premiums are based for the last 5 years (60 months) before the officer or non-commissioned officer retires;

+ The salary for calculating the one-time allowance regime specified at Point b, Clause 4, Article 3, Point b, Clause 2, Article 5 and Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP is the salary (including: salary by rank, rank, and grade for officers and non-commissioned officers;

Wages by group, grade, and grade for public security workers and position allowances, seniority allowances, over-frame seniority allowances, or reserved differences of the month immediately preceding the time when officers, non-commissioned officers, and public security workers quit or pass away

- Working time to calculate benefits

+ Working time for calculation of the one-time allowance regime specified in Clause 4, Article 3, and Point b, Clause 2, Article 5 of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP is the total time of working, studying, or working for which social insurance premiums are paid and not yet enjoying a lump-sum allowance (discharge from the army, job severance);

+ When calculating the working time specified at Point a of this Clause and Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP, if it is interrupted, it will be accumulated; if there is an odd month, it is calculated as follows: Under 03 months is not counted; from full 03 months to full 06 months is counted as 1/2 year; from over 06 months to less than 12 months is counted as 01 year.

(Article 2 of Decree 49/2019/ND-CP)

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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