Vietnam: Cases of issuance of certificates of sick soldiers

- taken part in fighting or directly served for fighting; or

- fulfilled their duties in the area with severely poor socio-economic conditions for 3 years and more; or

- fulfilled their duties in the area with severely poor socio-economic conditions for less than 3 years but have served for the people’s military and people’s public security for 10 years or more; or

- served in People's military and People’s public security for 15 years but not eligible to claim retirement pension; or

- fulfilled international duties; or

- bravely performed urgent and dangerous tasks serving national defense and security.

Sick soldiers are soldiers and people’s public security who are claimed to suffer work from 41% to 60% work capability reduction due to sickness by a competent authority before December 31, 1994.

Besides, sick soldiers are entitled to the following preferential treatment:

- Provision of monthly benefits and monthly allowances depending on the reduction in work capability;

- Provision of health insurance, treatment and recovery of health, occupational health rehabilitation and provision of aid devices and orthopedic instruments upon consideration of illness of each person and State's capacity;

- Priority in allocation or lease of land, water surface, sea water surface or grant of concessional loans for production purpose, tax remission, exemption from public service duties as per law provisions and assistance in housing renovation depending on specific circumstance of each person and capacity of the State and local government authority.

The Ordinance on preferential treatment given to people with meritorious services to the revolution 2005 of Vietnam came into effect from October 01, 2005.

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