New regulations on military ceremonial uniform for male officers and professional servicemen in Vietnam

New regulations on military ceremonial uniform for male officers and professional servicemen in Vietnam

The Decree 22/2024/ND-CP has amended Article 9 of Decree 82/2016/ND-CP, regulating the military ceremonial uniform for male officers, professional servicemen, officer cadets, and officer trainees as follows:

- Kepi Hat:

+ Design: The hat has an oval-shaped top; the hat button of generals, rear admirals, vice admirals, and naval admirals has an embossed national emblem, while that of colonels and officers has an embossed five-pointed star; the front of the hat's forehead band has a grommet for attaching the military insignia; the visor has golden cords above it and an emblem of two rice ears below it.

+ Colors:

++  Army:  Olive  drab  top,  red  band;
++  Border  Defense  Force:  Olive  drab  top,  green  band;
++  Air  Defense  
-  Air  Force:  Dark  blue  top,  peace  blue  band;
++  Navy:  White  top,  navy  blue  band.

- Pants and Jacket:

+ Design:

++  Jacket:  Long  sleeves,  V-shaped  lapel;  04  concealed  front  pockets  with  buttoned  flaps;  back  slit;  shoulder  epaulets  for  insignia;  logo  on  the  left  sleeve;  decorative  trim  at  the  lower  sleeves  (pine  branch  pattern  for  generals;  rice  ear  pattern  for  colonels  and  officers).
++  Pants:  Long  dress  pants,  02  diagonal  pockets,  zipper  fly.

+ Colors: Dark olive for Army and Border Defense Force; dark blue for Air Defense - Air Force; white for Navy.

- Inner Shirt: Buttoned, long sleeves, stand-up collar, white color.

- Tie: Pre-tied; dark olive for Army and Border Defense Force, dark blue for Air Defense - Air Force, navy blue for Navy.

- Belt:

+ Material: Leather core; generals, rear admirals, vice admirals, and naval admirals have double-layered leather; colonels and officers have single-layered smooth leather; brown for Army and Border Defense Force, black for Air Defense - Air Force and Navy.

+ Buckle: Yellow metal with an embossed five-pointed star within a circle.

- Leather Shoes:

+ Design: Generals, rear admirals, vice admirals, and naval admirals wear smooth-tip shoes with fixed laces; colonels wear shoes with horizontal stripes on the tips and fixed laces; officers wear shoes with horizontal stripes on the tips and tied laces.

+ Colors: Black for Army, Border Defense Force, and Air Defense - Air Force; white for Navy.

- Socks: Knitted style; dark olive for Army and Border Defense Force, dark blue for Air Defense - Air Force, white for Navy.

See more in Decree 22/2024/ND-CP effective from February 27, 2024.

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