Composition of the people's armed forces in Vietnam

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1. Composition of the people's armed forces in Vietnam

The people’s armed force in Vietnam shall be composed of:

(1) People’s army

- The people's army is the core of the people's armed forces in the performance of national defense tasks, including the permanent standing force and the reserve force. The permanent standing force of the People's Army shall comprise the regular troop and the local troop.

December 22 is the annual traditional day of the People's Army and the All-people National Defense’s Day.

- The people’s army shall have assigned functions and duties to get ready to fight and fight for safeguarding of the Homeland; propagate and disseminate guidelines, advocacies of the Communist Party, policies and laws of the State;

Engage in labour and production work, and combine the national defence and socio-economic development activities, participate in the civil defence and join hands with the people in building the country; fulfill international obligations.

- The people’s army shall assist the state in building the people's army to become revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modern, and have rationally-structured permanent forces, and a powerful and mighty Militia and Self-defence Force; building several forces to directly advance to modernity.

- Organizational structure, tasks, service regime and regimes and policies of the people's army shall comply with the provisions of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, the Law on Military Professionals, National Defense Workers and Officers, and the Law on Military service and other relevant provisions of law.

(2) People’s police

- The people’s police is the core of the people’s armed force in performance of duties to protect national security and maintain social order and safety, and fight for prevention and control of crimes.

- Functions, tasks, organizational structure, commanding, assurance of operations, service regimes and regimes and policies of the people’s police shall comply with the provisions of the Law on People's Police and other relevant provisions of law.

- The State shall build a revolutionary, regular, elite and gradually modernized police force; prioritize the modernization of some forces.

- The people's police shall have to cooperate with the people's army and the militia and the self-defense force in performing national defense tasks. The cooperation between the People's Police, the People's Army and the militia and self-defense force shall be subject to the Government's regulations.

(3) Militia and self-defence force

- The militia and self-defense force shall be the armed force of people that are not freed from production or business activities;

Is the force that protects the Communist Party, the State, the life and property of the people, the property of the State available in the localities and grassroots-level areas;

Shall be ready to fight, fight, serve combats and acts as the core to join hands with the people to fight the enemy in localities or grassroots-level areas when the war occurs;

Shall participate in the building of the all-people national defense, defense zones, civil defense, and the protection of national security and the maintenance of social order and safety, the fight for prevention and control of crimes.

- The State shall build a strong and widespread militia and self-defense force.

- Organization, tasks, service regimes and regimes and policies of the militia and self-defense force shall be subject to the provisions of the Militia and Self-Defense Force Law and other relevant law provisions

(Clause 1, Article 23, Articles 25, 26, 27 of the Law on National Defence 2018)

2. Tasks of the people's armed force in Vietnam

People's Armed Forces shall be absolutely loyal to the Homeland, the People, the Communist Party and the State; have the duty to be ready to fight, fight, serve a combat, defend the independence, sovereignty, unity, territorial integrity of the Homeland, national security, social order and safety; protect the people, the Communist Party, the State, the socialist regime and revolutionary achievements; join hands with the people to build the country and carry out international obligations

(Clause 2, Article 23 of the Law on National Defence 2018)

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