Job titles, appointment, changes of job titles of national defense officials in Vietnam

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1. Job titles, appointment, changes of job titles of national defense officials in Vietnam

Job titles, appointment, changes of job titles of national defense officials according to Article 30 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015 are as follows:

- Job titles of national defense officials express technical and professional qualification in each area.

- The Minister of National Defense shall define lists, standards and codes of job titles of national defense officials after reaching agreement with the Ministry of Home Affairs.

- Appointment and change of job titles of national defense officials shall be carried out on the basis of army requirements and duties, and according to the Law on Public Employees.

2. Requirements for retirement from military service for national defense officials in Vietnam

Requirements for retirement from military service in Vietnam according to Article 34 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015 are as follows:

- National defense workers and officials shall be eligible for retirement in one of the following cases:

+ Meeting requirements of the Law on social insurance;

+ Have served as national defense worker for 15 years and have paid social insurance for 20 years (Male 50 years of age, female 45)

+ National defense workers and officials who fail to meet requirements for retirement as prescribed in Points a, b, this Clause, reaching from 55 to under 60 years of age (male) or from 50 to under 55 years of age (female), have paid social insurance for 20 years shall be eligible for retirement.

- National defense workers and officials shall be transferred to other occupations if accepted by competent authorities and received by receiving agencies, organizations.

- National defense workers and officials shall be eligible for resignation in following cases:

+ Volunteer to resign from military service and accepted by competent authorities even though service age as prescribed in Article 31 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015 remains unexpired;

+ No longer able to be employed by the army after personnel structure is changed and not prescribed in Point c, Clauses 1 and 2, Article 34 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015;

+ Cases as prescribed in Clauses 3 and 4, Article 32 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015, not qualified for retirement;

3. Regulations on selection, recruitment of national defense workers and officials in Vietnam

Regulations on selection, recruitment of national defense workers and officials in Vietnam according to Article 28 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015 are as follows:

* Subjects to be selected:

- Officers of Vietnam People’s Army, professional servicemen with current job positions no longer needed;

- Non-commissioned officers, soldiers no longer on active service;

* Subjects to be recruited:

Vietnamese citizens outside the scope as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 28 of the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials 2015, permanently residing in Vietnam, aged from 18 and over.

* Requirements for selection and recruitment:

- Have political and ethical credentials, good health, clear curriculum vitae and volunteer to serve in the army;

- Have technical and professional degrees, diplomas, or skills appropriate to job positions (with respect to national defense workers) or titles (with respect to national defense officials);

* Manner of selection, recruitment is examination. Those who have had excellent university degrees or high technical and professional levels, won prizes in national and international workmanship contests shall be selected, recruited via examinations.

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