Maximum age limit for professional servicemen to serve on probation in Vietnam

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Regarding this issue, LawNet would like to answer as follows:

1. Maximum age limit for professional servicemen to serve on probation in Vietnam

Maximum age limit for professional servicemen to serve on probation in Vietnam according to Article 23 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015 is as follows:

- Junior commissioned officer: 54 years old;

- Major, lieutenant-colonel: 56 years old;

- Senior lieutenant-colonel: 58 years old;

2. Who is eligible to be registered as a professional servicemen on probation in Vietnam?

According to Article 24 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015, regulations on registration for professional servicemen on probation are as follows:

- Professional servicemen who retire from active service and remain in the age of serving on probation as prescribed in Section 1.

- Non-commissioned officers, soldiers on probation who meet the army’s technical and professional requirements;

- Male citizens within the age of military service who are yet to be on active service, have graduated from vocational education institutions, universities and met the army’s technical and professional requirements;

3. Regulations on training for professional servicemen on probation in Vietnam

Regulations on training for professional servicemen on probation according to Article 25 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015 are as follows:

- Professional servicemen on probation should participate in training, drills and ready for being conscripted and fighting for no more than 12 months.

- Annually, the Prime Minister shall make decision on the number of professional servicemen on probation called up for training, drills, ready for being conscripted and fighting.

- The Minister of National Defense shall make decision on the number of professional servicemen on probation conscripted into armies; the number of times of training and training duration per time; between the times of training, professional servicemen on probation may be called up for training, drills, ready for being conscripted and fighting for no more than seven days. In case of need, professional servicemen shall be retained for training for no more than two months but total time should not exceed the time as prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 25 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015.

4. Military ranks of professional servicemen in Vietnam

The military ranks of professional servicemen according to Clause 1 and 2 of Article 16 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015 are as follows:

- Military ranks of professional servicemen are defined in proportion to technical and professional competence and pay level, including:

+ Senior lieutenant-colonel;

+ Lieutenant-colonel;

+ Major;

+ Captain;

+ Senior lieutenant;

+ Lieutenant;

+ Second lieutenant;

- Highest ranks of professional servicemen are composed of:

+ Senior lieutenant-colonel (high-ranking);

+ Lieutenant – colonel (middle-ranking);

+ Major (primary-ranking);

5. Regulations on grading, promotion and shifting titles of professional servicemen in Vietnam

The grading, promotion and shifting titles of professional servicemen according to Article 15 of the Law on professional servicemen, National defense workers and official 2015 are as follows:

- Professional servicemen who have technical and professional competence in accordance with titles currently held shall be graded as follows:

+ High-ranking group (Group I) composed of professional servicemen having university degrees and over; high-ranking group (Group II) composed of professional servicemen having college degrees;

+ Middle-ranking group composed of professional servicemen having intermediate professional degrees;

+ Primary-ranking group consisted of professional servicemen having primary certificates;

- Professional servicemen who have successfully completed assigned duties, have political and ethical credentials, have appropriate degrees and qualifications to hold titles similar to professional servicemen ofhigher ranks in the same technical and professional area shall be considered for promotion;

- In case of need, professional servicemen may be considered for a shift to new titles if they meet professional requirements of such titles.

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