Notification of reserve force mobilization decisions and commands in Vietnam

Cases of mobilization of reserve forces in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 24 of the Law on Reserve Forces 2019, cases of mobilization of reserve forces include:

- Reserve forces shall be mobilized under general or local mobilization commands.

- Reserve forces shall be mobilized under martial law orders.

- Reserve forces shall be mobilized if there is any threat to national security, social order or safety which is not so serious that a state of emergency needs to be declared.

- Reserve forces shall be mobilized to prevent, control and mitigate consequences of calamities, natural disasters or dangerous diseases.

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Notification of reserve force mobilization decisions and commands in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 27 of the Law on Reserve Forces 2019, reserve force mobilization decisions and commands must be informed in a timely and accurate manner. Such notification must be issued according to the administrative system from central to grassroots level and from the Ministry of National Defense to military units at all levels or standing bodies of the People’s Army.

Responsibilities for notification of reserve force mobilization decisions or commands shall be subject to the following regulations:

- The General Staff shall inform the decisions on mobilization of reserve units issued by the Minister of National Defense to Ministries, Ministry-level agencies, Governmental bodies, provincial-level People’s Committees, and affiliates of the Ministry of National Defense, and shall direct notification of mobilization commands to local military entities and grassroots units of the People’s Army;

- Ministries, Ministry-level agencies and Governmental bodies shall inform decisions on mobilization of reserve units issued by Ministers, Heads thereof to units under their jurisdiction, and shall direct notification of mobilization decisions to grassroots-level units;

- Provincial-level People’s Committees shall inform decisions on mobilization of reserve units issued by Chairpersons thereof to entities or units under their authority, related associations and district-level People’s Committees.

Hanoi capital’s High Command, Ho Chi Minh city’s High Command and provincial-level Military Command Committees shall inform reserve force mobilization commands of Commanders thereof and orders of calling up reserve officers to active military duty which are given by jurisdictional authorities to district-level military bodies;

- District-level People’s Committees shall inform decisions on mobilization of reserve servicemen issued by Chairpersons thereof to commune-level People’s Committees, related entities or organizations.

District-level military bodies shall inform decisions on mobilization of reserve technical equipment issued by Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees, commands of calling up reserve officers to active military duty issued by senior entities, and inform orders of calling up reserve career servicemen, non-commissioned officers or soldiers to active military duty issued by Commanders of district-level Military Command Committees, to commune-level People's Committees and other related entities or organizations;

- Commune-level People’s Committees and People's Committees of districts where none of commune-level administrative subdivisions exist, responsible entities or organizations shall be responsible for sending commands of calling up reservists to active military duty issued by senior entities to all owners of reserve technical equipment;

- Local military bodies and standing units of the People's Army having the duty to embark and disembark reserve forces shall have to inform each other about such embarkation and debarkation of reserve forces.

Duration of completion of notification of decisions and commands over mobilization of reserve servicemen and technical equipment must be documented in the plans for mobilization of reserve forces.

Mai Thanh Loi

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