General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army and Deputy Minister of National Defense , has just signed and issued Circular 65/2025 of the Ministry of National Defense on amending and supplementing a number of articles of circulars.
Specifically, this amends and supplements several articles of Circular 07/2016 of the Minister of National Defense regulating the awarding, promotion, and demotion of military ranks; appointment to positions, demotion, and dismissal; equivalent positions and the highest military rank for non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the Vietnam People's Army.
According to the new circular, the Commander of the Regional Defense Command decides on the promotion of private rank to citizens registered to serve in the reserve corps of the People's Army who have been assigned and appointed to a reserve mobilization unit.
The Commander of the Regional Defense Command decides on the promotion and demotion of non-commissioned officers and soldiers registered to serve in the reserve corps of the Vietnam People's Army, up to the rank of sergeant, who have been assigned and appointed to reserve mobilization units.
The Commander of the Regional Defense Command decides on the appointment, demotion, and dismissal of squad leaders and equivalent positions for reserve non-commissioned officers and soldiers registered to serve in the reserve corps who have been assigned and appointed to reserve mobilization units.
The Commander of the Provincial Military Command, the Commander of the Regional Defense Command, and the Commander of the Commune-level Command, within their respective areas of authority, shall preside over and coordinate with the receiving units and units under ministries and sectors responsible for establishing specialized reserve units with reserve soldiers registered for military service in the locality (if any) to organize the awarding, promotion, and demotion of military ranks and the appointment, demotion, and dismissal of reserve non-commissioned officers and soldiers.
Previously, according to Circular 07/2016, some of these powers belonged to the Commander of the Military Command of the district, town, or city within the province. After the dissolution of the district-level Military Command and the establishment of the Regional Defense Command, this authority was transferred to the Commander of the Regional Defense Command.
Before the merger of provinces and the cessation of district-level operations, the country had 63 provincial and city military commands (excluding Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, which had their own specific characteristics). After dissolving 696 district-level military commands in 34 new provinces and cities, there are now 145 regional defense commands; some provinces have only 3, while others have up to 6 (depending on the specific area, population, and military and national defense requirements...).
New regulations on military recruitment.
Circular 65 of the Ministry of National Defence also amends and supplements several articles of Circular No. 241/2017 on the selection and recruitment of professional soldiers, workers, and defense officials.
This circular amends the criteria for selecting military personnel, requiring them to possess political and moral qualities in accordance with the regulations in Circular No. 05/2019 and Article 10 of Circular No. 263/2013, and to have the capacity and responsibility to fulfill assigned tasks, be ready to fight and sacrifice to protect the Party, the State, the people, the socialist regime, independence, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and national security.
Regarding health, individuals must meet health standards of categories 1, 2, and 3 as stipulated in Circular 105/2023, which regulates health standards and health examinations for individuals under the management of the Ministry of National Defense.
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