Consolidated Document number 76/VBHN-BQP stipulates the specialized fields suitable for the requirements of the People's Army for female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempted from military service during wartime and the training of second-class reserve soldiers.

DECREE

Regulations on specialized fields and professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army regarding female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempt from call-up during wartime and the training of second reserve soldiers.

Decree No. 14/2016/NĐ-CP dated March 15, 2016 of the Government stipulates specialized fields and professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army regarding female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempt from call-up during wartime and the training of second reserve soldiers, effective from May 1, 2016, amended and supplemented by:

Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP dated August 7, 2025 of the Government amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing local administrative levels at two tiers, effective from August 7, 2025

||| Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the Government dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the National Defense Law dated June 14, 2005;

Pursuant to the Military Service Law dated June 19, 2015;

Pursuant to the Directive on the Reserve Force dated August 27, 1996;

At the proposal of the Minister of National Defense,

The Government promulgates this Decree stipulating specialized fields and professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army regarding female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempt from call-up during wartime and the training of second reserve soldiers.[1].

Chapter I. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Decree stipulates specialized fields and professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army regarding female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempt from call-up during wartime; the training of second reserve soldiers, the system, policies, and funding to ensure for second reserve soldiers.

Article 2. Applicability

This Decree applies to agencies, organizations, and individuals related to specialized fields and professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army regarding female citizens of conscription age; citizens exempt from call-up during wartime; the training of second reserve soldiers.

Chapter II. SPECIALIZED FIELDS AND PROFESSIONS FOR FEMALE CITIZENS OF CONSCRIPTION AGE SUITABLE FOR THE REQUIREMENTS OF THE PEOPLE'S ARMY AND THE ARRANGEMENT, MANAGEMENT OF FEMALE CITIZENS IN THE RESERVE TIER

Article 3. Specialized fields and professions of female citizens suitable for the requirements of the People's Army

1. Master's and Doctoral level

a) Foreign languages and cultures: English language; Russian language; French language; Chinese language; Japanese language;

b) Journalism and Mass Communication: Journalism; Mass Communication;

c) Archival Science and Museum Studies: Archival Science; Museum Studies;

d) Finance;

đ) Accounting;

e) Law: Civil Law and Civil Procedure; Criminal Law and Criminal Procedure; Economic Law; International Law;

g) Computer Science and Information Technology: Computer Science; Software Engineering; Information Systems; Information Technology;

h) Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering: Electrical Engineering; Electronic Engineering; Radar and Navigation Engineering; Telecommunications Engineering; Cryptography Engineering;

i) Medicine and Pharmacy: Microbiology; Medical Parasitology; Epidemiology; Pharmacology and Toxicology; Anesthesiology and Intensive Care; Emergency and Critical Care; Surgery; Obstetrics and Gynecology; Internal Medicine; Neurology and Psychiatry; Oncology; Tuberculosis; Hematology and Blood Transfusion; Dermatology; Tropical Diseases and Infectious Diseases; Otorhinolaryngology; Ophthalmology; Preventive Medicine; Rehabilitation; Diagnostic Imaging; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Nutrition; Nuclear Medicine; Medical Imaging Technology; Physical Therapy; Pharmaceutical Technology and Drug Formulation; Clinical Pharmacology; Traditional Chinese Pharmacy; Medicines Testing and Poison Analysis; Nursing; Dentistry.

2. College and University level

a) Teacher Education: Mathematics, Computer Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, Literature, History, Geography, Languages of Ethnic Minorities, Foreign Languages;

b) Performing Arts: Music Composition; Vocal Performance; Theater Scriptwriting; Stage Actor; Theater Director; Film and Television Scriptwriting; Film and Theater Actor; Film and Television Director; Cinematography; Dance Performer; Choreography; Dance Training;

c) Audiovisual Arts: Photography; Film and Television Technology; Sound and Lighting Design;

d) Foreign Languages and Cultures: English Language; French Language; Russian Language; German Language; Chinese Language; Japanese Language; Korean Language and Southeast Asian Languages;

đ) Archival Science, Museum Studies: Archival Science, Museum Studies;

e) Finance;

g) Accounting;

h) Law: Economic Law; International Law;

i) Computer Science and Information Technology: Computer Science; Network and Communication Technology; Software Engineering; Information Systems; Information Technology; Applied Computing;

k) Engineering Technology: Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering Technology; Chemical, Materials, Metallurgical, and Environmental Engineering Technology;

l) Engineering: Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering; Chemical, Materials, Metallurgical, and Environmental Engineering;

m) Medicine and Pharmacy: General Medicine; Preventive Medicine; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Public Health; Medical Imaging Technology; Laboratory Medicine; Pharmacy; Pharmaceutical Chemistry; Nursing; Midwifery; Rehabilitation; Dentistry; Dental Prosthetics.

3. Associate Degree level

a) Computer Science and Information Technology: Network and Communication Technology; Hardware Engineering Technology; Software Engineering Technology; Computer Assembly and Repair Technology; System Administration; Network Administration; Programming/Systems Analysis; Web Design and Management; Office Information Systems; Applied Computing;

b) Engineering Technology: Electrical, Electronic, and Telecommunications Engineering Technology; Chemical, Materials, Metallurgical, and Environmental Engineering Technology;

c) Medicine and Pharmacy: Midwifery; Nursing; Traditional Chinese Medicine; Dentistry; Pharmacy;

d) Finance and Accounting: Finance; Administrative and Social Welfare Accounting; Labor and Salary Accounting and Social Welfare;

đ) Archival Science, Museum Studies: Archival Science and Information Management;

e) Performing Arts: Music Composition; Vocal Performance; Theater Scriptwriting; Stage Actor; Theater Director; Film and Television Scriptwriting; Film and Theater Actor; Film and Television Director; Cinematography; Dance Performer; Choreography; Dance Training;

g) Audiovisual Arts: Photography; Film and Television Technology; Sound and Lighting Design;

h) Aviation: Air traffic control; groups of technical professions in electricity, electronics, and telecommunications.

Article 4. Arrangement and management of female citizens with specialized professions registered to serve in reserve ranks

1. The Prime Minister decides on the allocation of targets for the construction and mobilization of reserve forces, and the Minister of National Defense decides on the allocation of targets regarding the scale, organizational form, number of reserve units and based on the list of female citizens with specialized professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army who have registered to serve in reserve ranks (hereinafter referred to collectively as female reserve soldiers) to be arranged into reserve mobilization units.

2. Principles of arrangement

a) Arrange female reserve soldiers with suitable specialized professions for the positions in the establishment, if there is a shortage, arrange female reserve soldiers with corresponding specialized professions;

b) Arrange female reserve soldiers residing near each other or working at the same place into one unit;

c) Arrange female reserve soldiers group A into combat support units directly subordinate to military branches, arms, local military units;

d) [2] Arrange female reserve soldiers group A and group B into the following units:

Rear services and technical units directly under the Ministry of National Defense, military regions, corps, military branches, arms, and battalions; the Capital Command of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; specialized reserve units established by ministries, agencies equivalent to ministries, government agencies, and provincial and centrally governed city people's committees; agencies directly under the Ministry of National Defense, Military Region Command, Corps Command, Military Branch Command, Arm Command, and Battalion Command; agencies directly under the Capital Command of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City, Provincial and Centrally Governed City Military Commands, and Regional Defense Headquarters.

3.[3] The Regional Defense Command guides the Military Command of the commune-level administrative bodies, organizations where female reserve soldiers have registered to serve in reserve ranks to coordinate with receiving units to organize the arrangement and management of female reserve soldiers already assigned to reserve mobilization units.

Chapter III. EXEMPTION FROM CONSCRIPTION DURING WAR

Article 5. Citizens working in political organizations, political-social organizations, and political-social-professional organizations

1. Citizens working in the Communist Party of Vietnam organization

a)[4] Secretary, Deputy Secretary in charge of the Provincial Committee, Municipal Committee; Secretary, Deputy Secretary in charge of the Commune-level Party Committee;

b) [5] Director, Deputy Director, Department Head of the Central Party Organization Building Department; Directors of the Provincial Party Organization Building Departments; Directors of the Commune-level Party Organization Building Departments;

c) Secretary of the Party Committee of the Central Government Agencies; Secretary of the Party Committee of central organizations; Secretary of the Central Party Committee of State-Owned Enterprises; Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee of Mass Organizations and State-Owned Enterprises;

d) Commander-in-Chief of the Military Command of the Central Party Agency.

2. Citizens working in political-social organizations

a) [6] Chairman, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Heads and equivalent positions within the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front; Chairmen, Vice Chairmen of the Provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees; Chairmen of the Commune-level Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees;

b) [7] Secretary of the Central Youth Union, Heads and equivalent positions within the Central Youth Union of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth; Secretaries, Deputy Secretaries of the Provincial Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Unions; Secretaries of the Commune-level Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Unions;

c) Chairman, Vice Chairman in charge of the General Confederation of Labor of Vietnam, Heads and equivalent positions within the General Confederation of Labor of Vietnam; Chairmen of the Provincial Confederations of Labor;

d) For associations recognized by authorized Party agencies as political-social organizations or political-social-professional organizations, allocated personnel quotas, financial support, and guaranteed organizational and operational conditions by the Government, including: Chairmen, Vice Chairmen in charge, General Secretaries, and equivalent positions of the Central Association; Chairmen and equivalent positions of provincial associations.

Article 6. Citizens working in state agencies

1. Ministers, Deputy Ministers, and equivalent positions within Ministries and sectors; General Directors, Deputy General Directors, Directors, Department Heads, and equivalent positions within Ministries and sectors.

2. Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons of committees of the National Assembly.

3.[8] Chief Justices, Deputy Chief Justices of the Supreme People's Court; Chief Justices of provincial People's Courts; Chief Justices of regional People's Courts.

4.[9] Procurators General, Deputy Procurators General of the Supreme People's Procuracy; Procurators of provincial People's Procuracies; Procurators of regional People's Procuracies.

5. Department Heads and equivalent positions within the Supreme People's Court and the Supreme People's Procuracy.

6.[10] Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons: Provincial People's Councils, Commune-level People's Councils; Provincial People's Committees, Commune-level People's Committees.

7.[11] Heads of agencies under and directly subordinate to Provincial People's Committees and People's Councils at the provincial and commune levels.

8. Commanders of Military Command Boards of central agencies and organizations.

9. Commanders of Military Command Boards, Chiefs of Public Security at commune level in border communes, island communes, remote areas, and ethnic minority regions identified as particularly difficult according to the Prime Minister's Decision.

Article 7. Citizens working in public service units and state-owned enterprises

1. Citizens working in public service units and state-owned enterprises in border communes, island communes, remote areas, and ethnic minority regions identified as particularly difficult according to the Prime Minister's Decision.

a) Those working in the following fields: Education, Health, Postal Services, Telecommunications, Natural Resources and Environment, Agriculture, Forestry, Fisheries, Electricity, Coal, Oil, Gas, Petroleum Products, Chemicals;

b) Those engaged in road construction, building projects, technical management of rubber planting, harvesting and processing, coffee planting, industrial crops, forest product extraction and processing, fisheries.

2. Citizens working in public service units and state-owned enterprises in other areas.

a) Education Sector:

Directors, Deputy Directors, Principals, Deputy Principals: Academies, universities, colleges, secondary vocational training centers, integrated vocational and general education centers and equivalents; Principals of high schools, middle schools, primary schools, kindergartens;

Heads of departments in higher education institutions;

Individuals with professor and associate professor titles, doctoral degrees, distinguished teacher titles, people's teachers, senior lecturers, provincial-level or higher excellent teachers in educational institutions;

Fifty percent of lecturers and teachers in educational institutions.

b) [12] Health Sector:

Directors, Deputy Directors, Heads of Departments in central and provincial hospitals and equivalent positions; Directors of regional general hospitals and equivalent positions;

Individuals with the title of people's medical doctor;

Eighty percent of personnel in central hospitals; seventy percent of personnel in provincial hospitals; sixty percent of personnel in regional general hospitals and equivalents not included in the plan for supplementing regular forces of the Army when mobilization orders are issued.

c) Foreign Affairs Sector:

Heads of representative offices of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam abroad;

Heads of government-level and ministry-level negotiation delegations; Heads of anti-dumping investigation delegations currently participating in negotiations or investigations.

d) Natural Resources and Environment Sector:

General Directors, Deputy General Directors, and equivalent positions within the National Hydro-Meteorological Center; Directors and equivalent positions of Centers, Unions, Stations under the National Hydro-Meteorological Center; Station Chiefs of meteorological, hydrological, marine, environmental, radar, satellite positioning stations;

Union Chiefs, Deputy Union Chiefs, Team Chiefs of geological, planning, and natural resource survey teams; Directors and equivalent positions of National Planning and Natural Resource Survey Unions; Directors and equivalent positions of Unions under the National Planning and Natural Resource Survey Center.

đ) Transport Sector:

Directors of international seaports; Directors of airports;

Pilots, Co-pilots, Flight Attendant Chiefs of Vietnam National Airlines aircraft not included in the plan for supplementing regular forces of the Army when mobilization orders are issued; heads of technical departments in airports; heads of Aircraft Engineering Company and subsidiaries under Vietnam Airports Authority Corporation; Directors, Deputy Directors of Air Traffic Control Operation Centers;

Heads of national railway transport management agencies, urban rail transport management agencies;

Persons responsible for defense product production and repair chains;

Captains, Chief Engineers, Chief Electricians of vessels: Transportation, cruise ships, tugboats, pilot boats, rescue ships with power of 1960 HP or more, not included in the plan for supplementing regular forces of the Army when mobilization orders are issued;

Chief Drivers, Chief Engineers of ferries at ferry terminals not included in the plan for supplementing regular forces of the Army when mobilization orders are issued;

Fifty percent of personnel at international seaports, airports;

Chief Drivers of operating freight trains, train dispatchers, train duty officers, station masters of the Vietnam Railway sector;

Lighthouse keepers, pilots.

e) Postal Services and Telecommunications Sectors:

Directors of provincial telecommunications centers; Directors of provincial information control centers;

Personnel ensuring communication during wartime;

Personnel working in defense product production and repair chains.

g) Construction Sector:

Chief Engineers, Supervisory Consultants of national key projects as stipulated by competent authorities;

Personnel engaged in road construction, building national key projects as stipulated by competent authorities during wartime.

h) Culture, Information, and Communications Sector:

Directors of Ministry-level and national museums;

Chiefs of Central Cultural Art Teams and equivalent positions;

Chief Directors of national cultural art programs and works;

Individuals with the title of people's artist.

The Director of the National Sports Center and equivalent positions;

International arbitrators in sports disciplines;

Head coaches and athletes of national teams during the preparation and participation in international competitions;

i) Industries: Electricity, Coal, Oil, Natural Gas, Petroleum Products, Chemicals:

Persons working on production and repair lines for defense products during wartime;

Persons responsible for operating and repairing boilers and machines at power plants; persons responsible for operating and repairing high-voltage transmission lines and substations belonging to electricity distribution and transmission facilities;

Fifty percent of chemical engineers in enterprises;

k) Persons working in scientific research fields:

Directors and equivalent positions of: Research Science Centers, laboratories, stations, camps, observation posts, testing stations under the Government and Ministries;

Principal investigators of ministry-level, sectoral, national, and international research projects;

Persons with doctoral degrees conducting ministry-level, sectoral, national, and international research topics;

Persons with master's degrees or senior researchers conducting national and international scientific projects;

Persons with professor or associate professor titles having research projects;

l) Persons directly involved in engraving, printing, minting currency;

m) Persons working in the cryptographic field;

n) Mechanical and Power Industry: Persons working on production and repair lines for defense products;

o) Chairman of the Board of Members or Chairman of the Board of Management, General Director or Chief Executive Officer, Chief Accountant of enterprises with 350 employees or more, or enterprises with 150 to less than 350 employees but significantly impacting regional or national economic activities; Chairman of the Board of Members or Chairman of the Board of Management, Chief Executive Officer or General Director, Deputy General Director of enterprises with 700 employees or more; Deputy General Director, Chief Inspector, Department Heads and equivalent positions of enterprises with 1,400 employees or more;

Persons with vocational skill level 5 or equivalent in enterprises with 350 employees or more;

Article 8. Other Citizens Exempted from Military Service

1. Students who have won third place or higher in national student excellence exams; students and university students who have won medals or honors in international exams, world skills competitions, ASEAN, or third place or higher in national skills competitions are exempted from military service until graduation from secondary vocational school, college, or university;

2. One child of烈士或一级残疾军人；因遭受橙剂影响需抚养的人员的一个子女。

Article 9. Confirmation of the number of citizens working in agencies and organizations and serving in the People's Army for citizens exempted from military service

1. Annually, the heads of enterprises specified in point o clause 2 Article 7 of this Decree report the number of citizens working in their enterprises to the Command of the Capital City of Hanoi, the Command of Ho Chi Minh City, the Military Command of provinces and centrally governed cities (hereinafter referred to collectively as the Provincial Military Command) where the enterprise's main office is located; the Provincial Military Command takes the lead and coordinates with relevant agencies to review, and the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee confirms;

2.[13] The Defense Command of the defensive area confirms the percentage of citizens exempted from military service among agencies and organizations whose main offices are within the defensive area;

3. Citizens exempted from military service who voluntarily apply to serve in the People's Army and obtain the consent of the head of the agency or organization managing and using such citizens may be called up for military service.

Article 10. Registration for Exemption from Military Service during War Time

Registration for exemption from military service during war time shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Article 9 of Decree No. 13/2016/NĐ-CP dated February 19, 2016 of the Government on the procedures and formalities for registration and the system of policies for citizens during the registration period, medical examination, and health check-up for military service obligations.

Chapter IV. RESERVE SOLDIER TRAINING LEVEL TWO

Article 11. Subjects Called for Concentrated Training as Reserve Soldiers Level Two

The subjects called for concentrated training as reserve soldiers level two shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of Clause 3, Article 24 of the Law on Military Service Obligations.

Article 12. Requirements for Training Reserve Soldiers Level Two

Training of reserve soldiers level two must be conducted accurately according to the target group, sufficient in quantity and duration, and in accordance with the prescribed content and program for each target group; it must be suitable for the requirements and tasks of building the reserve mobilization force and readiness for combat of the People's Army.

Article 13. Allocation of Training Targets for Reserve Soldiers Level Two

1. Annually, the Prime Minister decides to allocate targets to provincial People's Committees and relevant ministries and sectors for selecting reserve soldiers level two to be trained by military units.

2.[14] Based on the Decision of the Prime Minister, the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee allocates targets for selection to the People's Committee at the commune level and the Defense Command of the region decides to call reserve soldiers level two for concentrated training; heads of ministries and sectors allocate targets for selection of reserve soldiers level two for concentrated training to subordinate units.

3.[15] Based on the Decision of the Chairman of the provincial People's Committee or the head of the agency or unit under ministries and sectors having reserve soldiers level two registered for military service in the commune area, the Commander of the Defense Command of the region calls individual reserve soldiers level two for concentrated training and hands them over to military units assigned the training task.

Article 14. Criteria for Selection and Calling for Concentrated Training of Reserve Soldiers Level Two to Become Reserve Soldiers Level One

1. Male reserve soldiers level two up to 35 years old; female reserve soldiers level two up to 30 years old.

2. Political qualities, health, and education standards shall be implemented in accordance with the criteria for annual conscription selection and calling of citizens as stipulated by the Ministry of National Defense.

Article 15. Duration, Content of Training and Transfer to Reserve Soldier Level One Status for Reserve Soldiers Level Two

1. Duration of training: six months.

2. Training content includes: political education, legal education, military training, logistics, and technical training.

3. The Minister of National Defense shall specify the content and program of training; the number of training sessions, and the duration of each session, but not more than two concentrated training sessions per year.

4.[16] Reserve soldiers level two who complete the prescribed duration and content as stipulated in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article shall be considered for transfer to reserve soldier level one status. The Commander of the Defense Command of the region shall issue a decision and issue a certificate of reserve soldier status.

Article 16.[17] (Repealed)

Article 17. Tasks Funded for Training Reserve Soldiers Level Two

1. The State budget allocates funds to the Ministry of National Defense for the following tasks:

a) Payment of allowances to reserve soldiers level two during concentrated training periods when they are not entitled to salary from the State budget;

b) Ensuring food, accommodation, uniforms, medical care, and living supplies for reserve soldiers level two during concentrated training;

c) Funding organizational work for training;

d) Funding other related training activities for reserve soldiers level two.

2. The State budget allocates funds to ministries and sectors for the following tasks:

a) Organizing the selection and calling of reserve soldiers level two for concentrated training;

b) Training specialized reserve units within the targets allocated by the Prime Minister to ministries and sectors.

3. Local budgets fund the following tasks:

a) Organizing the selection and calling of reserve soldiers level two for concentrated training;

b) Paying family allowances to reserve soldiers level two during concentrated training periods;

c) Funding the training of reserve soldiers level two within the targets allocated by the Prime Minister to localities for training using local budget sources, including: funding organizational work for training; payment of allowances to reserve soldiers who are not entitled to salary from the State budget; ensuring food, accommodation, uniforms, medical care, and living supplies for reserve soldiers; funding other related training activities for reserve soldiers level two.

4. The contents of funding specified in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article shall be implemented in accordance with current legal norms.

Article 18. Sources of budget guarantee

The State budget ensures funding for the training of second-class reserve soldiers and such funding is allocated in the annual state budget estimates of ministries, sectors, and localities according to the current state budget classification. The preparation, management, and settlement of funds shall be carried out in accordance with the State Budget Law and guiding documents.

Chapter V. RESPONSIBILITIES OF AGENCIES, ORGANIZATIONS, AND INDIVIDUALS IN THE IMPLEMENTATION OF INSPECTION CONCLUSIONS

Article 19. Responsibilities of the Ministry of National Defense

1. To take the lead and coordinate with ministries, sectors, and provincial people's committees in organizing registration and management: female citizens of military service age who have specialized professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army; citizens exempted from conscription.

2. To stipulate the content, program, and duration of training for second-class reserve soldiers converted to first-class reserve soldiers.

3. To annually develop training targets and plans for second-class reserve soldiers and submit them to the Prime Minister for decision.

4. Based on the Prime Minister's decision, the Minister of National Defense decides to allocate training targets to military units.

5. To direct, guide, urge, and inspect the selection and call-up of second-class reserve soldiers for concentrated training nationwide.

Article 20. Ministries, Sectors, and Provincial People's Committees

1. The Ministry of Finance is responsible for coordinating with the Ministry of National Defense in the work of preparing and implementing state budget estimates in accordance with the State Budget Law to ensure the implementation of the system and policies prescribed in this Decree.

2. Ministries, sectors, and provincial people's committees coordinate with the Ministry of National Defense in organizing registration and management: female citizens of military service age who have specialized professions suitable for the requirements of the People's Army; citizens exempted from conscription.

3. Ministries, sectors, and provincial people's committees assigned training targets for specialized reserve units with second-class reserve soldiers by the Prime Minister: to take the lead and coordinate with military units assigned targets to receive specialized reserve units of ministries, sectors, and provincial people's committees to organize training.

Chapter VI. IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS[18]

Article 21. Effective Date

This Decree takes effect from May 1, 2016.

Decree No. 42/2011/NĐ-CP dated June 13, 2011, of the Government regarding citizens exempted from conscription during wartime; Decree No. 150/2007/NĐ-CP dated October 9, 2007, of the Government on the training of second-class reserve soldiers; Decision No. 203/2006/QĐ-TTg dated August 31, 2006, of the Prime Minister regarding the specialized professions of female citizens needed by the Military, shall cease to be effective upon the entry into force of this Decree.

Article 22. Responsibility for enforcement

Ministers, heads of ministerial-level agencies, heads of government agencies, chairpersons of provincial and municipal people's committees directly under the central government; relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Decree./.

[1] Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, based on the following grounds:

Pursuant to Decree No. 78/2025/NĐ-CP dated April 1, 2025 of the Government detailing some articles and measures to organize and guide the implementation of the Law on Issuing Regulatory Legal Documents;

Pursuant to the Law on Local Administration Organization No. 72/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the National Defense Law No. 22/2018/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces No. 48/2019/QH14;

Pursuant to the Law on National Defense and Security Education No. 30/2013/QH13;

Pursuant to the Law on Military Service No. 78/2015/QH13;

Pursuant to the Law on Reserve Mobilization Forces No. 53/2019/QH14;

Pursuant to the Law on Professional Soldiers, Civil Servants, and National Defense Officials No. 98/2015/QH13;

Pursuant to the Law on Vietnam Coast Guard No. 33/2018/QH14;

Pursuant to the Law Amending and Supplementing Certain Articles of Eleven Laws in the Field of National Defense No. 98/2025/QH15;

"Based on the proposal of the Minister of National Defense;"

The Government promulgates the Decree amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration."

[2] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[3] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 1, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[4] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[5] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point a, Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[6] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point b, Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[7] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point b, Clause 2, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[8] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point a, Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[9] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point a, Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[10] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point b, Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[11] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Point b, Clause 3, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[12] This point has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 4, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[13] This clause has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 5, Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain articles of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-tier local administration, which takes effect from August 7, 2025.

[14] This provision has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 6 of Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain provisions of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-level local administrative authorities, which shall take effect from August 7, 2025.

[15] This provision has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 6 of Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain provisions of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-level local administrative authorities, which shall take effect from August 7, 2025.

[16] This provision has been amended and supplemented pursuant to Clause 7 of Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain provisions of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-level local administrative authorities, which shall take effect from August 7, 2025.

[17] This provision has been abolished pursuant to Clause 8 of Article 8 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain provisions of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-level local administrative authorities, which shall take effect from August 7, 2025.

[18] Articles 10 and 11 of Decree No. 220/2025/NĐ-CP amending and supplementing certain provisions of several Decrees in the field of national defense and military when organizing two-level local administrative authorities, which shall take effect from August 7, 2025, provide as follows:

"Article 10. Effective Date

This Decree shall take effect from August 7, 2025.

Article 11. Responsibility for Implementation

Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government-attached agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees under central cities, relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals are responsible for implementing this Decree./.”