Ministry of Defense responds to the arrangement of soldiers to work near home

The Ministry of National Defense has just responded to voters' requests for regulations to create conditions for soldiers to work near home in order to stabilize their lives and serve long-term with peace of mind.

Military school students participate in the Admissions and Career Counseling Day program of Tuoi Tre newspaper - Photo: NAM TRAN

Arrange staff according to actual situation

Specifically, the Ministry of National Defense received a petition from voters of Bac Kan province (old province, now merged into Thai Nguyen), stating that currently many children in the province have studied at military schools such as the Political Officer School, Army Officer School... or are working in the army but have not been assigned to work in their hometown.

Voters proposed regulations to create conditions for soldiers to work near home to stabilize their lives and serve long-term with peace of mind.

Responding to this issue, the Ministry of National Defense said that the mobilization of cadres and the arrangement of graduates from academies and officer schools, and their placement in accordance with their residential areas, is a legitimate aspiration of cadres, in order to implement the policy of supporting cadres' families, helping cadres feel secure in their work, in accordance with the policies of the Central Military Commission Standing Committee, the Ministry of National Defense, and the annual guidance of the General Department of Politics.

However, according to the Ministry of National Defense, the military's tasks are of a military nature. The mobilization of cadres, arrangement and assignment of work to graduates must be based on the cadre's training major, staffing needs, the current number of cadres of each unit and task requirements, ensuring that there is no overlapping or surplus cadres; for recruited cadets who are ethnic minorities of military regions, they must be transferred to the military region.

Graduates of the platoon-level officer training program, including the Political Officer School and the Army Officer School, are assigned by the Ministry of National Defense to units under the ministry; the units will arrange and assign officers to suit the actual situation.

Through review and statistical reports of agencies, units and schools in recent years, the number of officers graduating from training annually with permanent residence in Bac Kan province exceeds the staffing needs of units stationed in the area.

Therefore, according to regulations, officers will be transferred to missing units in other provinces of Military Region 1 or units outside the military region.

Excellent graduates will be given priority in consideration when assigned to units.

According to regulations, military school students graduating from university are awarded the rank of second lieutenant; those with good academic and training achievements are considered for military ranks from lieutenant to captain depending on the training subject.

College graduates are awarded the professional military rank of second lieutenant; those with good academic and training achievements are considered for awarding the professional military rank of first lieutenant.

Graduates are assigned to units to take up positions and jobs and receive salaries according to regulations.

Excellent and good graduates are given priority when their wishes are considered when assigned to units.

According to regulations, all students must strictly comply with the assignment of work after graduation. The Ministry of National Defense assigns work based on the training objectives and needs of each unit.

1 in 18 to get into military schools

In 2025, there will be 33,205 qualified applications to enroll in 20 military academies and schools.

Some schools have a high number of applications and high competition ratios, such as the Political Officer School with more than 6,700 applications, 766 quotas, and a competition ratio of about 1/9; the Military Technical Academy with nearly 5,000 applications, 360 quotas, and a competition ratio of about 1/14; the Border Guard Academy has more than 3,500 applications, 250 quotas, and a competition ratio of 1/14.

In particular, the Military Medical Academy has more than 3,200 qualified applications, the enrollment target is 180, the competition ratio is approximately 1/18.

NAM TRAN

Source: https://tuoitre.vn/bo-quoc-phong-tra-loi-viec-bo-tri-quan-nhan-cong-tac-gan-nha-20250708230503181.htm