| THE STANDING COMMITTEE OF NATIONAL ASSEMBLY -------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness -------------- |
| No. 19/2004/PL-UBTVQH11 | Hanoi, April 29, 2004 |
ORDINANCE
ON MILITIARY AND SELF-DEFENSE FORCE
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10 of December 25, 2001 of the Xth National Assembly, the 10th session;
Pursuant to Resolution No. 12/2002/QH11 of December 16, 2002 of the XIth National Assembly, the 2nd session, on the law- and ordinance-making programs for the XIth Legislature (2002-2007) and 2003,
This Ordinance provides for the militia and self-defense force.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1.-
1. The militia and self-defense force is a mass armed force not divorced from production and work, constituting a part of the People's Armed Forces of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, placed under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the management and administration of the Government and the People's Committees of all levels, the uniform direction and command of the Minister of Defense as well as the direction and direct command of local military offices.
This force, if being organized in communes, wards and district townships, is called militia force; if being organized in State agencies, non-business units, economic organizations, political organizations and socio-political organizations (hereinafter referred collectively to as agencies and organizations) is called self-defense force.
2. The militia and self-defense force is composed of the core militia and self-defense force and mass militia and self-defense force.
3. The March 28 every year is taken as the traditional day of the militia and self-defense force.
