Regarding this issue, Lawyer Dinh Thi Chuc - Hanoi Bar Association - said that, based on Article 13 of the Law on Forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots, standards and conditions are stipulated. Join forces to protect security and order at the grassroots.
Vietnamese citizens who wish and meet the following standards and conditions are considered and selected to join the force involved in protecting security and order at the grassroots:
Have a clear background, good moral qualities, and yourself and your family comply well with the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's laws; is not a person who is being prosecuted for criminal liability, is serving a criminal sentence in a commune, ward, town, is subject to judicial measures or is subject to administrative measures.
In case you have completely served the Court's sentence, your criminal record must be erased; Having completely complied with the decision to apply administrative handling measures, the time limit must expire to be considered not subject to administrative handling measures according to the provisions of law;
Have a diploma or have completed a secondary education program or higher. For border areas, islands, mountainous areas, areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, and ethnic minority areas, people who have completed primary school education can be selected.
Thus, after graduating or finishing 9th grade, you can join the force to protect security and order at the grassroots.
However, for border areas, islands, mountainous areas, areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, and ethnic minority areas, people who have completed the educational program can be selected. Primary school, in other words, after finishing 5th grade, you can join the force to protect security and order at the grassroots.
In addition, aspiring citizens must also meet other requirements and standards in Article 13 of the Law on Forces participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level 2023 to join this force.