Accordingly, the draft Circular specifically stipulates the leave regimes, the authority to resolve, register, manage, and suspend the leave regime for officers, professional soldiers in the army, workers, and defense officials. This Circular applies to the above subjects as well as relevant agencies, units, organizations and individuals.
Soldiers, workers and defense officials are entitled to the following leave: Daily leave outside of working hours; Weekly leave; Annual leave; Special leave; Holidays, Tet; Nursing leave; Retirement leave.
In addition to the leave regime prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, soldiers, workers and national defense officials are entitled to sick leave, maternity leave, occupational accidents and diseases according to the provisions of law on social insurance and occupational safety and hygiene.
When implementing the leave regimes prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, soldiers, workers and national defense officials are allowed to leave the camp; receive salaries and allowances (if any) according to current regulations.
The Circular has mentioned the case of suspending leave:
When there is an order of encouragement, during wartime and in a state of national defense emergency, the Minister of National Defense shall issue an order to suspend the implementation of the leave regime; soldiers, workers and national defense officials who are performing the leave regime prescribed in this Circular must return to their units.
When a unit has an emergency task, in particular, any commander at any level with the authority to resolve the leave regimes prescribed in Clause 1, Article 3 of this Circular shall have the right to call soldiers, workers and defense officials to the unit to perform the task.
Regarding the authority to resolve leave regimes:
The authority to resolve the leave regimes prescribed in Articles 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 is implemented as follows:
Regiment commanders, regimental Political Commissars and equivalent or higher shall resolve for soldiers, workers and defense officials under their authority;
Officers holding positions from Regiment Commander, Political Commissar of the regiment and equivalent or higher are directly decided by the commander and political committee at the higher level.
The authority to handle retirement preparation leave prescribed in Article 10 of this Circular is implemented as follows:
For officers, the Regulations on personnel work in the Vietnam People's Army of the Central Military Commission are followed.
For professional soldiers, workers and defense officials, it is necessary to comply with the regulations of the Minister of National Defense.
