On January 28, according to the Government Electronic Information Portal, the above content was assigned by the Government to the Ministry of National Defense to propose specific amendments in 2026.
In the appendix to the list of legal documents to be amended and supplemented related to Resolution No. 66.12/2026/NQ-CP dated January 26, 2026 on the organization and operation of the Military Command of communes, wards, and special zones under the Provincial Military Command, centrally-run cities, Hanoi Capital Command, and Ho Chi Minh City Command, the Government assigned the Ministry of National Defense in 2026 to propose the content of amending a number of regulations related to the Military Command of communes and village heads in the Law on Self-Defense Militia No. 48/2019/QH14 as follows:
Amending regulations on the position of commander of the Self-Defense Militia:
Amending the regulations on the position of commander of the Self-Defense Militia in Clause 1, Article 19 of the Self-Defense Militia Law No. 48/2019/QH14 amended and supplemented by Law No. 98/2025/QH15:
1. Command positions of the commune-level Military Command, Military Command of agencies and organizations include:
a) Commander, Political Commissar;
b) Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Commissar.".
Amending the regulations on the Military Command of communes and village heads in Clause 1, Article 20:
1. The commune-level Military Command is the standing agency for national defense work at the commune level. The composition of the commune-level Military Command includes:
a) Commanders who are civil servants, members of the People's Committee at the commune level, reserve officers; in emergency situations of national defense, war situations, they are called to serve in active duty according to the provisions of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army and continue to hold the position of Commander of the Military Command at the commune level;
b) Political commissar is held by the Secretary of the commune-level Party Committee;
c) Deputy Political Commissar undertaken by the Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union at the commune level;
d) Deputy Commander and Assistant are civil servants".
