THE PRESIDENT
Order No. 04/2013/L-CTN of June 28, 2013, on the promulgation of law
THE PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM
Pursuant to Articles 103 and 106 of 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 10thsession;
Pursuant to Article 91 of the Law on Organization of the National Assembly;
Pursuant to Article 57 of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents,
PROMULGATES:
the Law on National Defense and Security Education,
which was passed on June 19, 2013, by the XIIIth National Assembly of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam at its 5th session.
President of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam
TRUONG TAN SANG
Law on National Defense and Security Education
(No. 30/2013/QH13)
Pursuant to the 1992 Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, which was amended and supplemented under Resolution No. 51/2001/QH10;
The National Assembly promulgates the Law on National Defense and Security Education.
Chapter I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Law provides principles, policies, basic contents and forms of national defense and security education; tasks and powers of agencies and organizations and rights and responsibilities of citizens regarding national defense and security education.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Vietnamese agencies, organizations and citizens.
2. Foreign organizations operating and individuals residing in the Vietnamese territory shall comply with this Law and laws concerning national defense and security education.
Article 3. Interpretation of terms
In this Law, the terms below are construed as follows:
1. National defense and security knowledge includes a system of viewpoints of the Communist Party of Vietnam and policies and laws of the State on national defense and security; the tradition of founding and defending the country and military skills.
2. Military skills means the capability to practice necessary basic contents of military techniques and tactics.
Article 4. Goals of national defense and security education
To educate citizens about national defense and security knowledge to promote patriotism, the tradition of founding and defending the country, national pride and superiority, and to raise the sense of, responsibility for and self-awareness about the performance of national defense and security tasks to protect the socialist fatherland of Vietnam.
Article 5. Principles of national defense and security education
1. To comply with the Constitution and law of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam, to be placed under the leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam and the uniform management of the State.
2. National defense and security education is the responsibility of the political system and all people, in which the State plays the key role.
3. To combine national defense and security education and political and ideological education and law dissemination and education in association with building up comprehensively strong grassroots bases.
4. To conduct comprehensive education with focal and key points in appropriate forms; to combine theory with reality and theory with practice.
5. Programs and contents on national defense and security education must suit each target group and promptly respond to practical situations.
6. To assure state secrets, planning, inheritance, development, scientificity, modernity, understandability, practicality and effectiveness.
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