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O-04 MILITARY EXPLOIT ORDER
  Huân Chương Quân Công

The 15 May 1947 decree established the award :

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The 26 November 2003 revised regulations specified the award criteria as :

  Article 39.-
  1. The first-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded outstanding and brave exploits in combat, combat service, training, force building, consolidation of the all-people defense and people's security, or have sacrificed their lives heroically, setting bright examples in the whole country.
  2. The first-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred on collectives which satisfy the following criteria:
    a/ Having recorded outstanding achievements for five or more consecutive years before the time of nomination; having maintained internal unity, with clean and strong Party and mass organizations;
    b/ Having a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 30 years or more; if having been conferred the second-class "Military Exploit Order," they must have a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 25 years or more.

  Article 40.-
  1. The second-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded outstanding exploits in combat, combat service, training, force building, consolidation of the all-people defense and people's security, or have sacrificed their lives heroically, setting bright examples in the people's armed forces.
  2. The second-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred on collectives which satisfy the following criteria:
    a/ Having recorded outstanding achievements for five or more consecutive years before the time of nomination; having maintained internal unity, with clean and strong Party and mass organizations;
    b/ Having a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 25 years or more; if having been conferred the third-class "Military Exploit Order," they must have a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 20 years or more.

  Article 41.-
  1. The third-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred or posthumously conferred on individuals who have recorded outstanding exploits in combat, combat service, training, force building, consolidation of the all-people defense and people's security, or have sacrificed their lives heroically, setting bright examples in the military zones, army corps, military services or arms, general departments and the equivalent.
  2. The third-class "Military Exploit Order" shall be conferred on collectives which satisfy the following criteria:
    a/ Having recorded outstanding achievements for five or more consecutive years before the time of nomination; having maintained internal unity, with clean and strong Party and mass organizations;
    b/ Having a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 20 years or more; if having been conferred the first-class "Fatherland Defense Order" or first-class "Feat Order," they must have a process of combat, combat service, training, building and growth of 15 years or more.

The 30 September 2005 implementation guidelines provide more detail on award criteria :

  Article 25. First-class Military Exploit Order
  1. First-class Military Exploit Order to give or give away gifts to cadres, officers and soldiers working in the People's Army, People's Police, militia and self-defense, well abiding by guidelines, policies and laws laws of the Party and the State, do not violate major defects, achieving one of the following criteria:
    a) Was awarded the Second-class Military Exploit Order by the State, then established excellent achievements, bravery in fighting, serving fighting (or heroic sacrifice), achievement is a shining example in nationwide;
    b) Has been awarded the Second-class Military Exploit Order by the State for 5 years or more, during that time there were many achievements in training, building forces, strengthening national defense and people's security; was recognized as a national emulation soldier or was awarded a certificate of merit from the Prime Minister;
    c) Officers, people 's military and public security officers have served for 35 years or more, successfully completed their tasks in their assigned positions, having previously held one of the positions : Minister, Vice Minister, Chief of General Staff, Chairman of the General Department of Politics or equivalent positions.
  2. First-class Military Exploit Order to give to the team meets the following criteria:
    a) Was awarded Second-class Military Exploit Order;
    b) Having a combat process, fighting, training, building and maturing for 25 years or more (in cases where the second-class Military Medal has not yet been awarded, there must be a process of fighting and serving combat, construction and mature training for 30 years or more);
    c) Having achieved excellent achievements for 5 consecutive years or more before the time of proposal, during that time, it was awarded twice by the Government Emulation Flag or continuously awarded the Emulation Flag of the Ministry, branch or locality 5 times. unity, internal solidarity, organization of the Party, unity and strong organizations.
  Article 26. Second-class Military Exploit Order
  1. Second-class Military Exploit Order to give or give away to cadres, officers and soldiers in the People's Army, the People's Police, the militia and self-defense, to successfully complete the task in the position of work. assign and well abide by the Party's and State's undertakings, policies and laws, failing to commit great shortcomings and achieve one of the following criteria:
    a) The State has been awarded the Third-class Military Exploit Order, then established excellent achievements, bravery in fighting, serving combat (or heroic sacrifice), achievement is a shining example in all troops;
    b) The State has been awarded the Third-class Military Exploit Order from 5 years or more, during that time there were many achievements in training, building forces, strengthening national defense and people's security; has been awarded by the State one of the rewarding forms: Certificate of Merit from the Prime Minister or twice the emulation soldiers at ministerial and branch levels;
    c) Having served for 35 years or more, successfully completed the tasks, once undertook one of the positions: Military Zone Commander, Military Command, Commander of the Border Guard, Deputy Chairman The General Department of Politics, Deputy Chief of the General Staff, General Director of the General Department: Security, Police, Force Building, Intelligence or positions equivalent to 5 years or more.
  2. Second-class Military Exploit Order to give to the collective who meets the following criteria:
    a) Was awarded the Third-class Military Exploit Order;
    b) Having a process of fighting, serving combat, training, building and maturing for 20 years or more (in cases where they have not yet been awarded the Third-Rank Military Exploit Order, there must be the process of fighting and serving combat. , training, construction and maturity of 25 years or more);
    c) Having achieved outstanding achievements for 5 consecutive years or more prior to the time of proposal, during that time, it was awarded the Emulation Flag of the Government twice or the Prime Minister's Merit, united in unity, organization of a clean and strong Party and mass organization.
  Article 27. Third-class Military Exploit Order
  1. Third-class Military Exploit Order to donate or give away to cadres, officers and soldiers in the People's Army, the People's Police, the militia and self-defense, successfully complete the assigned tasks, well abide guidelines, policies and laws of the Party and the State, do not violate major shortcomings, achieve one of the following criteria:
    a) Making excellent achievements, bravery in fighting, serving fighting (or heroic sacrifices), achievements are a shining example in all military regions, armies, corps, General Department or more, was awarded the First-class Victory Order or First-class Fatherland Defense Order;
    b) Has been awarded the First-class Victory Order by the State or the First-Class Fatherland Defense Order before the proposed time of 5 years or more, during that time there were many achievements in training and building forces. , strengthening national defense and people's security; has been awarded one of the forms of reward: 2 times of the Certificate of Merit of the Ministry, the industry or one time was awarded the title of emulation soldiers at ministerial level, branch, province and city directly under the Central Government;
    c) Having served for 35 years or more for the army and the police, successfully completed the task, did not violate major shortcomings, had ever held one of the positions: Deputy Commander of the Military Zone, Deputy Commander of the Army, Deputy Commander of the Border Guard, Commander of the Corps, Commander of the Army, Deputy General Director of the Department: Security, Police, Building forces or equivalent positions.
  2. Third-class Military Exploit Order to give to collectives meeting the following criteria:
    a) Was awarded the First-Class Fatherland Defense Order or First-class First-class Combatant Order;
    b) Having a process of fighting, serving combat, training, building and maturing for 15 years or more (in case it has not been awarded the First-Class Fatherland Defense Order or First-class Victory Order, must having a combat process, fighting, training, construction and maturity of 20 years or more);
    c) Having achieved excellent achievements 5 years prior to the time of proposal, during that time was awarded the Emulation Flag of the Government or 3 times awarded the Emulation Flag of the Ministry, branch, mass organization, province central city; internal unity and unity, organization of Party and unions are clean and strong.

The 19 May 2006 regulations redesigned the order :

  Article 9 . "Military Exploit Order" first, second, and third class
  Stalk Medal of yellow border, with Rayon silk woven red flag, starred by rank Medal, reinforced with gold plated copper alloy Nico 3 microns thick; size 28mm x 14mm.
  A stylized A-shaped medal strip, made of silk Rayon woven in red flags with star rating, with a 3-micron gold Nico gold-plated copper core; size 28mm x 51mm x 41mm x 51mm.
  Body Medal of the star-shaped gold star five wings stylized, the middle has a pentagram floating on a red background. Around the star with the words "Military Exploit Order" "Vietnam" (yellow), the outer diameter of the five star peaks is 50mm, the material of red copper plated with Nico alloy is 3 microns thick.

The 15 April 2010 decree updated the 30 September 2005 implementation guidelines :

  Article 25. "First-class Military Exploit Order"
  1. First-class "Military Exploit Order" for giving or giving gifts to working officers, officers and soldiers in the People's Army, the People's Police, commune police and militia forces defending themselves well , Party policies and laws of the State, without major shortcomings, meet one of the following criteria:
    a) Has been awarded the second rank "Military Exploit Order" by the State, then established excellent achievements, bravery in combat, combat service (or heroic sacrifice), achievement is a mirror light in the nation;
    b) Has been awarded the second-class "Military Exploit Order" by the State for 5 years or more, during which time there were many achievements in training, building forces, strengthening national defense and people's security. ; was recognized as a "National Emulation Soldier" or was awarded "Prime Minister's Merit";
   

c) Officers, officers of the People's Army and the People's Police have served for 35 years or more, successfully completed their tasks in their assigned positions, having served one of the positions : Minister, Vice Minister, Chief of General Staff, Chairman of the General Department of Politics or equivalent positions; or was promoted to the rank of general, general of the people's armed forces, from 5 years or more.

  2. First-class "Military Exploit Order" to give to the collective meets the following criteria:
    a) Has been awarded the second-class "Military Exploit Order" for 5 years or more;
    b) Having a combat process, serving combat, training, construction and maturing for 25 years or more;
    c) Achieving excellent performance for 5 years or more before the proposal time, during that time, it was awarded "Emulation Flag of the Government" or "Merit of the Prime Minister" (or once) was awarded the "Emulation Flag of the Government" and 3 times was awarded the "Emulation Flag of the Ministry, Industry, Province and Central Agencies"), internal solidarity, Party organization and solid and solid organization strong.
  Article 26. Second-class "Military Exploit Order"
  1. Second-class "Military Exploit Order" for giving or giving away to cadres, officers and soldiers in the People's Army, the People's Police, the commune police and the militia and military militia to successfully complete the above tasks the position of the assigned work, well abiding by the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's laws, not violating major shortcomings, achieving one of the following criteria:
    a) The State has been awarded the "Third-class Military Exploit Order" by the State, then has achieved excellent achievements, bravery in combat, service of fighting (or heroic sacrifice), achievement of being a mirror light in the whole army;
   

b) The State has been awarded the "Military Exploit Order" for the third rank from 5 years or more, during which time there are many achievements in training, building forces, strengthening national defense and people's security. ; was awarded by the State one of the forms of commendation: "The Merit of the Prime Minister" or twice "" Emulation soldiers of ministries, branches, provinces and central mass organizations "";

   

c) Having served for 35 years or more, successfully completed the task, once undertook one of the positions: Commander of the Military Region, the General Director of the Ministry of Public Security, or equivalent title ranked. The same position group has the same position allowance coefficient of 5 years or more.

  2. Second-class "Military Exploit Order" to give to collectives meeting the following criteria:
    a) Was awarded "Military Exploit Order" for the third rank from 5 years or more;
    b) Having a combat process, serving combat, training, construction and maturing for 20 years or more;
    c) Achieving excellent performance for 5 years or more before the proposal time, during that time, it was awarded "Emulation Flag of the Government" or "Merit of the Prime Minister" (or once) was awarded the "Emulation Flag of the Government" and twice received "Emulation Flag of the Ministry, branch, province, central mass organization"), internal unity, unity, Party organization and unions in clean and strong.
  Article 27. "Third-class Military Exploit Order"
  1. Third-class "Military Exploit Order" for giving or giving away gifts to cadres, officers and soldiers in the People's Army, the People's Police, the commune police and the militia and military militia who successfully complete their tasks assigning and well observing guidelines and policies of the Party and laws of the State, not violating major shortcomings, achieving one of the following criteria:
    a) Making excellent achievements, bravery in fighting, serving combat (or heroic sacrifice), achievements are a shining example in all Military Regions, Corps, Army, Army, General Department or more, was awarded the first-class "Combatant Order" or first-class "Fatherland Defense Order";
    b) The State has been awarded with the first-class "Combatant Order" or "First-class Fatherland Defense Order" before the proposed time of 5 years or more, during that time there were many achievements in training. training, building forces, consolidating the entire-people defense and the people's security; was awarded one of the following forms of reward: 2 times of "Merit of Ministry, branch, province, central mass organizations" or once awarded "The emulation of ministerial and sectoral soldiers" , provinces and central organizations '';
   

c) Having served for 35 years or more for the People's Army and the Public Security Forces, successfully completed their tasks, did not violate major shortcomings, and once held one of the positions: Army Corps Commander , Deputy Director General of the Ministry of Public Security, or equivalent titles are classified in the same position group with the same position allowance coefficient, from 5 years or more.

  2. Third-class "Military Exploit Order" to be donated to collectives meets the following criteria:
    a) Awarded "First-class Fatherland Defense Order" or "First-class Combatant Order" for 5 years or more;
    b) Having a combat process, serving combat, training, construction and maturing for 15 years or more;
    c) Having achieved excellent achievements 5 years before the time of proposal, during that time, it was awarded "Emulation Flag of the Government" or 3 times awarded "" Emulation flag of the Ministry, branch, province and union center''; internal solidarity, unity, organization of clean and strong Party and unions. .

The 16 November 2013 decree amended the 26 November 2003 regulations :

  15. To amend and supplement Article 39 as follows:
  “Article 39
1. The first-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded or posthumously awarded to individuals having served in the People’s Army or People’s Police for a long time, recorded outstanding exploits and been courageous in combat, combat service, training, force building, strengthening of the all-people defense and people’s security or having sacrificed their lives heroically, who are acknowledged by the State and praised all over the country.
  2. The first-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded to collectives in the People’s Army 01' People’s Police which have been awarded the second-class “Military Exploit Order”, excellently accomplished their tasks in the subsequent 10 years and successfully built strong and clean Party and mass organizations.”
  16. To amend and supplement Article 40 as follows:
  “Article 40
1. The second-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded or posthumously awarded to individuals having served in the People’s Army or People’s Police for a long time, recorded outstanding exploits and been courageous in combat, combat service, training, force building, strengthening of the all-people defense and people’s security or having sacrificed their lives heroically, who are acknowledged by the State and praised within the Army or People’s Police.
  2. The second-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded to collectives in the People’s Army or People’s Police that have been awarded the third-class “Military Exploit Order”, excellently accomplished their tasks in the subsequent 10 years and successfully built strong and clean Party and mass organizations.”
  17. To amend and supplement Article 41 as follows:
  “Article 41
1. The third-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded or posthumously awarded on individuals having served in the People’s Army or People’s Police for a long time, recorded outstanding exploits and been courageous in combat, combat service, training, force building, strengthening of the all-people defense or people’s security, or have sacrificed their lives heroically, who are acknowledged by the State and praised within a military zone, service branch, army corps, arm or general department or an equivalent unit.
  2. The third-class “Military Exploit Order” shall be awarded to collectives in the People’s Army or People’s Police that satisfy the following criteria:
   

a/ Having been awarded the first-class “Fatherland Defense Order” and excellently accomplished their tasks in the subsequent 10 years; having successfully built clean and strong Party and mass organizations;
   

b/ Possessing a formation and development process of 30 years or more.
4/C DESIGN OF 2014
  one class - redesigned 10 September 2014 and 20 July 2018; guildelines 31 July 2017

(regulations pending)