Vocational College No. 4 offers many opportunities for discharged soldiers.

Many opportunities for demobilized soldiers

After 2 years of military service, in just over 2 weeks, young soldier Le Duc Truong - currently training at Brigade H83 will be discharged. The journey of the young man born in 2004, a former student of Le Viet Thuat High School (Vinh City) is truly memorable.

The years in the military environment helped me mature and gain more skills and experience, giving me confidence after leaving the army, even though I knew there were many difficulties ahead.

Sharing about this, Le Duc Truong said: 2 years ago, I was the only one in the whole school who chose to join the army. I myself also determined that, although the time was not long, the military environment would be the environment for me to train and mature. I was also very happy, because before the day of leaving the army, we were able to directly participate in the "Career Counseling, Vocational Education and Job Introduction" festival. This is an opportunity for me to have more choices for myself in the future.

After leaving the army, Le Duc Truong decided to go to work abroad. To be sure when going to work abroad, he went to the booth ofVocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defenseand ask for advice to learn to drive. I have been advised very carefully by the teachers at school and I have applied to study at the school. For now, I will learn to drive, because this is a job that is quite easy to apply for in the country. If I go to work abroad, I can convert my license and hope to have more opportunities to work abroad.

On the morning of January 4 alone, hundreds of young soldiers came to the booth of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense to ask for advice and introduction to training programs, jobs and labor export. To promptly support the soldiers, in addition to preparing leaflets, posters, and introducing training models in some faculties and majors, the school also sent a team of consultants to directly advise each specific case.

Ms. Pham Thi Huyen - school consultant said: We have introduced 14 training majors of the school and labor export. According to initial statistics, the most interested majors today are technical training majors such as automotive technology, industrial electricity, electronics, refrigeration, and car driving. Many cases after registering have written applications to apply to study after completing military service.

According to the school representative, in addition to searching for training programs, the labor export program to Korea under the E9 vocational training program implemented by the school in coordination with the Overseas Labor Center is also of great interest.

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This is a labor export program for skilled workers with a very low cost, only about 40 million VND. If registered, students will receive basic training in welding or metal cutting. In the case of demobilized soldiers, students will be completely exempted from vocational training fees and receive an additional support of 30,000 VND per day. Previously, in 2024, out of nearly 100 registered students, 34 people completed the program, were recruited and are preparing to leave the country.

Ms. Pham Thi Huyen - consultant of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense

Ensure policies for students

Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense is one of 22 participating units.Festival "Career counseling, vocational education and job introduction for young people completing military service in 2025"

Also in this program, the school representative had the honor to introduce to the delegates and many soldiers of the entire Military Region about the work of training, job introduction, and labor export. In addition, there are preferential policies of the Party and State for demobilized soldiers. Specifically, according to Decree 61/2015/ND-CP, young people who have completed their military service are supported with elementary vocational training by being granted a vocational training card with a maximum value of 12 months of basic salary at the time of vocational training and valid for 1 year from the date of issue.

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After completing military service, each soldier will be issued a vocational training card, however, not everyone knows the meaning and value that the vocational training card can bring to the comrade whose name is written on it. The demobilized soldier vocational training card, as its name suggests, is a specific policy of the Party, State, and army for comrades who have completed military service. The demobilized soldier vocational training card is not specifically valued at how much money. However, it can be implicitly valued through the value of the courses at each center and each vocational school.

Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Thanh Long - Director of the joint training facility - Vocational College No. 4

Speaking more about the current policy for demobilized soldiers, Lieutenant Colonel Hoang Thanh Long - Director of the joint training facility - Vocational College No. 4 said: When returning to the rear, to their families, many young soldiers are facing new turning points in their lives. I am very happy that currently, many demobilized soldiers have chosen the path of vocational training to establish themselves and start a career. This is also a very feasible and highly effective option because it will lead to a sustainable career, a stable job and income in the long term. In addition, the vocational training program has advantages such as a short training period, only from 6 to 9 months, enjoying the regimes and policies of the State and the Army, having the opportunity to study to improve qualifications, shortening the training time, being able to combine foreign language learning, and participating in labor export. During the learning and internship process at the enterprise, you can be paid from 7 to 10 million VND.

With its own characteristics, for many years now, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense has been assigned by Military Region 4 to provide vocational training for demobilized soldiers in the Military Region and is a prestigious training address inside and outside the army. With 14 training majors, currently, the list of majors and occupations of Vocational College No. 4 fully meets the learning needs of all students.

With the motto "Training quality is the first choice, job creation is the number 1 priority", in recent years, Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense has always focused on improving training quality, building and standardizing the teaching staff, innovating teaching methods, expanding professions and training scale.

The site has close cooperation with many prestigious domestic and foreign enterprises such as Lilama Installation Corporation, LG Display Vietnam Company, Samsung Electronics, Canon Vietnam, Honda Vietnam, Toyota Group, Nissan, Hong Hai.

In the 2023-2024 school year, the school organized training according to social needs at 3 levels (college, intermediate, elementary) for 9,719 students, of which 1,129 were demobilized soldiers.

The number of graduates with jobs is over 90%; The number of students taking the national high school graduation exam in 2024 has a passing rate of 100%...

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The achievements of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense in the 2023 - 2024 school year have demonstrated the emulation spirit of "Teaching well, learning well", ready to overcome all difficulties of the team of cadres, teachers, staff, students and pupils of the school in teaching, learning and training.

Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Anh Tuan - Party Secretary, Principal of Vocational College No. 4 - Ministry of National Defense

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