Chapter IV: DEFENSE OF THE FATHERLAND

 Article 64

To defend the socialist Vietnamese Fatherland is the mission of all the people. The State shall consolidate and strengthen national defense by all the people and the people's security, with the people's armed forces as the core; and fully utilise the total strength of the country to defend firmly the Fatherland, thereby contributing to protecting peace in the region and around the world.

All agencies, organisations and citizens shall fulfill their national defense and security tasks.

Article 65

The people's armed forces shall show absolute loyalty to the Fatherland, the People, the Party and the State; protect the independence, sovereignty, unity and territorial integrity of the Fatherland, national security, and social order and safety; safeguard the People, the Party, the State and the socialist regime; and join the entire people in national construction and the performance of international duties.

Article 66

The State shall build a revolutionary People's Army that is regular, well-trained and gradually modernised, which has an appropriate permanent force, a large and powerful reserve force, and a strong and extensive self-defense and militia force, as the core for performing national defense tasks.

Article 67

The State shall build a revolutionary People's Public Security force that is regular, well-trained and gradually modernised, as the core to safeguard national security, ensure social order and safety, and prevent and fight crime.

Article 68

The State shall promote the People's patriotism and revolutionary heroism and educate the entire people in national defense and security; build the national defense and security industry; ensure proper equipment for the people's armed forces, and combine national defense and security with economic activities and vice versa; implement policies regarding military families; ensure the material and spiritual lives of the officers, soldiers, workers and employees consistent with the nature of the activities of the People's Army and People's Public Security force; and build powerful people's armed forces and unceasingly strengthen their national defense capability.