How many diopters of hypermetropia does a Vietnamese citizen have to be exempt from military service? When is the time for conscription in 2024?
How many diopters of hypermetropia does a Vietnamese citizen have to be exempt from military service? When is the time for conscription in 2024?
Pursuant to the provisions in Point c, Clause 3, Article 4, Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP stipulates as follows:
Drafting requirements
1. Age:
a) Citizens from the age of 18 to under 26.
b) Graduate male citizen who enters university or college and postpones conscription for a training course of a level will be drafted until he turns 28.
2. Political requirements:
a) Comply with Joint Circular No. 50/2016/TTLT-BQP-BCA dated April 15, 2016 of the Minister of National Defense – the Minister of Public Security on provisions for political requirements for conscripting citizens into the Vietnamese People’s Army.
b) Drafting for crucial and classified agencies, units and positions in the Army; ceremonial battalion; professional National Guards and Military shall comply with regulations and law of the Ministry of National Defense.
3. Health requirements:
a) Draft citizens with health type 1, 2, 3 as specified in Joint Circular No. 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP dated June 30, 2016 of the Minister of Health – the Minister of National Defense on provisions for pre-enlistment check-up.
b) Drafting for agencies, units and positions specified in Point b Clause 2 of this Article must ensure separate standards as regulated by the Ministry of National Defense.
c) Do not conscript citizens with health type 3 and eye disorders (1.5 dioptre myopia or higher, hypermetropia at all degrees); drug addicts, those contracted with HIV, AIDS.
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Thus, based on the above regulations, citizens with hypermetropia at all degrees are not eligible to participate in military service. Therefore, citizens with farsightedness are not conscripted according to regulations.
How many diopters of hypermetropia does a Vietnamese citizen have to be exempt from military service? When is the time for conscription in 2024? (Image from the Internet)
When is the time for conscription in Vietnam in 2024?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 of the Law on Military Service 2015, regulations on the time of conscription and performance of military service in the People’s Police force in 2024 is as follows:
Time of conscription and performance of military service in the People’s Police force
Annually, citizens shall be conscripted and requested to perform military service in People’s Army or People’s Police in February or March; in case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time. Regarding areas with disaster or dangerous epidemic, time for conscription and service in People’s Army or People’s Police shall be adjusted
Thus, based on the above regulations, conscription will be performed once in February or March 2024. In case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time. Regarding areas with disaster or dangerous epidemic, time for conscription and service in People’s Army or People’s Police shall be adjusted.
Citizens need to rely on the local military call-up order to comply with the military enlistment time.
What are the cases where Vietnamese citizens have their conscription postponed?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, supplemented by Point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the Law on on Militia and Self-defense Forces 2019, these following citizens shall have conscription postponed:
- Any citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active duty military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board;
- Any citizen being the sole earner who directly takes care of his/her relative who lost working capacity or under working age; any citizen being the sole earner in a family suffering serious damage to humans and properties due to dangerous accidents, disasters, epidemics certified by People’s Committees of communes;
- Any citizen who is a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%;
- Any citizen whose full brother/sister is a non-commissioned officer/active duty enlisted soldier or a non-commissioned officer/enlisted soldier performing service in People’s Army;
- Any citizen who is subject to emigration or evacuation in 03 first years to extremely disadvantaged communes according to the socio-economic development project of the State that is decided by People’s Committees of provinces or higher levels;
- Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according to the law provisions;
- Any citizen who is studying at compulsory education institutions or receiving training of university level at higher education institutions or training of college level at vocational education institutions for a training course of a level.
- Standing militia
Accordingly, citizens belonging to the above subjects will be temporarily postponed to enlist in 2024.
In addition, the citizens belonging to cases specified in Clause 2, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015 shall have conscription exempted:
- Any citizen who is a child of revolutionary martyrs or grade 1 wounded soldiers;
- Any citizen who is a brother of revolutionary martyrs;
- Any citizen who is a child of grade 2 wounded soldiers; a child of sick soldiers suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or above; a child of people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or above;
- Any citizen carrying out essential tasks who is not a soldier or a People’s Army;
- Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according to the law provisions for 24 months or more;
In addition, Citizens eligible for postponement of conscription prescribed in clause 1 of this Article shall be called up for military service if the reason for postponement is no longer available.
Citizens eligible for postponement or exemption from conscription prescribed in clauses 1 and 2 of Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015 who volunteer to join the army shall be consider selecting and calling up.
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