Can citizens exempt from conscription in Vietnam register for military service in 2024?
Can citizens exempt from conscription in Vietnam register for military service in 2024?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 41 of the 2015 Military Service Law, supplemented by Point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the 2019 Law on Militia and Self-Defense as follows:
Postponement and exemption from conscription
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2. The following citizens shall have conscription exempted:
a) Any citizen who is a child of revolutionary martyrs or grade 1 wounded soldiers;
b) Any citizen who is a brother of revolutionary martyrs;
c) 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;
d) Any citizen carrying out essential tasks who is not a soldier or a People’s Army;
dd) 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;
3. 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 this Article who volunteer to join the army shall be consider selecting and calling up.
4. Lists of citizens eligible for postponement or exemption from conscription shall be posted publicly at head offices of People’s Committees of communes and/or relevant organizations/agencies for 20 days.
Thus, citizens exempt from conscription in Vietnam can register to perform military service in 2024.
What is the time of conscription and performance of military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 of the 2015 Military Service Law, the time of conscription and performance of police duty in 2024 in Vietnam is specified 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 the 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 the People’s Army or People’s Police shall be adjusted.
Thus, citizens shall be conscripted and requested to perform military service in February or March 2024. In case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time.
Citizens must rely on the call-up order to comply with the enlistment time.
Who is required to perform military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clauses 1 and 2, Article 4 of the 2015 Military Service Law as follows:
Military service
1. Military service is the glory of citizen to serving in People’s Army. Military service is performed in the regular armed forces or in reserve forces of People’s Army.
2. Citizens at the age for military service, regardless of ethnics, sectors, faiths, religions, education levels, occupations or residences, shall complete the military service according to the regulations in this Law.
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Accordingly, military service is the glory of citizens to serve in the People’s Army. Military service is performed in the regular armed forces or in the reserve forces of the People’s Army.
Citizens at the age for military service, regardless of ethnicity, sectors, faiths, religions, education levels, occupations, or residences, shall complete the military service according to the regulations.
In addition, pursuant to the provisions of Article 6 of the 2015 Military Service Law as follows:
Military service in regular armed forces
1. Any male citizen at the call-up age shall perform the military service in regular armed force of People's Army.
2. Any female citizen at the age for military service in peacetime may perform military service in regular armed force if such citizen volunteers and on the demand of the armed force.
Thus, under the above provisions, any male citizen at the call-up age shall perform military service in the regular armed force of the People's Army. In other words, this is a mandatory obligation for male citizens.
For female citizens, under the 2015 Military Service Law, any female citizen at the age of military service in peacetime may perform military service in regular armed forces if such citizen volunteers and on the demand of the armed forces. This provision does not oblige female citizens at the age of military service to enlist. Female citizens in peacetime enlist in the army voluntarily and are accepted by the state.
- The current age of enlistment is specified in Clause 1 Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP as follows:
+ Citizens from the age of 18 to under 26;
+ 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;
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