Can students of college-to-university bridge programs be able to postpone their military service in Vietnam?
Can students of college-to-university bridge programs be able to postpone military service in Vietnam?
In Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service of Vietnam, as amended by point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the 2019 Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces of Vietnam, there are provisions on the postponement and exemption from conscription as follows:
Postponement and exemption from conscription
1. These following citizens shall have conscription postponed:
a) Any citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active duty military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board;
b) 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;
c) Any citizen who is a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%;
d) 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;
dd) 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;
e) Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according to the law provisions;
g) 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.
h) Standing militia.
2. These 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, according to the above regulations, any citizen who is receiving training of university level at higher education institutions, he/she shall have conscription exempted. Therefore, university transfer students are still allowed to postpone military service.
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What are the conditions for applicants for college-to-university bridge programs in Vietnam?
In Article 4 of Decision 18/2017/QD-TTg of Vietnam on the conditions for applicants for bridge programs as follows:
Conditions for applicants for bridge programs in Vietnam
1. Post-secondary school or junior college graduates may keep enrolling in university program with appropriate majors, or other majors if they satisfy conditions of the training curriculum.
2. An applicant for bridge program must meet the following conditions in accordance with applicable regulations and laws on enrollment at the tertiary level of the Ministry of Education and Training and obtain at least one of the following diplomas:
a) a post-secondary school diploma or junior college diploma issued by a Vietnamese training institution. The holder of post-secondary school diploma must undertake that he/she has learned and taken tests covering adequate academic body of knowledge at upper secondary level as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training;
b) a post-secondary school diploma or junior college diploma issued by a foreign training institution that has been acknowledged as prescribed by the Ministry of Education and Training or Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs;
c) Regarding bridge program of health discipline, the applicant must obtain a post-secondary diploma or junior college in health discipline, in which a holder of physician associate diploma may apply for bridge program majoring in General Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Odonto-Stomatology, or a holder of pharmaceutical post-secondary diploma or pharmaceutical junior college diploma may apply for bridge program majoring in pharmacy.
Thus, students of college-to-university bridge programs must meet the university admission requirements of the Ministry of Education and Training and must have a college diploma.
What are the regulations on the training curriculum and bridge program?
Article 7 of Decision 18/2017/QD-TTg of Vietnam stipulates the training curriculum and bridge program as follows:
Training curriculum and bridge program
1. Training curriculum for bridge program in full-time mode means the training curriculum at university level in full-time mode that has been applied at a higher education institution. Training curriculum for bridge program in in-service mode means the training curriculum at university level in full-time mode that has been applied at a higher education institution.
2. Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 2 of this Decision, the head of higher education institution shall decide to acknowledge the conversion of learners’ performance and body of knowledge that are exempt from the bridge program for every student, on the basis of comparison in terms of graduates’ qualifications, training curriculum, body of knowledge, assessment of learners’ performance at post-secondary or junior college level with that of university level.
The higher education institution must publish criteria, process, and results of acknowledgement of conversion of learners’ performance and body of knowledge, accumulated skills that are exempt from the bridge program for each student and publish them on its website prior to the course.
3. Each student of bridge program at university level in full-time mode is entitled to earn credits in the corresponding training curriculum in company with full-time students and each student of bridge program at university level in in-service modes is entitled to learn subjects in the respective training curriculum in company with in-service students. The training and award of bachelor’s degrees shall be conducted in accordance with applicable regulations and laws on training at tertiary level of the Ministry of Education and Training.
4. Regarding health discipline majoring in General Medicine, Traditional Medicine, Preventive Medicine, Odonto-Stomatology and Pharmacy, no bridge program in in-service mode is allowed.
Thus, training curriculum for bridge program in full-time mode means the training curriculum at university level in full-time mode that has been applied at a higher education institution. Training curriculum for bridge program in in-service mode means the training curriculum at university level in full-time mode that has been applied at a higher education institution.
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