Are Vietnamese citizens who are only children subject to postponement from conscription? What are the cases of exemption from conscription for Vietnamese citizens who are only children?
What are the drafting requirements for performing military service in Vietnam?
Under Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP, the regulation is 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.
4. Cultural requirements:
a) Draft citizens who finished 8th grade or higher in descending order. In areas where the drafting quota cannot be guaranteed due to hardship, request the competent authorities to consider and decide to draft citizens who finished 7th grade.
b) Communes in remote and isolated areas, in areas with economic - social hardships according to regulations and law; ethnic minorities below 10,000 people shall draft no more than 25% of the citizens who finished primary education and the citizens who finished lower secondary education are drafted to fill the rest.
Thus, Vietnamese citizens meeting the above age, political, educational, and health requirements will qualify to perform in military service.
Are Vietnamese citizens who are only children subject to postponement from conscription? What are the cases of exemption from conscription for Vietnamese citizens who are only children? (Image from the internet)
What are the cases of exemption from conscription for Vietnamese citizens who are only children?
Under Clause 2, Article 5 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP, the regulation is as follows:
Drafting postponement and exemption
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2. The following citizens shall have their conscription exempted:
a) Citizen who is a child of revolutionary martyrs or grade 1 wounded soldiers.
b) Citizen who is a brother of revolutionary martyrs.
c) 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) Citizen who is carrying out cipher activities and not a soldier or police.
dd) Citizen who is an official or a youth volunteer assigned to an extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according the law provisions for 24 months or more.
Vietnamese citizens who are only children are exempted from conscription if falling into one of the following cases:
- 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
Are Vietnamese citizens who are only children subject to postponement from conscription?
Under Clause 1, Article 5 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP, the regulation is as follows:
Drafting postponement and exemption
The drafting postponement and exemption during peace time shall comply with Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service. To be specific:
1. The following citizens shall have their conscription postponed:
a) Citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board.
b) Citizen being the only breadwinner who directly takes care of his relatives who lost working capacity or under working age; citizen being the only breadwinner in a family suffering serious damage to humans and property due to dangerous accidents, disasters, epidemics confirmed by the People’s Committees of the communes, wards, towns (hereinafter referred to as “communes”).
c) Citizen who is a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%.
d) Citizen whose biological siblings is a non-commissioned officer/active duty enlisted soldier or a non-commissioned officer/enlisted soldier performing service in the police.
dd) Citizen who subject to emigration or evacuation in the first 03 years to extremely disadvantaged communes according to the socio-economic development project of the State decided by the People's Committees of provinces or higher levels.
e) Citizen who is an official or a youth volunteer assigned to an extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according the law provisions.
g) Citizen who is studying at a compulsory education institution or receiving training or university level at a higher education institution or training of college level at a vocational education institution for a training course of a level.
According to the above regulations, Vietnamese citizens who are only children are subject to postponement from conscription if meeting one of the following conditions:
- Being the only breadwinner who directly takes care of his relatives who lost working capacity or under working age; citizen being the only breadwinner in a family suffering serious damage to humans and property due to dangerous accidents, disasters, epidemics confirmed by the People’s Committees of the communes, wards, towns (hereinafter referred to as “communes”).
- Being a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%
- Studying at a compulsory education institution or receiving training or university level at a higher education institution or training of college level at a vocational education institution for a training course of a level
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