What are the requirements for joining the military service in Vietnam? What are the standards for participating in military service?
- What are the requirements for joining the military service?
- What is the age for military service in Vietnam?
- What current types of health are required to go to military service for citizens?
- What are the cultural requirements for military service in Vietnam?
- What are the political requirements for military service in Vietnam?
What are the requirements for joining the military service?
Pursuant to Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP of Vietnam stipulating the drafting requirements, an individual who fully meets the age, political, cultural, and health requirements as prescribed above will be enlisted for military service.
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What is the age for military service in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 30 of the 2015 Law on Military Service of Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Age subject to conscription
Citizens turning to 18 years old shall be conscripted into the army. Age subject to conscription is from 18 to under 26 years old. A citizen who enters university or college and postpones the conscription shall be subject to conscription until he/she turns to 28 years old.
At the same time, according to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP of Vietnam, the following regulations:
Drafting requirements
1. Age:
a) Citizens from the age of 18 to under 26.
b) Graduate male citizens who enter university or college and postpones conscription for a training course of a level will be drafted until he turns 28.
Thus, citizens turning to 18 years old shall be conscripted into the army. Age subject to conscription is from 18 to under 26 years old.
A citizen who enters university or college and postpones the conscription shall be subject to conscription until he/she turns to 28 years old.
What current types of health are required to go to military service for citizens?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP of Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Drafting requirements
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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.
Thus, on health requirements in theory, only draft citizens with health type 1, 2, 3 as specified in Joint Circular No. 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP:
- 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.
- 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.
However, it must be noted that in fact, there are cases of medical examination in type 4 who still have to participate in normal military service because the criteria are different in each locality.
So if there is a shortage of numbers, it is forced to perform the selection according to the list from high to low. Therefore, it is possible that the health of the types 4-5 still has to participate in normal military service.
Thus, in order to answer the question of what type of health, then the current regulations are that health type 1, 2, 3 must participate in military service.
What are the cultural requirements for military service in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP of Vietnam stipulating as follows:
Drafting requirements
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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, citizens who are selected and called for military service have the following cultural requirements:
- 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.
- 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.
What are the political requirements for military service in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Clause 2, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP of Vietnam on political requirements for military service in Vietnam in 2023 as follows:
- 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.
- 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.
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