Vietnam: In 2024, what is the duration of military service? What are the cases of postponement and exemption from military service?
In 2024, what is the duration of military service in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of the Law on Military Service 2015 as follows:
Duration of service in regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers
1. Duration of service in regular armed force in peacetime of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers is 24 months.
2. The Minister of National Defense may give decision on extension of duration of service in regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in the following cases (the extension shall not exceed 6 months):
a) To ensure the readiness for combat;
b) During the prevention and fighting against natural disasters/epidemics and the rescue activities.
3. The duration of service of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in wartime or in emergency condition of national defense shall be in accordance with the general mobilization or local mobilization.
Accordingly, according to the above-mentioned provisions, the duration of service in regular armed forces of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in Vietnam is 24 months.
The Minister of National Defense may give a decision on the extension of the duration of service in regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in the following cases (the extension shall not exceed 6 months):
+ To ensure the readiness for combat;
+ During the prevention and fighting against natural disasters/epidemics and the rescue activities.
Thus, the duration of military service in Vietnam shall be from 24 to 30 months. A maximum of 30 months applies to cases of extension of the above duration of military service. The duration of military service in Vietnam in wartime or in emergency condition of national defense shall comply with separate regulations.
This duration of service in regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers is calculated from the day on which the soldiers are transferred or from the day on which People's Army accept the soldiers to the demobilized day decided by competent authorities.
* Note: The duration of service of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in wartime or in emergency condition of national defense shall be in accordance with the general mobilization or local mobilization.
What is the time of conscription and performance of military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 33 of the Law on Military Service 2015, the time of conscription and performance of military service in 2024 in the People’s Police force of 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 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 the People’s Army or People’s Police in February or March, 2024. In case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time.
In 2024, what are the cases of postponement and exemption from military service in Vietnam?
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 2019 Law on Militia and Self-Defense, cases of postponement from conscription in Vietnam are:
- Any citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active duty military service according to the conclusion of the 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 the 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 an extremely disadvantaged 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.
Thus, cases of postponement from conscription in Vietnam in 2023 are specified above.
In addition, the cases specified in Clause 2, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, cases of exemption from conscription in Vietnam are:
- 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 an official or youth volunteer assigned to an extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according to the law provisions for 24 months or more;
In addition, citizens eligible for postponement of conscription, if there is no longer a reason for the suspension, will be conscripted for enlistment.
Citizens who are eligible for postponement from conscription in Vietnam according to regulations, if they volunteer, will be considered for selection and conscription.
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