Vietnam: Who are the demobilized non-commissioned officers and soldiers in 2024? Who is required to perform military service in 2024?
Who are the demobilized non-commissioned officers and soldiers in 2024?
In Article 43 of the 2015 Military Service Law, there are regulations on conditions for demobilization in Vietnam as follows:
Conditions for demobilization
1. Any non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers who have performed active duty military for the period specified in clauses 1 and 2 of Article 21 of this Law shall be demobilized.
2. A non-commissioned officer/enlisted soldier may be demobilized before the regular date of demobilization in case the Medical Examination Council concludes that he/she does not have satisfactory health for continuing the active duty service or the cases specified in points b and c clause 1; points a, b and c clause 2 Article 41 of this Law.
Under the provisions of Article 21 of the 2015 Military Service Law as follows:
Duration of service in the regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers
1. Duration of service in regular armed forces 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.
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In addition, Article 33 of the 2015 Military Service Law stipulates the time of conscription and performance of military service in the People’s Police Force 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 disasters or dangerous epidemics, the 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. The duration of service in regular armed forces in peacetime of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers is 24 months (except in cases of extending the duration of service). Therefore, for citizens who enlist in 2022, they will be demobilized in February or March 2024.
The Minister of National Defense may give a decision on an extension of the duration of service in the regular armed force of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in special cases (the extension shall not exceed 6 months)
Who is required to perform military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Under 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, under 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 Law on Military Service, 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;
What is the duration of military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Under the provisions of Article 21 of the 2015 Military Service Law as follows:
Duration of service in the 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.
Thus, the duration of service in regular armed forces in peacetime of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers is 24 months.
- The Minister of National Defense may give a decision on an 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 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 emergency conditions of national defense shall comply with separate regulations.
This duration of service in the 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 the People's Army accepts the soldiers to the demobilized day decided by competent authorities.
* Note: The duration of service of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers in wartime or emergency conditions of national defense shall be by general mobilization or local mobilization.
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