What are the requirements satisfied by citizens in Vietnam to perform military service in 2024? What is the time of conscription and performance of military service in 2024?
What are the requirements satisfied by citizens in Vietnam to perform military service in 2024?
(1) Requirements for conscription:
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 31 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, the requirements for conscription are:
- Have conformable profile;
- Strictly comply with the lines and policies of Communist Party, policies and laws of the State;
- Have full health for service on active duty according to the regulations;
- Have appropriate education level.
(2) Age requirements:
Pursuant to the provisions of 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.
(3) Political requirements:
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP as follows:
- Comply with Joint Circular 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.
(4) Health requirements:
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP as follows:
- 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.
- 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.
Based on the provisions of Article 9 of Joint Circular No. 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP, there are 06 point levels to indicate health status as follows:
- Point 1: Excellent health status;
- Point 2: Very good health status;
- Point 3: Good health status;
- Point 4: Average health status;
- Point 5: Poor health status;
- Point 6: very poor health status.
Based on points for 8 criteria stated in the health certificate to classify health, specifically as follows:
- Type 1: 8 criteria all scored 1;
- Type 2: At least 1 criterion is scored 2;
- Type 3: At least 1 criterion is scored 3;
- Type 4: At least 1 criterion is scored 4;
- Type 5: At least 1 criterion is scored 5;
- Type 6: At least 1 criterion is scored 6.
(5) Cultural requirements:
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP as follows:
- 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 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 police duty in 2024 in 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 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 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 February or March 2024. In case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time.
Citizens must rely on the call-up order to comply with the enlistment time.
What is the duration of military service in 2024 in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Article 21 of the Law on Military Service 2015, the duration of service in regular armed force in peacetime of non-commissioned officers/enlisted soldiers is 24 months.
- 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):
+ 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 in 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 in emergency conditions of national defense shall be in accordance with the general mobilization or local mobilization.
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