In Vietnam, what is the time of accepting newly enlisted soldiers in 2025? What are the cases of postponement from conscription after high school graduation in Vietnam?

In Vietnam, what is the time of accepting newly enlisted soldiers in 2025?

According to Guidance 4705/HD-BQP in 2024, the Military Service Law 2015; Decision 102/QD-TTg 2024 concerning the conscription of citizens for enlistment in 2025, the drafting and conscription of citizens for enlistment will proceed in one phase; the soldier accepting will take place from February 13 to February 15, 2025 (from the 16th to the 18th day of the first lunar month of 2025).

Thus, the time of accepting newly enlisted soldiers in 2025 will be from February 13 to February 15, 2025.

In Vietnam, what is the time of accepting newly enlisted soldiers in 2025? What are the cases of postponement from conscription after high school graduation in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Are students in Vietnam required to make initial registration for military service?

Article 16 of the Military Service Law 2015 provides for initial military service registration as follows:

Initial registration for military service

1. In every January, Presidents of People’s Committees of communes, heads or legal representatives of agencies/organizations report to Military Commands of districts the List of male citizens who turn 17 years old and male citizens subject to military service that have not registered for military service.

2. In every April, Military Commander of districts shall send the call-up papers to citizens specified in clause 1 of this Article to perform initial registration for military service.

3. Citizens shall perform initial registration for military service at military service registration receiving agencies specified in Article 15 of this Law.

All male citizens turning 17 within the year must register for military service. Therefore, male students who turn 17 during the year are required to make initial registration for military service.

What are the cases of postponement from conscription after high school graduation in Vietnam?

Article 41 of the Military Service Law 2015 supplemented by point c clause 1 of Article 49 of the Militia and Self-Defense Force Law 2019 provides for deferment and exemption from enlistment as follows:

Postponement and exemption from conscription

1. These following citizens shall have conscription postponed:

a) Any citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active duty military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board;

b) 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;

c) Any citizen who is a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%;

d) 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 police;

dd) 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;

e) Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according to the law provisions;

g) 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.

h) Standing militia.

2. These following citizens shall have conscription exempted:

a) Any citizen who is a child of revolutionary martyrs or grade 1 wounded soldiers;

b) Any citizen who is a brother of revolutionary martyrs;

c) 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;

d) Any citizen carrying out essential tasks who is not a soldier or a police officer;

dd) Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according to the law provisions for 24 months or more;

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Under the above regulations, any citizen who is studying at compulsory education institutions or receiving training of the university level at higher education institutions or training of the college level at vocational education institutions for a training course of a level will be eligible for postponement from conscription.

Thus, a student is eligible for postponement from conscription if, after high school graduation, he/she applies for an undergraduate or college program.