To strengthen military control and discipline military personnel in Vietnam

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1. To strengthen military control and discipline military personnel in Vietnam

On the morning of November 1, in Hanoi, at the meeting of the General Staff in October 2023, on directions and tasks in the coming time, the Senior Lieutenant General Nguyen Tan Cuong, Chief of the General Staff of the Vietnam People's Army, requested the entire army to continue to thoroughly grasp and strictly comply with State law and Army discipline; strengthen military control; promptly regulate soldiers and military vehicles operating outside the barracks; and patrol, guard, and protect the safety of agencies and units.

Patrol, control, and prevent illegal entry and exit on border lines; strengthen propaganda; patrol; prevent foreign ships from infringing on the sea; and protect the safety of Vietnam's marine economic activities.

Promote the implementation of measures to prevent and combat illegal, unreported, and unregulated (IUU) seafood exploitation.

According to the Government Electronic Information Portal

2. To select and call citizens to enlist in 2024 in Vietnam

At the Conference, Senior General Nguyen Tan Cuong also requested units to do a good job guiding the selection and calling of citizens to enlist in the army in 2024; Direct units to do a good job of preparing and organizing drills; Organize a football and volleyball sports festival for the entire army in 2023; Participate in the ASEAN Military Shooting Tournament in Thailand to ensure quality and safety.

Drafting requirements in 2024

According to the provisions of Article 31 of the Law on Military Service 2015, the requirements for conscription and service in People’s Army force in 2024 are as follows:

- 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.

At the same time, military recruitment standards are guided by Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP:

- Age:

+ 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.

- Political requirements:

+ Comply with Joint Circular No. 50/2016/TTLT-BQP-BCA 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.

- Health requirements:

+ Draft citizens with health type 1, 2, 3 as specified in Joint Circular No. 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP on provisions for pre-enlistment check-up.

+ Drafting for agencies, units and positions specified in Point b Clause 2 of Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP 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.

- 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.

Drafting quota and time in 2024

- Comply with the Decision of the Prime Minister on conscripting citizens annually.

- Pursuant to the Decision of the Prime Minister, the Minister of National Defense decides to introduce the quota for conscripting citizens to entities affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense in every province, central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as “provincial").

(Pursuant to Article 3 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP)

Thus, drafting requirements in 2024 include:

- Age from 18-25, especially college and university up to 27 years old.

- Meets political, health and cultural standards according to regulations.

- Priority is given to candidates with an educational level of grade 8 or higher.

- Enlistment time is implemented according to the annual decision of the Prime Minister...

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