Are female citizens allowed to perform military service in Vietnam?

Are female citizens allowed to perform military service in Vietnam?

My name is Hanh Nhi, I want to register for military service and have questions that I would like to ask you to answer. Specifically, let me ask: Are female citizens automatically allowed to perform military service? Is this issue mentioned in any legal documents? Hope to receive a response soon. Sincerely thank!

Reply:

Regarding this issue, Clause 2, Article 6 of the 2015 Military Service Law has following provisions:

"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, according to this regulation in Vietnam, not every female citizen who registers for military service will be able to serve on active duty, because the active military service of female citizens also depends on the needs of the military. 

Above is the answer about female citizens serving on active duty in the military. You can find out more information about this issue at the 2015 Military Service Law in Vietnam.

Are female citizens allowed to perform military service in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Can female students born in 2002 volunteer to perform military service in Vietnam?

Can women go for voluntary military service? I born in 2002.

Reply:

Clause 2, Article 6 of the 2015 Military Service Law stipulates:

"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."

And according to the provisions of Article 30 of the 2015 Military Service Law:

Citizens turning to 18 years old shall be conscripted into the army. Age subject to conscription is from 18 to under 26 years old. A citizen who enters university or college and postpones the conscription shall be subject to conscription until he/she turns to 28 years old.

Thus, according to this regulation in Vietnam, if you were born in 2002, you are currently still of military enlistment age. If you need to, you can submit an application to the Commune Military Command. When you meet the recruitment standards, you can be conscripted into the army.

Can women be selected as reserve officers in Vietnam?

According to current law, can women be selected as reserve officers in Vietnam? Hope to receive a response soon.

Reply:

In Article 25 of the 2015 Military Service Law, there are regulations

Article 25. Service age of reserve non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers

Service age of reserve non-commissioned officers and enlisted soldiers:

1. Male citizens under 46 years old;

2. Female citizens under 41 years old.

And in Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree 78/2020/ND-CP on reserve officers of the Vietnam People's Army

Selection standards

a) General standards

Subjects specified in Clause 1 of this Article have a clear personal and family political history, are members of the Communist Party of Vietnam or have enough political standards to be trained and developed to become members of the Communist Party of Vietnam; have strong political courage, good moral qualities, and absolute loyalty to the Party, the Fatherland and the People; have qualifications, professional knowledge, education, and age appropriate to each subject; health from type 01 to type 03 according to the regulations on health selection for army recruitment and military enrollment of the Minister of Health and the Minister of National Defense.

b) Specific standards

Professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers preparing for demobilization, reserve non-commissioned officers who have held the position of deputy platoon leader or squad officer and equivalent; graduated from high school or higher, if not, select to graduate from junior high school, for ethnic minorities select education level 7 or higher; Age for professional soldiers is no more than 35, non-commissioned officers preparing to be demobilized and reserve non-commissioned officers no more than 30;

Officials, civil servants, and public employees must be no more than 35 years old; specifically training reserve officers in medicine and pharmacy, no more than 40 years old; training political reserve officers who must be members of the Communist Party of Vietnam;

Citizens who have graduated from university or above, and are not older than 35 years old; University graduates, no more than 30 years old.

Thus, the law does not stipulate that only men can be reserve officers. Women within the age group and meeting the above conditions are still considered for the reserve officer rank in Vietnam.

Best regards!