If I buy a vehicle in installments, can I postpone my military service in Vietnam? Is finishing 5th grade eligible for military service in Vietnam?

If I buy a vehicle in installments, can I postpone my military service in Vietnam? 

I'm buying a car in installments and have to pay the store every month. The installment term is 2 years. It's been 10 months now. I just received a military service examination order. I don't know if I have to pay my installments, can I consider postponing my military service until I finish paying it in installments?

Answer: Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 5, Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP stipulates cases where citizens can postpone military service as follows:

The drafting postponement and exemption during peace time shall comply with Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service. To be specific:

1. The following citizens shall have their conscription postponed:

a) Citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board.

b) Citizen being the only breadwinner who directly takes care of his relatives who lost working capacity or under working age; citizen being the only breadwinner in a family suffering serious damage to humans and property due to dangerous accidents, disasters, epidemics confirmed by the People’s Committees of the communes, wards, towns (hereinafter referred to as “communes”).

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

d) Citizen whose biological siblings is a non-commissioned officer/active duty enlisted soldier or a non-commissioned officer/enlisted soldier performing service in People’s Army.

dd) Citizen who subject to emigration or evacuation in the first 03 years to extremely disadvantaged communes according to the socio-economic development project of the State decided by the People's Committees of provinces or higher levels.

e) Citizen who is an official or a youth volunteer assigned to an extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according the law provisions.

g) Citizen who is studying at a compulsory education institution or receiving training or university level at a higher education institution or training of college level at a vocational education institution for a training course of a level.

Thus, there is no basis to stipulate that citizens who are performing installment payment obligations when purchasing property can be considered for postponement of military service. Therefore, if you do not fall into the cases specified in this clause, you will not be able to postpone your military service. You can ask a relative to help pay for the installment payment obligation to buy a car in Vietnam.

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Is finishing 5th grade eligible for military service in Vietnam?

I have a friend who is 18 years old, he just finished 5th grade, is he eligible to perrform in the military service?

Answer: Clause 4, Article 4, Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP regulates drafting requirements as follows:

4. Cultural requirements:

a) Draft citizens who finished 8^th 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 7^th grade.

b) 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.

According to thiss Arrticle, without considering other military recruitment standards, in case your friend belongs to communes in remote areas or areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions according to the provisions of law in Vietnam; Ethnic minorities with fewer than 10,000 people can meet cultural standards to be called into the army.

If I get 5 points in the military service examination, do I have to participate in military service in Vietnam? 

I went for military service examination and I got 1 point 5. In this case, do I have to participate in military service? Thank you.

Answer: According to Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP, there are regulations on age requirements, cultural requirements, political requirements, and health requirements of citizens who are called into the army when they fully meet the requirements. conditions and requirements. In particular, health standards are as follows:

3. Health requirements:

a) 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.

b) 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.

c) 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.

On the other hand, Clause 4, Article 9 of Joint Circular 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP stipulates:

Based on the score for 8 indicators recorded in the military service health card to classify, specifically as follows:

a) Type 1: 8 indicators all score 1;

b) Type 2: There is at least 1 indicator with a score of 2;

c) Type 3: There is at least 1 indicator with a score of 3;

d) Type 4: There is at least 1 indicator with a score of 4;

d) Type 5: There is at least 1 indicator with a score of 5;

e) Type 6: There is at least 1 indicator with a score of 6.

Based on the above regulations in Vietnam, if you have 1 indicator with a score of 5, you will be in health type 5. Therefore, you are not eligible to participate in military service.

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