If I don't have an ID card, will I be conscripted into the army in Vietnam? If I join the militia and self-defense force for 2 years, will I not have to go to conscription in Vietnam?

If I don't have an ID card, will I be conscripted into the army in Vietnam?

If I don't have an ID card, will I be called into the army? Please let me ask: If I don't have an ID card or have not done citizen identification card, will I be conscripted into the army? Thank. Due to family problems, I don't have it yet.

Reply:

Article 30 of the 2015 Military Service Law stipulates:

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, citizens within the age range mentioned above and who meet the military recruitment conditions will be called into the army. The fact that you do not have an ID card or citizen identification card is not a basis for not being conscripted into the army in Vietnam.

If I don't have an ID card, will I be conscripted into the army in Vietnam? If I join the militia and self-defense force for 2 years, will I not have to go to conscription in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Can students studying second major be postponed from military service in Vietnam?

Can students studying second major be postponed from military service in Vietnam? Ask according to the provisions of law. If I have graduated from a university program and now continue to study a second major, can I continue to postpone my military service?

Reply:

In Clause 1, Article 41 of the 2015 Military Service Law, there are regulations on 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 People’s Army;

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.

Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, students studying major 2 are not eligible for postponement of military service because they can only defer when studying a training course of a level. If you continue to study in another field of study, you will not be able to postpone your studies anymore.

If I join the militia and self-defense force for 2 years, will I not have to go to conscription in Vietnam? 

If I join the militia and self-defense force for 2 years, will I not have to go to conscription in Vietnam? Let me ask, I joined the militia and self-defense regularly from January 2020 to the present. So do I not need to serve in peacetime?

Reply:

According to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 4 of the 2015 Military Service Law and Point a, Clause 1, Article 49 of the 2019 Law on Militia and Self-Defense, citizens in one of the following cases are recognized to have completed active military service in peacetime:

4. Citizens shall be recognized completing peacetime military service in the regular armed forces:

a) Standing militia with at least 24 months of active duty shall be recognized as having completed active military duty during peacetime decided by commanding officers of military commands of districts according to request of Chairpersons of People’s Committees of communes or heads of hamlets in case of no communes and heads of agencies and organizations;

b) Citizens who have completed service in Police departments of communes for at least 36 months;

c) Officials and civil servants and people having university degrees who have received training and granted rank of reserve officer;

d) Young people graduated from universities, colleges or vocational schools who volunteer to serve at economic-defense groups for at least 24 months according to the project decided by the Prime Minister;

dd) Citizens serving on fishery inspection cutters for at least 24 months.

Thus, from January 2020 until now, you have served more than 24 months. Therefore, you will be recognized for completing your military service if decided by the Commander of the District Military Command.

Best regards!