If I study abroad, can I postpone conscription in Vietnam? Do I need to apply for registration for absenteeism from military service in Vietnam?

If I study abroad, can I postpone conscription in Vietnam? 

According to Article 41 of the 2015 Military Service Law, regulations on postponement and exemption from conscription are as follows:

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.

Thus, according to current regulations in your case, if you are about to study abroad at a university, your study abroad is considered a training of university level at higher education institutions. Therefore, conscription will be postponed in Vietnam.

If I study abroad, can I postpone conscription in Vietnam? Do I need to apply for registration for absenteeism from military service in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Do I need to apply for registration for absenteeism from military service in Vietnam? 

Pursuant to Article 17 of the 2015 Military Service Law, which regulates Supplemental registration for military service; military service registration in case of change in residence or workplace/school; registration for absenteeism from military service; registration for exemption from military recruitment in wartime

1. Supplemental registration for military service:

Any citizen having registered for military service who has changes in position, educational level, qualification, health conditions and other information relating to military service shall make supplemental registration at military registration receiving agencies.

2. Military service registration in case of change in residence or workplace/school:

a) Any citizen having registered for military service who has changes in place of residence, workplace or school shall come to the agencies where he/she has registered for military service to carry out the procedures for modification of military service registration; within 10 working days from the day on which a citizen move to the new place of residence/work/study, he/she shall make military service re-registration.

b) Any citizen having registered for military service who is going to study at vocational education institutions or higher education institutions of national education system shall come to the agencies where he/she has registered for military service to carry out the procedures for modification of military service registration; after the studying period, such citizen shall carry out the procedures for military service re-registration. Heads of educational institutions shall provide citizens with conditions and guidelines for military service registration and modification of military service registration.

3. Registration for absenteeism from military service:

Any citizen having registered for military service who leaves his/her residential place, workplace or schools for 03 months or more shall register for absenteeism from military service; if such citizen returns his/her place of resident/work/study, he/she shall make re-registration for military service within 10 working days.

4. Citizens eligible for exemption from military recruitment in wartime shall make registration according to the regulations of the Government.

According to this Article, you are also in the case of leaving your place of residence for more than 3 months, so you need to notify the obligation of temporary absence to the competent authority in Vietnam.

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