Vietnam: Is a person who has the failed graduation assessment eligible for postponement from conscription?
Under Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015 on the cases eligible for postponement from conscription in Vietnam:
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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.
=> If you are studying at an upper secondary school, you are eligible for postponement from conscription in Vietnam. However, if you have the failed graduation assessment, are not currently attending upper secondary school or post-secondary school, college, or university, and you retake exams as a free candidate in the next year, you will not be eligible for postponement from conscription in Vietnam.
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