How many time of military service is carried out per year in Vietnam now? Do ethnic minorities have to participate in the military service in Vietnam?

How many time of military service is carried out per year in Vietnam now? 

Let me ask if the military service now has 2 recruitments per year or is there still 1 recruitment? Can you guys with knowledge answer this for me?

Reply:

Article 33 of the 2015 Military Service Law stipulates time of conscription and performance of military service in the People’s Police force as follows:

Annually, citizens shall be conscripted and requested to perform military service in People’s Army or People’s Police in February or March; in case of necessity for defense purposes, the conscription shall be carried out the second time. Regarding areas with disaster or dangerous epidemic, time for conscription and service in People’s Army or People’s Police shall be adjusted.

Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, conscription is currently recruited every year in February or March, with some exceptions.

Do ethnic minorities have to participate in the military service in Vietnam?

Do ethnic minorities have to participate in the military service in Vietnam? I am from the Ede ethnic group. I will soon graduate from high school and I am now 18 years old. So if I'm an ethnic person, do I have to do military service?

Reply:

Article 4 of the 2015 Military Service Law has regulations on military service as follows:

1. Military service is the glory of citizen to serving in People’s Army. Military service is performed in the regular armed forces or in reserve forces of People’s Army.

2. Citizens at the age for military service, regardless of ethnics, sectors, faiths, religions, education levels, occupations or residences, shall complete the military service according to the regulations in this Law.

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Thus, according to the above regulations in Vietnam, the performance of military service does not distinguish between ethnicity, education level, etc. Therefore, if you are an Ede ethnic person, if you meet the conditions for military recruitment, then you must perform military service.

Besides, you can refer to details about: Recruitment standards to perform military service.

How many time of military service is carried out per year in Vietnam now? Do ethnic minorities have to participate in the military service in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

In what cases can citizens postpone military service in Vietnam? 

In what cases can citizens postpone military service in Vietnam?  This time I was still studying at school when I was called for a medical examination for military service, but my course at the school was overdue. So is there any way to postpone it for another year? And if I pay a fine to avoid going, how much does it cost and how long does it take to receive military service order?

Reply:

Only if you fall into the cases of postponement of military service as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 41 of the 2015 Military Service Law and Point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the Law on Militia and Self-Defense 2019, 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.

h) Standing militia.

Only if you fall into one of the above cases will you have a basis for a postponement. If not, you must perform military service in Vietnam.

You can refer to the following article: How much money must be paid to avoid military service?

In case you do not comply with the call to enlist, you will be punished as follows: Article 7 of Decree 120/2013/ND-CP: A fine ranging from VND 1.500.000 to VND 2.500.000 shall be imposed upon failure to be present at the assembling time or location stated in the enlistment order without a legitimate reason.

So even if you are fined, you still have to comply with the enlistment order.

Otherwise, you will be criminally prosecuted according to Article 332 of the 2015 Criminal Code: Any person who fails to comply with regulations of law on conscription, defies an enlistment order or military training order despite the fact that he/she has incurred an administrative penalty or has an unspent conviction for the same offence shall face a penalty of up to 02 years' community sentence or 03 - 24 months' imprisonment.

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Best regards!