In addition to the criteria regarding age, culture, and politics, individuals selected for military service must also meet all health standards as stipulated by law. To be specific:
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Military service health standards are evaluated based on health criteria including physical fitness; blood pressure; vision, eyes; hearing, ear-nose-throat; maxillofacial; internal and neuropsychiatric; surgery, dermatology; and laboratory tests.
For each criterion, doctors will assign a score from 1 to 6 corresponding to the health status of the individual being examined as very good, good, fairly good, average, poor, very poor.
Based on the scores given for the 8 criteria listed in the military service health examination form, the classification is as follows:
- Type 1: All 8 criteria score 1;- Type 2: At least 1 criterion scores 2;- Type 3: At least 1 criterion scores 3;- Type 4: At least 1 criterion scores 4;- Type 5: At least 1 criterion scores 5;- Type 6: At least 1 criterion scores 6.
Individuals selected to participate in military service must meet health standards classified as Type 1, 2, or 3. In the case of individuals classified as Type 3 with refractive eye disorders, nearsightedness over 1.5 diopters, they are exempt from military service.
See the health standards for each criterion in Joint Circular 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP.
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