Vietnam: Cases of postponement and exemption from military service in 2022

Vietnam: Cases of postponement and exemption from military service in 2022 (Source: internet)

1. Postponement from conscription in Vietnam

According to Clause 1, Article 41 of Vietnam's Law on Military Service 2015 (amended by point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the Law on Militia and Self-defense Forces 2019), these following citizens shall have conscription postponed:

-  Any citizen whose health is unsatisfactory for active duty military service according to the conclusion of pre-enlistment check-up board

- 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;

- Any citizen who is a child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%;

- 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;

- 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;

- Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantage socio-economic area according to the law provisions;

- 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.

- Standing militia.

2. Exemptions from conscription in Vietnam

According to Clause 2, Article 41 of Vietnam's Law on Military Service 2015, the following citizens are exempt from conscription:

- Children of martyrs, children of first-class wounded soldiers;

- Any citizen who is a child of revolutionary martyrs or grade 1 wounded soldiers;

- Any citizen who is a brother of revolutionary martyrs;

- Any citizen who is a child of grade 2 wounded soldiers; a child of sick soldiers suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or above; a child of people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or above;

- Any citizen carrying out essential tasks who is not a soldier or a People’s Army;

- Any citizen who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according to the law provisions for 24 months or more;

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