Vietnam: Summary of penalties for violating military conscription in 2021

Violation

Fine

Remedial measures/Additional penalty

Administrative penalties

Male citizens reaching 17 years old in the year and required to register for conscription if they fail to apply for initial conscription registration

Warning

Enforced conscription registration

Failure to apply for initial registration for conscription, excluding the case of male citizens reaching 17 years old in the year and required to register for conscription if they fail to apply for initial conscription registration

VND 200.000 - VND 600.000 

Enforced conscription registration

Failure to apply for supplemental conscription registration in case of change to name, address or workplace as per the law

Enforced conscription registration

Failure to apply for modification of conscription registration prior to change of place of residence as per the law

Enforced application for modification of conscription registration

Failure to register for reserve force as per the law

Enforced reserve force registration

Imposed upon failure to be present at the time or location for preliminary selection stated in the call to preliminary selection for conscription without a legitimate reason

VND 500.000 - VND 1.000.000

Enforced participation in preliminary selection for conscription according to the plan of the conscription council

Failure to be present at the time or location for health examination stated in the call to health examination for conscription without a legitimate reason

VND 800.000 - VND 1.200.000

Enforced health examination according to the plan of the conscription council

Alteration of health classification results by persons undergoing health examination for the purpose of conscription evasion

VND 2.000.000 - VND 4.000.000

Enforced health reexamination for persons undergoing health examination for conscription

Offering of money or other material benefits to healthcare officials and workers for the purpose of falsification of health classification results of persons undergoing health examination for conscription

Confiscation of illegal profit obtained by healthcare officials and workers due to the violations

Enforced health reexamination for persons undergoing health examination for conscription

Deliberate alteration of health determinants of persons undergoing health examination for conscription by healthcare officials and workers

Enforced health reexamination for persons undergoing health examination for conscription

Failure to be present at the assembling time or location stated in the enlistment order without a legitimate reason

VND 1.500.000 - VND 2.500.000

Enforced compliance with the enlistment order

Desertion during conscription in a regular armed force in peacetime which has not resulted in any serious consequence and for which the regiment-level military unit or equivalent has sent a notification of desertion and removal from personnel list to the commune-level People’s Committee and district-level military authority

VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000

Enforced return of all military uniforms provided and enforced performance of conscription according to regulations of the Law on Military Conscription

Sheltering and concealment of deserting soldiers

No

Failure to enable citizens to register for conscription, participate in preliminary selection for conscription, participate in health examination for conscription and comply with enlistment orders

VND 1.500.000 - VND 2.000.000

Enforced enabling citizens to register for conscription, participate in preliminary selection for conscription, participate in health examination for conscription and comply with enlistment orders as per the law

Obstructing persons tasked with conscription registration, preliminary selection for conscription, health examination for conscription and execution of enlistment orders from fulfilling their duties

VND 2.000.000 - VND 3.000.000

No

Failure to report or failure to sufficiently or accurately report list of male citizens reaching 17 years old in the year or list of female citizens aged 18 to 40 and having technical qualifications needed by the army

VND 3.000.000 - VND 5.000.000

Failure to report or failure to sufficiently or accurately report the numbers of reserve servicemen and persons ready to enlist in one’s unit per regulations

Failure to allow citizens who have completed conscription to return to the workplaces that they work for prior to conscription

VND 5.000.000 - VND 10.000.000

Enforced employment of citizens who have completed conscription in the workplaces that they work for prior to conscription

Criminal prosecure

Article 332 - Avoiding conscription

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 offense

Up to 02 years' community sentence;

03 - 24 months' imprisonment

No

Article 332 - Avoiding conscription

This offense committed in any of the following circumstances:

• The offender injures himself/herself to avoid conscription;

• The offense is committed in wartime;

• The offender drags another person into committing the offense

01 - 05 years' imprisonment

Article 334 - Violation against regulations of law on conscription

Any person who abuses his/her position to commit a violation against regulations of law on conscription, enlistment, military training order

Up to 03 years' community sentence;

06 - 36 months' imprisonment

The offender might also be prohibited from holding certain positions for 01 - 05 years

Article 334 - Violation against regulations of law on conscription

Any person who abuses his/her position to commit a violation against regulations of law on conscription, enlistment, military training order during wartime

02 - 07 years' imprisonment

Article 335 - Obstruction of conscription

Any person who deliberately obstructs conscription, enlistment, military training order

A warning or a penalty of up to 02 years' community sentence;

03 - 24 months' imprisonment

Không

Article 335. Obstruction of conscription

Any person who deliberately obstructs conscription, enlistment, military training order which involves the offender's abuse of his/her power or position or is committed in wartime

02 - 05 years' imprisonment