Registration for conscription is the responsibility of each Vietnamese citizen according to the provisions of the law. However, in certain specific cases, citizens will be eligible for postponement and exemption from conscription.
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Who is eligible for postponement and exemption from conscription in Vietnam? (Illustrative Image)
Below are specific cases of postponement and exemption from conscription:
Firstly, cases of postponement from conscription in Vietnam
According to Clause 1, Article 41 of the Military Service Law 2015, the 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 the police;
- 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 disadvantaged 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 the college level at vocational education institutions for a training course of a level.
Secondly, cases of exemption from conscription in Vietnam
According to Clause 2, Article 41 of the Military Service Law 2015, the following citizens shall have conscription exempted:
- 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 police officer;
- Any citizen who is an official or youth volunteer assigned to an extremely disadvantaged area according to the law provisions for 24 months or more;
Circular 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP also stipulates several cases for exemption from conscription in Vietnam:
- Child of a martyr or a first-class wounded soldier.
- One brother or sister of a martyr.
- One child of a second-class wounded soldier; one child of a sick soldier with work capacity reduced by 81% or more; one child of an Agent Orange victim with work capacity reduced by 81% or more.
- Cipher officers other than soldiers or People's Public Security.
- Officials, public employees, and youth volunteers mobilized to work in extremely disadvantaged areas for 24 months or more according to law.
The cases of postponement and exemption from conscription are specified above. Depending on the family situation or health status, Vietnamese citizens will be considered for postponement and exemption from conscription according to current law.
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