Cases of delay or exemption from participation in Militia and Self-Defense Forces in Vietnam

Cases of delay or exemption from participation in Militia and Self-Defense Forces in Vietnam (Illustration)

According to Article 11 of the Law on Militia and Self-defense Forces 2019, the cases of suspension or exemption from performing the obligation to join militia and self-defense forces in Vietnam are prescribed as follows:

1. 08 cases of delay from articipation in Militia and Self-Defense Forces in Vietnam

- She is pregnant or nursing women under 36 months old; men raising children under 36 months of age alone;

- He/she has inadequate health to perform tasks of militia and self-defense forces; or

- He/she has a spouse who is an officer, professional servicemen, official, national defense employee, non-commissioned officer or soldier serving in People’s Army; or

- He/she has a spouse who is an officer, non-commissioned officer, soldier or policeman serving for People’s Public Security; or

- He/she has a spouse who is official or youth volunteer assigned to extremely disadvantaged socio-economic area according the law provisions; or

- He/she is the only breadwinner in a poor or near poor household; person directly taking care of relatives incapable of working or not in the age for working; person within a household heavily damaged in terms of humans and assets due to accidents, disasters or diseases confirmed by Chairperson of commune or district that do not have communes, or head of agency or organization where he/she lives; or

- He/she is a spouse, child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction from 61% to 80%; or

- He/she is studying in education institutions of regulatory authorities, political organizations, socio-political organizations and education institutions of formal education systems; he/she is working or studying abroad.

2. 05 cases where citizens are exempted from participation in Militia and Self-Defense Forces in Vietnam

- He/she is a spouse or child of martyrs; or

- He/she is a spouse, child of sick soldiers, people infected with dioxin and suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or more; or

- He/she is a reservist and has been arranged in reserve forces; or

- He/she is directly taking care of Vietnamese heroic Mothers; directly taking care of persons suffering labor capacity reduction of 81% or more; or

- He/she is working in cipher field.

Note: Citizens subjected to delay or exemption from performing their obligations to join the Militia and Self-Defense Forces specified at Points c, d, dd, e, g, Clause 1 and Points a, b, d, Clause 2, Article 11 of the Law Militia and Self-Defense Force 2019 if they volunteer, they will be considered for selection into the Militia and Self-Defense Force.

Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees, chairpersons of district-level People's Committees of localities where there are no commune-level administrative units, and heads of agencies or organizations shall decide to delay or exempt one from performing the obligation to participate in the militia and self-defense forces. 

Nhu Mai

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