Military service 2025: Nearly 5,000 young people in Ho Chi Minh City join the army

Ho Chi Minh City is the locality with the highest number of military enlistment quotas in the country. Military Region 7 assigned Ho Chi Minh City to select 3 female citizens to join the military service . Before the enlistment day, districts and Thu Duc City organized a military enlistment camp on February 12.

Attending the military base handover ceremony in District 7 were Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen; Deputy Minister of National Defense Vo Minh Luong; Lieutenant General Nguyen Truong Thang, Commander of Military Region 7; Major General Le Ngoc Hai, Deputy Chief of Staff of Military Region 7; Lieutenant General Nguyen Van Nam, Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City Command, Permanent Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City Military Service Council; Major General Huynh Tan Hung, Deputy Director of the General Department of Logistics and Technology; Major General Vu Van Dien, Deputy Commander, Chief of Staff of the Ho Chi Minh City Command; Mr. Huynh Thanh Nhan, Vice Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council...

In addition, 857 citizens joined the army.

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 1. — Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Van Nen encouraged new recruits to leave for military service.

The units receiving the troops include Brigade 957 (Naval Region 4), Naval Region 4 Training Center, Brigade 101 (Naval Region 4), Air Defense Division 377, Military School of Military Region 7, Gia Dinh Regiment (Ho Chi Minh City Command), Ho Chi Minh City Police, and Ho Chi Minh City Border Guard Command.

At the ceremony, Lieutenant Colonel Huynh Trung Hieu, Commander of the District 7 Military Command, announced the decision of the Chairman of the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and the decision of the Commander of the Ho Chi Minh City Command on assigning the quota of citizens to join the army in 2025.

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Accordingly, the total number of orders to call citizens to join the military service issued in Ho Chi Minh City is 4,197, of which the official orders are for 4,003 citizens (4,000 men, 3 women), and the reserve orders are 194. Citizens joining the people's police service are 987 young people.

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 2. — Senior Lieutenant General Vo Minh Luong encourages new recruits to join the army

The number of party members who received military service orders was 110. The number of citizens who joined the army with intermediate, college, and university degrees was 1,902. The number of citizens who received military service orders with health class 1 and class 2 was 3,358.

In particular, in 2025, the number of citizens volunteering to join the army will reach 2,049 people.

In addition, Ho Chi Minh City has done a good job of taking care of policies for young people joining the army with a total amount of nearly 27 billion VND. On average, each citizen joining the army in 2025 will receive a gift worth more than 6.5 million VND. The city also promptly supports families of citizens joining the army who are facing difficulties so that the citizens can feel secure and enthusiastically join the army.

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 3. — Representatives of Ho Chi Minh City leaders, the Ministry of National Defense and Military Region 7 presented flowers to the new recruits.

Speaking at the ceremony, Mr. Chau Xuan Dai Thang, acting Chairman of District 7 People's Committee, said: "Promoting the tradition of our ancestors, following Uncle Ho's teachings: 'The Hung Kings have built the country, we must work together to protect the country', the young generation of Ho Chi Minh City today continues to enthusiastically set out to fulfill their sacred duty to the Fatherland. Because more than anyone else, every Vietnamese citizen understands and appreciates the value of independence and freedom. I believe that young people will promote the tradition of their predecessors, promote the good qualities of Uncle Ho's soldiers and the People's Public Security; strive to study, train, strictly abide by military discipline, and excellently complete all assigned tasks."

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 4. — Standing Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee Nguyen Thanh Nghi sent words of encouragement and visited new recruits of Thu Duc City performing military service in 2025.

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 5. — Mr. Nguyen Phuoc Loc, Deputy Secretary of the Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee, Chairman of the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, encouraged young people in District 10 to join the army.

Representing the youth recruited for military service in 2025, young party member Pham Vo Quoc Khanh (23 years old, living in District 7) shared his feelings, he is extremely emotional because he is about to leave for the common home for all young people to carry out the task of protecting the Fatherland, being assigned to military and police units, affectionately called by the people as Uncle Ho's Soldiers, People's Police.

"This is the honor and responsibility of our generation of young people today towards the Fatherland. We are aware that performing military service is a great honor for every citizen. Our youth are the core force in building the Vietnam People's Army and protecting the socialist Vietnam Fatherland. To prepare our country to enter a new era, an era of national growth," new recruit Quoc Khanh proudly said.

Nghĩa vụ quân sự 2025: Gần 5.000 thanh niên TP.HCM nhập ngũ- Ảnh 6. — District 7 Party Secretary Hoang Minh Tuan Anh lights the traditional fire

Representing the unit receiving the soldiers, Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Sy Son, Deputy Brigade Commander - Chief of Staff of Brigade 957 (Naval Region 4) said that in 2025, the unit was assigned to train 700 new soldiers, including 200 new recruits from Ho Chi Minh City.

"We believe that the young men who are leaving for military service this time will uphold the glorious tradition of the locality, be determined to cultivate virtue and talent, and successfully complete all assigned tasks. We promise that with the highest sentiment and responsibility, the unit will always pay attention to management,education , training, and create the best conditions for the young men who join the military to work with peace of mind," emphasized Lieutenant Colonel Nguyen Sy Son.