Who must register for military service?
According to Clause 2, Article 3 of the Law on Military Service 2015, military service registration is the establishment of a record of military service of citizens of military service age.
The principles of military service registration are stipulated in Article 11 of the 2015 Law on Military Service, including: Correct subjects, procedures, policies and regimes according to the provisions of law; Unified, public, transparent, and convenient for citizens; Strictly managing and firmly grasping the quantity, quality, and personal background of citizens of military service age; Any changes in residence of citizens of military service age must be registered and managed according to the provisions of law.
According to Article 12 of the Law on Military Service 2015, subjects registering for military service include: Male citizens aged 17 or older; Female citizens specified in Clause 2, Article 7 of the Law on Military Service 2015 aged 18 or older.
Thus, male citizens aged 17 and over are required to register for military service, female citizens with a profession or expertise that meets the requirements of the People's Army aged 18 and over are allowed to register for voluntary military service.
3 cases are not allowed to register for military service
According to Article 13 of the Law on Military Service 2015, citizens in one of the following cases are not allowed to register for military service:
- Being prosecuted for criminal liability; serving a prison sentence, non-custodial reform, probation or having completed a prison sentence but not yet had the criminal record cleared;
- Being subject toeducational measures at the commune, ward or town level (hereinafter referred to as commune level) or being sent to a reformatory school, compulsory education facility or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;
- Deprived of the right to serve in the people's armed forces.
When the period of application of measures prescribed in Clause 1, Article 13 of the Law on Military Service 2015 expires, citizens are allowed to register for military service.
Subjects exempted from military service registration
Subjects exempted from military service registration as stipulated in Article 14 of the Law on Military Service 2015 include: People with disabilities, people with serious illnesses, mental illnesses or chronic illnesses as prescribed by law.
Citizens are removed from the military service registration list in the following cases:
- Die;
- Out of reserve service age;
- Cases specified in Clause 1, Article 13 or Article 14 of the Law on Military Service 2015, including:
+ Being prosecuted for criminal liability; serving a prison sentence, non-custodial reform, probation or having completed a prison sentence but not yet had the criminal record cleared;
+ Being subject to educational measures at the commune, ward or town level (hereinafter referred to as commune level) or being sent to a reformatory school, compulsory education facility or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;
+ Deprived of the right to serve in the people's armed forces.
+ People with disabilities, people with serious illnesses, mental illnesses or chronic illnesses as prescribed by law.
Within 10 days from the date of confirmation from the competent authority, the Commune-level Military Command, agencies and organizations whose citizens are removed from the military service registration list must report to the District-level Military Command for decision.
Military service registration agency
Pursuant to Article 15 of the Law on Military Service 2015, the military service registration agency is stipulated as follows:
- The Commune Military Command carries out military service registration for citizens residing in the locality.
- The Military Command of agencies and organizations at the grassroots level shall register military service for citizens working and studying at the agency or organization and compile reports for the Military Command of the district, town, city under the province and equivalent administrative units (hereinafter referred to as district level) where the agency or organization is headquartered;
In case an agency or organization does not have a Military Command at the grassroots level, the head or legal representative of the agency or organization is responsible for organizing for citizens to register for military service at their place of residence.
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