7 cases of temporary deferment of military service

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 1, Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service stipulates temporary deferment of military service for the following citizens:

a) Not healthy enough to serve in the army according to the conclusion of the Health Examination Council;

b) Being the only worker who must directly support relatives who are no longer able to work or have not reached working age; in a family that has suffered serious damage to people and property due to accidents, natural disasters, or dangerous epidemics as confirmed by the People's Committee at the commune level;

c) A child of a war invalid or a person infected with Agent Orange whose working capacity is reduced from 61% to 80%;

d) Having a brother, sister or sibling who is a non-commissioned officer or soldier serving in the army; a non-commissioned officer or soldier performing duty in the People's Public Security;

d) People subject to migration and resettlement in the first 3 years to extremely disadvantaged communes under the State's socio-economic development project decided by the People's Committee of the provincial level or higher;

e) Cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers mobilized to work in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions according to the provisions of law;

g) Currently studying at a general education institution; currently receiving full-time university training at a university, full-time college training at a vocational education institution during a training course of a training level.

Thus, citizens in the above categories will be temporarily deferred from military service.