Orphaned at a young age, are you exempt from military service?

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 2, Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service stipulates exemption from military service for the following citizens:

a) Children of martyrs, children of first-class disabled soldiers;

b) A brother or a younger brother of a martyr;

c) One child of a second-class war invalid; one child of a sick soldier with a labor capacity reduction of 81% or more; one child of a person infected with Agent Orange with a labor capacity reduction of 81% or more;

d) Persons doing essential work who are not soldiers or People's Police;

d) Cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers mobilized to work in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions as prescribed by law for 24 months or more.

Clause 3, Article 41 of the 2015 Law on Military Service stipulates: Citizens who are eligible for temporary deferment or exemption from military service as prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2 of this Article, if they volunteer, will be considered for selection and military service.

Thus, orphans from childhood are not exempt from military service according to the above regulations.