Regulations on the procedure for implementing initial military service registration

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree 220/2025/ND-CP (effective from August 7, 2025) stipulates amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 13/2016/ND-CP of the Government stipulating the order, registration procedures and regimes and policies of citizens during the period of registration, examination and health check-up for military service as follows:

3. Implementation procedures

a) 05 days before the date of military service registration, the Commune-level Military Command, agency or organization is responsible for forwarding the decision to call up for military service registration to citizens. In case the agency or organization does not have a Military Command, the head or legal representative of the agency or organization is responsible for forwarding the decision to call for military service registration to the citizen;

b) After receiving the decision to call up to register for military service, the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level, citizens subject to the provisions of Article 12 of the Law on Military Service No. 78/2015/QH13, are responsible for registering for military service online or registering directly at the Commune-level Military Command. In case the agency or organization does not have a Military Command, the head or legal representative of the agency or organization shall be responsible for transferring the decision to call for military service registration to citizens or organizations for citizens to register for initial military service at their place of residence;

c) Within 01 day, the Commune-level Military Command is responsible for instructing citizens to declare a self-declaration of military service health certificate, register the necessary information of citizens in the list of male citizens aged 17 and over in the year, the Book of registration of citizens ready to join the army and transfer the Certificate of military service registration to citizens immediately upon registration;

d) Within 05 days, the Commune Military Command will synthesize the results and report to the Chairman of the Commune People's Committee and the Regional Defense Command; manage the records of citizens who have registered for initial military service; the Regional Defense Command will synthesize the results and report to the Hanoi Capital Command, the Ho Chi Minh City Command, and the Provincial Military Command".

Thus, from August 7, 2025, the procedure for implementing initial military service registration is regulated as above.