Do civil servants and public employees have to do military service?

Reply:According to Point e, Clause 1, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers who are mobilized to work in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions according to the provisions of law will be temporarily deferred from military service during peacetime.

According to Point d, Clause 2, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, cadres, civil servants, public employees, and youth volunteers who are mobilized to work in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions as prescribed by law for 24 months or more are exempted from military service in peacetime.

Thus, not all cadres, civil servants and public employees will be temporarily deferred or exempted from military service in peacetime, but only cadres, civil servants and public employees who fall into the above categories will be temporarily deferred or exempted from military service.

Pursuant to Clause 1 and Clause 2, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, Point c, Clause 1, Article 49 of the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Forces 2019, in addition to the above cases, the following subjects are also temporarily deferred or exempted from military service in peacetime:

Cases of temporary deferment of military service:

- Not healthy enough to serve in the army according to the conclusion of the Health Examination Council.

- 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 confirmed by the People's Committee at the commune level.

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

- 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.

- People who are 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 province or higher.

- 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.

- Standing militia.

Cases of exemption from military service:

- Children of martyrs, children of first-class disabled soldiers.

- A brother or a younger brother of a martyr.

- One child of a second-class disabled veteran; one child of a sick soldier with a reduced working capacity of 81% or more; one child of a person infected with Agent Orange with a reduced working capacity of 81% or more.

- People doing key work are not soldiers or People's Police.

Note: According to Clause 3, Article 41 of the Law on Military Service 2015, citizens who are temporarily deferred from military service as prescribed above, if there is no longer a reason for deferment, will be called up for military service. Citizens who are temporarily deferred from military service or exempted from military service as prescribed above, if they volunteer, will be considered for selection and called up for military service.