Draft Rules For Vietnam In Cook
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1-A – Available for military service. 1-AM – Medical specialist available for military service. 1-A-O – Conscientious Objector – Conscientiously opposed to training and military service requiring the use of arms – fulfills his service obligation in a noncombatant position within the military.
The various exemptions which draft-eligible men could use to avoid service, such as still being in university education or being medically unfit, were thought to allow better-connected and middle class men to evade the draft more easily than working class or minority men.
Exemptions are traditionally granted to those who are conscientiously opposed to military service Page 11 Exemptions and Deferments for a Possible Military Draft 10 due to religious, moral, or ethical beliefs. Those who are granted an exemption are not required to serve in a military draft.
The various exemptions which draft-eligible men could use to avoid service, such as still being in university education or being medically unfit, were thought to allow better-connected and middle class men to evade the draft more easily than working class or minority men.
There were 366 blue plastic capsules containing birth dates placed in a large glass container and drawn by hand to assign order-of-call numbers to all men within the 18-26 age range specified in Selective Service law.
All men of draft age (born January 1, 1944, to December 31, 1950) who shared a birthday would be called to serve at once. The first 195 birthdays drawn were later called to serve in the order they were drawn; the last of these was September 24.
Millions of young men tried to evade the draft: some fled to Canada; many feigned physical or mental illness, others used family connections to gain safe positions in the National Guard.
On 30 November 2024, Vietnam's National Assembly passed the Data Law, which will come into force on 1 July 2025. The Data Law aims to provide a regulatory framework for digital data-related business activities and to foster the growth of Vietnam's digital data economy.
Vietnam's Ministry of Information and Communications has released the latest version of its draft Law on the Digital Technology Industry (DTI Law), marking a significant step toward comprehensive regulation of digital technologies and notably addressing artificial intelligence (AI).
Men ages 18-26 were required to register. Civilian authorities conducted the registration. Individuals were responsible for their own registration.
