What are the height and weight standards for military service in 2024? What height and weight must citizens meet to qualify for categories 1, 2, and 3? - Reader My Han
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| Standards for height and weight for military service in 2024. (Source: People's Army Newspaper) |
Height and weight standards for military service in 2024
According to Article 31 of the 2015 Military Service Law, citizens are called up for military service when they meet the following criteria: a clear personal history; strict adherence to the Party's guidelines and policies, and the State's laws and regulations; sufficient health to serve in the military as prescribed; and appropriate educational qualifications.
Specifically, the health standards for conscription are stipulated in Clause 3, Article 4 of Circular 148/2018/TT-BQP as follows:
- Selecting citizens with health classifications 1, 2, and 3 as stipulated in Joint Circular 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP regulating health examinations for military service.
- For key and confidential agencies, units, and positions within the Army; the Honor Guard and Ceremonial Force; and the professional Military Guard and Control Force, selection procedures will be carried out according to specific standards as prescribed by the Ministry of National Defense .
- Citizens with health category 3, including those with refractive eye defects (myopia of 1.5 diopters or more, various degrees of hyperopia); drug addiction, HIV infection, or AIDS, will not be drafted into the Army.
Therefore, if a citizen's height and weight standards fall into categories 1, 2, or 3, they will meet one of the conditions for military service in 2014.
Specifically, the standards for height and weight (or what is called the physical fitness classification standards) are guided by Joint Circular 16/2016/TTLT-BYT-BQP as follows:
TYPE HEALTH | MALE | FEMALE | |||
Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | Chest circumference (cm) | Height (cm) | Weight (kg) | |
1 | ≥ 163 | ≥ 51 | ≥ 81 | ≥ 154 | ≥ 48 |
2 | 160 - 162 | 47 - 50 | 78 - 80 | 152 - 153 | 44 - 47 |
3 | 157 - 159 | 43 - 46 | 75 - 77 | 150 - 151 | 42 - 43 |
4 | 155 - 156 | 41 - 42 | 73 - 74 | 148 - 149 | 40 - 41 |
5 | 153 - 154 | 40 | 71 - 72 | 147 | 38 - 39 |
6 | ≤ 152 | ≤ 39 | ≤ 70 | ≤ 146 | ≤ 37 |
Cases of being excessively obese or underweight will be considered based on BMI (see examination guidelines).
Therefore , to achieve categories 1, 2, and 3 in height and weight for military service in 2024, citizens must meet the following minimum requirements:
- Male citizens: Must be at least 1.57m tall and weigh at least 43kg.
- Female citizens: Must be at least 1.5 meters tall and weigh at least 42 kg.
Which individuals are ineligible to register for military service in 2024?
Citizens falling into one of the following categories are not eligible to register for military service:
- Currently under criminal investigation; serving a prison sentence, undergoing non-custodial rehabilitation, under probation, or having completed a prison sentence but not yet had their criminal record expunged;
- Currently subject to educational measures at the commune, ward, or town level (hereinafter referred to as the commune level) or placed in a reformatory school, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;
- Stripped of the right to serve in the people's armed forces.
However, if the aforementioned measures expire, citizens are eligible to register for military service.
(Article 13 of the 2015 Military Service Law)
Regulations on military service registration agencies in 2024
Specifically, Article 14 of the 2015 Military Service Law stipulates the following regarding the military service registration agency:
- The commune-level Military Command is responsible for registering military service obligations for citizens residing in the locality.
- The Military Command of agencies and organizations at the grassroots level shall register citizens working or studying at the agency or organization for military service and compile reports for the Military Command of the district, town, city, or equivalent administrative unit (hereinafter referred to as the district level) where the agency or organization is located; in cases where the agency or organization does not have a Military Command at the grassroots level, the head or legal representative of the agency or organization is responsible for organizing citizens to register for military service at their place of residence.
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