Before participating in military service, citizens must undergo pre-enlistment health check-ups. Vietnamese citizens who meet the health requirements will be conscripted for enlistment according to legal regulations. Vietnam: Regulations on pre-enlistment health check-up Illustration. Here, citizens undergo health check-ups to detect cases of physical weakness, deformities, and conditions eligible for exemption from conscription.
Diseases eligible for exemption from conscription include Mental illness; Epilepsy; Parkinson's disease; Blindness in one eye; Deafness; Residuals of bone tuberculosis; Leprosy scars; Malignant tumors and malignant blood diseases; HIV infection; Severe and extremely severe disabilities. Specifically, in this step, Vietnamese citizens undergo a detailed examination of physical health; pulse, blood pressure; vision; hearing, nose, throat; dental and oral health; internal and neuropsychiatric health; surgery, dermatology, laboratory tests During the physical exam, citizens must be barefoot and bareheaded; males must remove all long clothes, wear only shorts; females wear long pants and thin shirts.
Citizens measure height, weight, chest circumference, and calculate BMI the relationship between height and weight. Citizens must cover one eye with a piece of cardboard, read the letters on the chart in less than 10 seconds. The distance between the chart and the reader is 5m. Citizens are checked for cavities, missing teeth, including the condition of false teeth. Additionally, checks for oral diseases like pulpitis, necrotic pulp, apical periodontitis, etc. Additionally, citizens are checked for chronic pharyngitis, vestibular dizziness, etc.
Besides checking for sweaty hands and feet, citizens are checked for muscle atrophy, myasthenia, and muscle tics manifested by eye, mouth, or lip twitches.
For blood pressure checks, citizens' blood pressure is measured using a blood pressure monitor; for pulse checks, they are examined by radial pulse or by running in place at steps in 5 seconds, running for 5 minutes Based on skin symptoms to diagnose, aiming to detect skin fungus, lupus erythematosus, psoriasis, syphilis One of the steps in the surgical exam is to inspect hemorrhoids; and be conducted individually in a well-lit place. Additionally, checks for flat feet and varicocele are conducted.
