A young man in Nghe An was proposed to be punished for evading military service to work in Korea.
After being drafted into the military, a young man in Hung Nguyen district also received his enlistment order, but two days before the enlistment ceremony, he left for South Korea to work.
On February 28, a leader of the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district said that the locality had just transferred the file and related documents to the Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee to review and issue a decision on administrative sanctions according to authority for non-compliance.import callof a local citizen.
In the document, the People's Committee of Hung Nguyen district proposed to impose an administrative fine of 62.5 million VND on Dinh Huu Ph. (19 years old, residing in Hamlet 5, Hung Yen Nam Commune) for not complying with the military call-up order. The remedial measure is to force this person to perform military service and comply with the military call-up order.
According to the case file, Dinh Huu Ph. had previously undergone a health check at the commune and district levels, and the results showed that Ph. passed the military service list in 2025. On January 24, this young man was also present at the headquarters of Hung Yen Nam commune to receive the call-up order.
However, on February 14, when the government organized the military handover ceremony, Ph. was not present as planned. Ph.'s behavior violated the provisions of Clause 3, Article 7 of Decree No. 120/2013/ND-CP dated October 9, 2013 of the Government regulating administrative sanctions in the field of national defense and cryptography; amended and supplemented in Clause 9, Article 1 of Decree No. 37/2022/ND-CP dated June 6, 2022 of the Government. The fine ranges from 50 million VND to 75 million VND.

Through verification by the authorities, this young man is currently not in the locality. His family said that 2 days before the military enlistment ceremony, on February 12, Ph. had left the country to work in Korea through self-funded study abroad.
According to the leader of Hung Yen Nam commune, in the 2025 military recruitment, the locality was assigned a target of recruiting 14 citizens to join the army. However, the result was only 12 young men were recruited into the army.