Military service in Vietnam is compulsory for Vietnamese males between 18 and 25 (extended to 27 for those who applied for a delay to obtain higher education degrees) years of age (Photo: VNA)
Newly-recruited soldiers in a see-off ceremony in the central province of Thua Thien-Hue (Photo: VNA)
A young soldier in the Mekong Delta province of Hau Giang poses together with his family (Photo: VNA)
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