VietNamNet Bridge – On Tuesday morning, September 9, tens of thousands of young men throughout the country enlisted in the army, the second phase in 2014.

Colonel Nguyen Manh Toan, from the High Command of Hanoi Capital, said that in the second phase, 15 military units recruited new soldiers and two of them have their own recruitment criteria – the Army Ritual Team and a unit of the 957 Brigade of the Navy Zone 4.

Toan said this year the qualification of new soldiers is higher than the previous years. Hanoi does not select the citizens with nearsightedness and farsightedness and gives priority to those who have university and college degrees. Unqualified recruits will be rejected.

Photo: A woman says goodbye in tears to her brother in Soc Son district, Hanoi.

The officer said in the second phase of recruitment, Hanoi enlisted more than 2,000 citizens, with 41.5 percent holding college and university diplomas.

He said that through the recruitment process, it is reported that the proportion of young men suffering from refractive eye diseases such as myopia and hyperopia is very high, with 76.7% in Hai Ba Trung district, 72% in Long Bien district, and 68% in Hoang Mai district.

Along with Hanoi, all other provinces also enlisted new recruits on September 9-10.

Rookies say goodbye to their families before joining the army, photos taken in Soc Son District, Hanoi on September 9:

Le Ha