Article 20 of the Law on Public Employees 2025 (effective from July 1, 2026) stipulates work contracts for public employees as follows:
- A work contract is a written agreement between a public employee or a person recruited into the position of public employee and the head of a public non-business unit on the job position, salary, preferential treatment regime, working conditions, rights, obligations and other related contents.
- Based on the recruitment results, the head of a public non-business unit signs a work contract and arranges the winning candidate for a job position.
- Work contracts for civil servants include fixed-term contracts and indefinite-term contracts.
Currently, Article 25 of the Law on Public Employees 2010, amended by Clause 2, Article 2 of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants and the Law on Public Employees amended in 2019, effective from July 1, 2020, stipulates as follows:
Article 25.Types of employment contracts 1.
A fixed-term employment contract is a contract in which the two parties determine the term and time of expiration of the contract within a period of 12 months to 60 months.
A fixed-term employment contract applies to employees recruited as civil servants from July 1, 2020, except for cases specified in Points b and c, Clause 2 of this Article.
2.An indefinite-term employment contract is a contract in which the two parties do not determine the term and time of expiration of the contract.An indefinite-term employment contract applies to the following cases: a) Civil servants recruited before July 1, 2020; b) Cadres and civil servants transferred to become civil servants as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 58 of this Law; c) People recruited as civil servants working in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions.
3.The Government shall specify in detail this Article.
Thus, the regulations on civil servant contracts from July 1, 2026 will have many new points compared to current regulations.
