Decree No. 173/2025/ND-CP stipulates labor contracts and service contracts to perform one or a number of tasks of civil servants in Party agencies, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, the State, and socio-political organizations at the central, provincial, and commune levels.
Clause 2, Article 9 of the Decree stipulates the standards and conditions for individuals who are allowed to sign labor contracts and service contracts to perform civil servant duties as follows:
a) Have expertise suitable for the job that requires signing a contract; have a clear background, good ethics; be healthy enough to work; be dedicated to work; have capacity, practical experience; be eligible to sign a contract, participate in work of an agency, organization or unit according to the provisions of law;
b) Not subject to criminal prosecution or prison sentence enforcement but subject to suspended sentences, non-custodial reform or being subject to educational measures in communes and wards; sent to compulsory education institutions and sent to compulsory drug rehabilitation facilities; people who have lost their capacity to act, limited administrative capacity, not subject to a period of being banned from practicing or banned from doing work related to contract signing;
c) Meet other standards and conditions as prescribed by specialized laws and as prescribed by competent authorities to sign contracts (if any).
