According to Clause 1, Article 4 of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants 2008, cadres are Vietnamese citizens, elected, approved, appointed to hold positions and titles according to their terms in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, socio-political organizations at the central level, in provinces and centrally run cities, in districts, towns and cities under the province, in the payroll and receiving salaries from the state budget.
According to Clause 1, Article 1 of the Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants and the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants who are Vietnamese citizens, recruited and appointed to ranks, positions and titles corresponding to job positions in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, socio-political organizations at the central, provincial and district levels; in agencies and units under the People's Army that are not officers, professional soldiers, or defense workers; in agencies and units under the People's Public Security that are not officers or non-commissioned officers serving under the professional regime, police workers, in the payroll and receiving salaries from the state budget.
Thus, cadres and civil servants from the district level and above are cases that satisfy the above concept.
Meanwhile, according to the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants 2008 (amended and supplemented in 2019), commune, ward and town cadres are Vietnamese citizens, elected to hold positions for a term in the Standing Committee of the People's Council, People's Committee, Secretary, Deputy Secretary of the Party Committee, and heads of socio-political organizations.
Commune-level civil servants are Vietnamese citizens recruited to hold a professional title under the People's Committee at the commune level, in the payroll and receiving salaries from the state budget.
