Decree No. 33/2023/ND-CP on commune-level cadres, civil servants and non-professional workers at commune level, in villages and residential groups, in Article 10 stipulates the standards for each position of commune-level civil servant as follows:
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2. Standards for civil servants in the fields of Office - Statistics; Land - Construction - Urban and Environment (for wards and towns) or Land - Agriculture - Construction and Environment (for communes); Finance - Accounting; Justice - Civil Status; Culture - Society are as follows:
a) Age: 18 years of age or older;
b) General education level: High school graduate;
c) Professional qualifications: University degree or higher in a field of training appropriate to the job requirements of each commune-level civil servant position. In case the law has provisions different from the provisions of this Decree, the provisions of that law shall apply.
3. The provincial People's Committee shall specify the professional and technical qualifications from intermediate level and above for commune-level civil servants working in communes, wards and towns in mountainous areas, highlands, border areas, islands, island communes, remote areas, ethnic minority areas and areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions.
4. Based on the standards of each commune-level civil servant position prescribed in Clause 2 of this Article and the actual conditions of the locality, the Provincial People's Committee shall stipulate:
a) Specific standards for each commune-level civil servant position must be suitable to the characteristics and requirements for performing tasks at each commune level, but must ensure that they are not lower than the standards prescribed in this Decree;
b) Training majors are suitable for the job requirements of each commune-level civil servant position in each recruitment period;
c) Develop a plan to create resources, train and foster each position of commune-level civil servants in state management, political theory; foreign languages, information technology, ethnic minority languages (for work areas where ethnic minority languages must be used in public service activities), implement policies and regulations and streamline staffing.
