Mr. Bui Van Trong (name of the character changed) said that previously, he worked as a lecturer at a private high school with a social insurance (SI) contribution period of 8 years and 5 months, in the position of a Biology teacher.
In 2025, he took the civil servant recruitment exam for the position of natural science teacher at a secondary school and passed the first civil servant recruitment of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Education and Training.
Mr. Trong wants to know whether, according to current regulations, his case is considered for probation exemption and salary grade corresponding to the time he has contributed to social insurance before. He hopes to be specifically guided by competent authorities on this case.
Regarding Mr. Trong's reflection and recommendations, the Ministry of Home Affairs responded on the Electronic Information Portal.
The recruitment of public employees in 2025 is implemented according to the provisions of Decree No. 115/2020/ND-CP dated September 25, 2020 of the Government stipulating the recruitment, use and management of public employees (amended and supplemented by Decree 85/2023/ND-CP).
From July 1, 2026, it is implemented according to Decree No. 259/2026/ND-CP dated June 30, 2026 of the Government regulating the recruitment, use and management of public employees.
Article 10 of Decree No. 259/2026/ND-CP stipulates the salary ranking for people recruited and received as civil servants.
Accordingly, people who are recruited and accepted into a job position at a certain professional level are classified to enjoy the starting salary level of that professional level.
In case the person recruited as a civil servant has worked in accordance with the provisions of law in accordance with the professional qualification requirements of the recruited job position, has paid compulsory social insurance (if not continuously but has not received a one-time social insurance allowance or has not enjoyed the demobilization and discharge regime, it is accumulated), is assigned to work in accordance with the professional qualifications previously held, the head of the agency or unit with recruitment authority shall base on that working time to consider and decide to rank it into the appropriate salary grade at the professional level of the recruited job position.
In case the person admitted to work as an official according to the provisions of this Decree has worked with compulsory social insurance contributions (if not continuously but has not received a one-time social insurance allowance or has not enjoyed the demobilization and discharge regime, it is accumulated) in accordance with the professional qualification requirements of the job position being admitted, that working time is calculated as the basis for ranking salaries at the professional level of the job position being admitted.
Based on the provisions of Article 58, Article 59 and Article 60 of Decree No. 259/2026/ND-CP, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests you to exchange with agencies and units recruiting civil servants for consideration and resolution.
