Disciplinary acts against civil servants from July 2025

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 6 of Decree 172/2025/ND-CP regulating disciplinary action against cadres and civil servants (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates the following disciplinary actions:

1. Cadres and civil servants who violate Party regulations related to public service activities; regulations on the duties of cadres and civil servants; things that cadres and civil servants are not allowed to do; violate public ethics, communication culture at the office, communication with the people; violate internal rules and regulations of agencies, organizations and units.

2. The level of violation is determined as follows:

a) Violations with less serious consequences are violations of nature, with no large impact, affecting the reputation of the working agency, organization or unit;

b) Violations with serious consequences are violations of a nature, scale, great harm, external impact, causing bad public opinion among cadres, civil servants and people, reducing the prestige of agencies, organizations and working units;

c) Violations with very serious consequences are violations of very large nature, scale, and impact, affecting the whole society, causing great public outrage among cadres, civil servants, and the People, and damaging the reputation of agencies, organizations, and work units.

Thus, from July 1, 2025, civil servants who violate the above acts will be subject to disciplinary action.