On January 17, Mr. Nguyen Van Hiet - Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs of Quang Tri province confirmed that he had submitted a request to retire with 3 years left on the job.
Many people, even though they have reached retirement age, try to find ways to extend their retirement, thinking that they are still healthy and strong enough to "take on the burden". Mr. Hiet said that he asked to retire early because he is old, has enthusiasm and responsibility, but is not as active and creative as young people.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hiet may still be active and creative, but he modestly considers himself inferior to the youth. Mr. Hiet's serious thinking and straightforward self-assessment also help many other officials look back at their own abilities, qualifications, and health, in order to have an appropriate attitude toward the merger and streamlining of agencies, organizations, and localities.
Mr. Nguyen Van Hiet added: "To facilitate the arrangement of the apparatus, I would like to retire early, leaving opportunities for the young, so that the apparatus can be more efficient and effective."
Obviously, if the staff is streamlined, rejuvenated, and talented people are selected, the system will certainly operate effectively and efficiently. Therefore, giving way to young people is appropriate.
Many officials have expressed their views on retiring early to "give opportunities to young people", showing responsibility to the agency, locality and for the common good. The "withdrawal" to "give opportunities" of the Deputy Director of the Department of Home Affairs of Quang Tri province shows that there are still many people willing to sacrifice for the revolution of streamlining the apparatus.
It is called "sacrifice" because it is not necessarily true that young people are more creative and dynamic than older people, but for the common good, there is no need to calculate. If everyone calculates for themselves, it will cause difficulties and hinder the arrangement of staff and personnel of agencies and organizations when merging and streamlining.
However, the officials who consider themselves not as dynamic and creative as the young and ask for early retirement are only at the level of department head, director, deputy director...
There are officials at all levels who dare to consider themselves inferior to the younger generation and ask for early retirement, which will have a positive impact on the merger and streamlining of the apparatus.
