The Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court (TANDTC) has issued Circular No. 02/2026/TT-TANDTC regulating procedures and dossiers for requesting appointment, reappointment, consideration for promotion, transfer, demotion, dismissal, and dismissal of Judges of the People's Court and takes effect from January 15, 2026.
The Circular mentions the conditions and procedures for requesting the first appointment of a Judge of the People's Court.
Accordingly, the person introduced to propose the appointment of a Judge of the People's Court must meet all conditions:
Meeting the standards and conditions for appointing Judges of the People's Court according to the provisions of Articles 94 and 95 of the Law on Organization of the People's Court No. 34/2024/QH15, which has been amended and supplemented with a number of articles according to Law No. 81/2025/QH15, Law No. 142/2025/QH15 and Law No. 150/2025/QH15;
Not in the period of complying with the disciplinary decision or considering disciplinary action;
The results of assessment and classification of civil servants in the 3 consecutive years before the time of proposed appointment must be assessed and classified as civil servants "Completing tasks well" or higher;
The age of appointment must meet the provisions of Clause 2, Article 100 of the Law on Organization of the People's Courts;
Not being in the period of being held responsible according to the regulations of the Chief Justice of the Supreme People's Court on handling responsibilities for persons holding judicial titles in the People's Court.
The proposed appointment dossier includes:
Letter of proposal for appointment;
List of personnel proposed for appointment;
Resolutions of the Provincial People's Court Party Committee or documents of competent authorities for military courts on unifying the proposal for appointment;
Comments, assessments and Minutes of comments and assessments meetings of the Provincial People's Court Judges' Committee on the quality of adjudication of People's Court Judges working at the Provincial People's Courts and Regional People's Courts;
Document recognizing the admission results of the People's Court Judge Selection Exam for cases of first appointment of People's Court Judges specified in Clause 1, Article 95 of the Law on Organization of People's Courts.
