Recently, the Government issued Decree No. 179/2024/ND-CP stipulating policies to attract and employ talented people to work in agencies, organizations and units of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front (VFF) and socio-political organizations.
Decree regulating preferential policies in recruiting civil servants and public employees.
Accordingly, ministries, branches, central and local agencies must prioritize staffing to recruit excellent graduates and talented young scientists.
The head of the agency managing civil servants and public employees is responsible for specifically identifying job positions that require talented people at the agency, organization, or unit under his/her management.
Recruitment of excellent graduates and young scientists who meet the criteria and conditions specified in this Decree into civil servants and public employees shall be carried out through examination. The content, form, order and procedures of examination shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of the law on civil servants and public employees.
Also according to the decree, based on the need to use high-quality human resources in strategic and key national fields, ministries, branches, central and local agencies are allowed to sign labor contracts with experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists who are Vietnamese or foreigners to carry out specific tasks, projects, and plans to work in agencies, organizations, and units under their management.
The selection of the form of labor contract, the content of the agreement in the labor contract and the remuneration level for experts and leading scientists are decided by the heads of ministries, branches, central and local agencies based on the work requirements, capacity, contributions of experts, managers, business administrators, leading scientists and the funding source to implement policies for talented people of ministries, branches, central and local agencies.
Experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists who are Vietnamese, of working age according to the provisions of the law on labor, if they wish to work long-term at agencies, organizations, and units in the political system, will be considered by competent authorities for admission into civil service and public employees and will receive an additional allowance equal to 300% of their current salary.
Including: salary levels according to rank, position, title, professional title and salary allowances according to regulations of law.
Additional allowances are not used to calculate compulsory social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance (for civil servants).
The order and procedures for accepting Vietnamese experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists into civil service positions shall comply with the provisions of the law on civil servants and public employees.
Competent authorities may consider and appoint Vietnamese experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists to hold leadership and management positions or positions or arrange them into job positions with professional and technical requirements of the main specialist, senior specialist, and equivalent levels; appoint them to the professional ranks and titles corresponding to the assigned job positions.
These regulations come into effect from January 1, 2025.
