This content is stipulated in Decree 300/2026/ND-CP of the Government amending and supplementing a number of contents on recruitment, use and management of civil servants, effective from August 1.
According to the decree, civil servants proposed for first-time appointment to management positions or proposed for appointment to higher positions must be old enough to work for the full term of appointment.
The time to calculate the appointment age is implemented according to the regulations of the competent authority. In special cases where they are not old enough to work for the full term of appointment, the competent authority for appointment shall consider and decide based on objective assessment of achievements, products, and specific results;
Civil servants appointed to new positions equivalent to or lower than the current position or title are not subject to the age of appointment according to the above regulations.
Regarding the standards and conditions for appointment, personnel must ensure general standards according to the Party's regulations, laws and specific standards for positions and titles to be appointed according to the regulations of competent authorities.
Personnel from local sources must be planned for appointed positions and titles or must be planned for equivalent positions and titles or higher. For personnel from other places, they must be planned for equivalent positions and titles or higher.
Special cases are considered and decided by the competent authority for appointment based on comprehensive review and evaluation of human resources in planning, achievements, products, specific results and are responsible for their decisions.
In case agencies, organizations, and units are newly established or due to separation, consolidation, merger, reorganization to form new agencies, organizations, and units that have not yet approved the plan, the competent authority for appointment shall consider and decide.
In case of being appointed to a higher position, it must have held a position immediately adjacent to the position being held or an equivalent position or title immediately adjacent to the expected position to be appointed for at least 1 year (12 months), if not continuous, it is accumulated (only accumulated for the time holding an equivalent position).
In case before appointment, there has been a time holding a position or title that is identified as a position or title higher, equal, equivalent or lower adjacent to the expected position or title, that time is counted as the time holding an equivalent position or title to accumulate; it is not applied to cases of resignation due to disciplinary action.
In special cases where the time holding a position or title is not guaranteed to be lower than the adjacent one, the competent authority for appointment shall consider and decide based on objective assessment of achievements, products, and specific results.
Having complete and clear personal records, personal history, asset and income declarations and being appraised and verified by competent authorities.
Being commented on and evaluated by competent authorities as completing tasks well or better in the last 3 years.
Having work experience, management and administration experience, achievements, results and specific products suitable for the expected position to be appointed; in case of appointing personnel from other places, specific achievements, results, and products must ensure compliance with the requirements for performing tasks of the expected position and title.
Personnel must not belong to one of the following cases: Being prohibited from holding positions according to the Party's regulations and the law; being in the period of disciplinary action; being in the period of implementing disciplinary decisions according to the regulations of competent authorities;
Not currently in the period of resolving denunciations (there has been a decision to establish a denunciation settlement team), resolving disciplinary complaints, inspection when there are signs of violations or being proposed for handling violations according to inspection and audit conclusions...
