5 cases of civil servants exempted from disciplinary responsibilities from July 2026

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 2, Article 4, Decree 234/2026/ND-CP stipulating the handling of disciplinary action against public employees (effective from July 1, 2026) stipulates that public employees who commit violations to the extent that they must be considered for disciplinary action are exempt from disciplinary responsibility in the following cases:

a) Implement proposals on scientific research, technology development and innovation that have been permitted by competent authorities and determined by competent authorities to have implemented the policy correctly, without corruption, without negativity, without fraudulent acts, intentional violations of the law, with pure motives, for the common good but with damage occurring;

b) Having properly implemented regulations on authority, order, procedures, without self-interest in the process of performing tasks but causing damage due to objective reasons;

c) Having committed violations to the extent of being disciplined but having passed away;

d) Cases exempted from disciplinary responsibility specified in the National Assembly's Resolution on specific mechanisms and policies to handle violations of land law by organizations and individuals occurring before the 2024 Land Law takes effect and remove difficulties and obstacles for backlog and prolonged projects;

d) Other cases exempted from disciplinary responsibility according to the provisions of law.

Thus, from July 1, 2026, the above cases of civil servants will be exempted from disciplinary responsibility.