On July 23, the People's Committee of Quang Tri province announced that it had just issued a document recommending the Ministry of Home Affairs to allow the reception of 12 members of the 500 Young Intellectuals Project who are not currently recruited to commune-level civil servants, without requiring it to be based on the rate of civil servants who need to be employed in the agency.
These are the team members of the pilot project to recruit young intellectuals to volunteer for the commune for the period 2013-2020, who have completed their tasks and made many positive contributions to the locality. After the administrative merger, the whole province currently has 12 members who have not been recruited as civil servants and public employees.
Quang Tri province proposed that the Ministry of Home Affairs allow the receipt of the remaining 12 members of Project 500 to become commune-level civil servants without having to base on the current staffing quota, and at the same time committed to implementing a staffing streamlining roadmap within 5 years to ensure compliance with regulations.
Previously, as reported by Lao Dong Newspaper, in Quang Tri province (formerly Quang Binh province), 11/15 Project 500 team members have not been officially recruited despite completing the working time according to the project. Many people continue to stay in the area, contributing long-term in the context of many local difficulties.
Ms. Le Thi Ngoc Ha, a member of Project 500, shared: I have worked in My Trach commune, Bo Trach district, Quang Binh (old) since 2015. Up to now, we have only had labor contracts and have not been officially recruited. Our biggest wish is to have a specific decision to stabilize our lives and feel secure in sticking with it.
In early July 2025, Ms. Ha was transferred to work as an expert in the Economic Department of Bac Trach commune, Quang Tri province, continuing the contract until the end of 2025 according to the plan to reorganize the new apparatus.