In Vietnam, is it permissible for public employees to take leave days of 3 years at a time?

Is it permissible for public employees in Vietnam to take leave days of 3 years at a time?

Below are regulations of Article 13 in Law on public employees: 

1. To take annual leaves, holidays and leaves for personal reasons under the labor law. Public employees who do not use any or all of prescribed annual leave days due to work requirements are entitled to a sum of money for those days on which they work.

2. Public employees working in mountainous, border, island, deep-lying and remote areas and in other special cases may take leave days of 2 years at a time if they so wish. If wishing to take leave days of 3 years at a time, they shall obtain consent of the heads of their public non-business units.

3. For special non-business fields, public employees may take paid leaves as provided by law.

4. To lake unpaid leaves for plausible reasons and after obtaining consent of the heads of their public non-business units.

Therefore, according to the above regulations, you are allowed to take leave days of 3 years at a time if you shall obtain consent of the head of your public non-business unit.

What are the rights of public employees in professional activities in Vietnam? 

Pursuant to Article 11 of in Law on public employees, rights of public employees in professional activities are promulgated as follows:

1. To be protected by law when performing professional activities.

2. To be trained and retrained in order to raise their political, specialized and professional qualifications.

3. To be provided with working equipment and working conditions.

4. To be provided with information about their assigned work or tasks.

5. To decide on professional matters related to their assigned work or tasks.

6. To decline to perform work or tasks that is/are contrary to law.

7. Other rights related to professional activities as provided by law.

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