Is the person registering for public employee recruitment required to be over 18 years old in Vietnam?

Is the person registering for public employee recruitment required to be over 18 years old in Vietnam?

In Article 22 of the Law on Public Employees 2010 is amended by Point a Clause 12 Article 2 of the Law Cadres, civil servants and the amended Law on Public Employees 2019 have regulations on conditions for registering for public employee recruitment as follows:

1 A person who meets all the following conditions, regardless of nationality, gender, social status, belief and religion, may register for public employee recruitment:

a/ Bearing Vietnamese citizenship and residing in Vietnam:

b/ Reaching full 18 years of age. For a number of areas of cultural activity, arts. physical training and spoils, the age eligible for recruitment may be lower as provided by law with written consent of at-law representatives:

c/ Filing an application for recruitment:

d/ Having a clear personal background;

e/ Possessing diplomas, training certificates or practice certificates or aptitude and skills relevant to the working position for which he/she applies:

f/ Being physically fit for work or tasks;

g/ Meeting other conditions required by the working position for which he/she applies and determined by the public non-business unit, which must not be contrary to law.

2. The following persons may not register for public employee recruitment:

a/ Having lost civil act capacity or having such capacity restricted;

b/ Being examined for penal liability; currently serving a criminal sentence or ruling of the court or serving the administrative measure of confinement to sent to compulsory detoxification establishments, sent to compulsory education establishments, sent to reformatories.

Based on current regulations in Vietnam, applicants for public employee recruitment are not required to be over 18 years old. In the case of recruiting officials in the field of cultural, artistic, physical education and sports activities, the recruitment age may be lower as prescribed by law.

Is the person registering for public employee recruitment required to be over 18 years old in Vietnam? (Image from the Internet)

Is the probation period of public employees required to be 12 months in Vietnam? 

At Article 27 of the Law on Public Employees 2010 there are regulations on the probation regime as follows:

1. A recruited public employee must undergo the probation regime, except those who have at least full 12 months of performing professional work relevant to the working positions for which they are recruited.

2. The probation period may last from 3 months to 12 months and must be stated in the working contract.

3. The Government shall detail the probation regime.

Thus, a public employee's probationary period is not required to be 12 months. The law stipulates that an employee's probation period will be from 3 to 12 months and must be specified in the working contract in Vietnam.

What are prohibitions on public employees in Vietnam? 

At Article 19 of the Law on Public Employees 2010 there are regulations on prohibitions on public employees:

1. Shirking responsibility or refusing to discharge assigned work or tasks; sowing factionalism and disunity: quitting jobs arbitrarily: going on strike.

2. Illegally using assets of agencies, organizations, units and the people in contravention of law.

3. Discriminating in any form against nationality, gender, social strata, beliefs and religions.

4. Taking advantage of professional activities to conduct propaganda against the line and policies of the Party and the laws of the State or to the detriment of the fine traditions and customs and cultural and spiritual life of the people and society.

5. Hurting the honor, dignity and prestige of others when carrying out professional activities.

6. Other prohibitions as provided by the Law Against Corruption, the Law on Thrift Practice and Wastefulness Combat and other relevant laws.

Thus, public employees are not allowed to do the things prescribed above in Vietnam.

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