Update: Structure of the recruitment exam for tax officials in Vietnam in 2020

Update: Structure of the recruitment exam for tax officials in Vietnam in 2020 (Illustrative Photo)

After submitting applications, the General Department of Taxation will review, evaluate, and announce the list of candidates eligible to participate in the 2020 Tax Department official recruitment exam on the website (address: www.gdt.gov.vn) (no paper notifications will be sent to each candidate). These candidates, based on information about the time and place of the exam provided by the General Department of Taxation, will officially enter the 2 rounds of the recruitment exam. Specifically, in Section VI of the Examination Plan issued alongside Decision 1250/QD-BTC, the content of the exams in the 2 rounds is specified as follows:

- Round 1:

+ Exam format: Multiple-choice questions conducted on a computer;

+ Exam content and duration: comprised of 2 parts:

• -  Part  I:  General  knowledge,  including  60  questions  about  the  political  system,  the  organizational  structure  of  the  Communist  Party,  State,  political-social  organizations;  state  administrative  management;  officials,  civil  affairs;  the  Party's  guidelines  and  directions,  state  policies  and  laws  in  the  recruitment  sector  and  field;  responsibilities  and  duties  of  officials  according  to  the  job  position  requirements;
• -  Exam  duration  is  60  minutes;
• -  Part  II:  Foreign  language,  including  30  questions  (English  at  Vietnam's  foreign  language  competency  framework  level  2  for  Specialist  and  equivalent,  level  1  for  Officers  and  equivalent);
• -  Exam  duration  is  30  minutes.

Round 1 results are determined based on the number of correct answers for each part of the exam. Candidates who answer at least 50% of the questions correctly in each part will proceed to Round 2.

- Round 2:

+ Exam format: Written exam;

+ Exam duration: 180 minutes;

+ Exam content:

• -  Candidates  applying  for  the  positions  of  Specialists  and  Tax  Inspectors  in  professional  and  operational  roles;  Officers  and  Intermediate  Tax  Inspectors:  Knowledge  about  tax  (Value  Added  Tax  Law,  Corporate  Income  Tax  Law,  Personal  Income  Tax  Law)  and  Tax  Management  Law;
• -  Candidates  applying  for  Specialist  positions  in  information  technology:  Knowledge  about  information  technology  (computer  engineering;  computer  science;  software  engineering  -  computer  networks  and  communications);  knowledge  about  Windows  operating  system;  knowledge  about  database  management;  using  Office  2010  applications  (mainly  Microsoft  Excel  and  Microsoft  Word);
• -  Candidates  applying  for  Officer  positions  in  information  technology:  Knowledge  about  Windows  operating  system;  knowledge  about  database  management;  using  Office  2010  applications  (mainly  Microsoft  Excel  and  Microsoft  Word);
• -  Candidates  applying  for  clerical  positions,  intermediate  clerical  positions:  Knowledge  about  archive  science  and  office  management;  about  clerical  administration;  about  clerical  work  -  archiving.

Conditions for foreign language exam exemption in Vietnam:

Candidates are exempt from the foreign language exam (Round 1) if they meet one of the following conditions:

- Have a bachelor's or postgraduate degree in a foreign language. Thus, candidates graduating from a College of Education with a major in English are not exempt from the foreign language exam;

- Have a bachelor's or postgraduate degree from a foreign university or have a bachelor's or postgraduate degree from a foreign-language-based training institution in Vietnam. According to Official Dispatch 4598/TCT-HDTD issued on October 29, 2020, these cases do not need to declare foreign language certificates in the Registration Form;

- Candidates applying to work as an official in ethnic minority areas who are ethnic minority people or have ethnic minority language certificates recognized by the competent authority. However, according to Official Dispatch 4598, only candidates who are “ethnic minority people or have ethnic minority language certificates” and apply for positions in “ethnic minority areas” are exempt from the foreign language exam (Round 1). According to the Statistical Table of Specially Difficult Villages, Commune-level III, II, I areas in ethnic minority and mountainous regions for the period 2016 – 2020 in Decision 582/QD-TTg, “ethnic minority areas” are provinces where 100% of the communes, wards, and commune-level towns belong to ethnic minority and mountainous regions.

Recruitment targets for the 2020 General Department of Taxation official for the General Department of Taxation and Provincial Tax Departments in Vietnam are 4,271 positions, including:

- Specialist: 515 positions;

- Tax Inspector: 3,285 positions;

- Specialist in information technology: 158 positions;

- Clerical: 141 positions;

- Officer: 23 positions;

- Intermediate Tax Inspector: 40 positions;

- Officer in information technology: 06 positions;

- Intermediate Clerical: 103 positions.

This is the complete consultation from the editorial team of Lawnet regarding the 2020 Tax Department official recruitment exam content. We hope this information can help our customers and members understand the latest legal regulations on Tax Department official recruitmentin Vietnam.

Phuong Thanh

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