Recently, Circular 03/2018/TT-BKHCN was issued by the Ministry of Science and Technology to replace Circular 14/2015/TT-BKHCN. This circular stipulates the System of Statistical Indicators for the Science and Technology Sector and assigns the collection and compilation of national statistical indicators on science and technology.
Circular 03 stipulates the concepts and methods for calculating the number of employees in the science and technology sector as follows:
- Employees in the science and technology (S&T) sector are workers belonging to units that are statistically recognized in the S&T sector as of December 31 of the reporting year, who are paid or salaried by the base/agency/unit, including: permanent staff, long-term contract workers, and part-time workers.- Units in the S&T sector include:- S&T organizations as stipulated in the Law on Science and Technology;- S&T management units under Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government of Vietnam; People's Committees of provinces and centrally-run cities.- Permanent staff are officials and public employees, officially recruited to work in agencies and organizations within the S&T sector.- Long-term contract workers include laborers with indefinite-term labor contracts and definite-term labor contracts of at least 12 months.- The number of employees in the S&T sector includes workers managed, utilized, and salaried by the reporting unit, including both officially recruited permanent staff and long-term contract workers, and part-time workers.
Refer to the related regulations at Circular 03/2018/TT-BKHCN which takes effect from July 1, 2018.
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