Implementation of "Emulation movement of Tax Sector in Building a Learning Society, Promoting Lifelong Learning in the Period 2023–2030" in Vietnam

Implementation of "Emulation movement of Tax Sector in Building a Learning Society, Promoting Lifelong Learning in the Period 2023–2030" in Vietnam (Internet image)

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On March 25, 2024, the Director General of the General Department of Taxation issued Decision 311/QD-TCT on the Implementation Plan of the "Emulation movement of Tax Sector in Building a Learning Society, Promoting Lifelong Learning Phase 2023–2030".

Implementation of "Emulation movement of Tax Sector in Building a Learning Society, Promoting Lifelong Learning in the Period 2023–2030" in Vietnam

The contents of the emulation movement are as follows:

- Units focus on propaganda, dissemination, raising awareness and effectiveness of learning and self-study of the Party's policies, state laws related to the assigned fields, building learning and self-study models in the context of the digital economy, digital society; emulation in lifelong learning; promoting innovation, encouraging solutions, and developing a learning culture for each officials and public employees, and employees under the management authority.

- Emulation in enhancing the capacity to use modern learning and self-study technologies, digital transformation in lifelong learning and self-study activities; enhancing digital and language skills for officials and public employees, and employees under the management authority; implementing learning and self-study anytime, anywhere, using all methods to serve their work.

- Emulation in strengthening the lifelong learning movement, improving professional competence, and expertise within the unit, and building effective models and practices in learning and self-study such as "self-study, self-improvement, improvement of the quality of work, striving to fulfill tasks", "Training a competent team of party members, officials and public employees, employees with solid professional knowledge and exemplary behavior".

- Emulation in building a learning and self-study culture for officials and public employees, and employees under the management authority according to the training programs, training plans for officials and civil servants in the tax sector.

- Emulation in timely access trends and international experiences in the field of professional training and skills for officials and public employees, and employees under the management authority.

- Emulation in comprehensively and systematically implementing solutions, mobilizing resources, and engaging the participation and coordination of organizations, officials and public employees, and employees in the Tax sector in promoting lifelong learning, achieving the objectives of the Project "Building a Learning Society Phase 2021 - 2030".

- Strengthening training and enhancing knowledge and specialized skills in tax management functions to improve capacity and qualifications for tax officials to meet the requirements of modern tax management:

+ Building and implementing appropriate training and development programs for each department, each level of tax authorities to train high-quality human resources with deep professional knowledge, proficient skills, computer literacy, and foreign language proficiency to meet the requirements of modern tax management.

++ Building and implementing training and development programs to enhance the capacity of tax officials in key areas of administrative reform such as risk management, inspection and examination, international tax management... in new skills, specialized management skills to effectively manage new emerging industries/fields, international tax issues, the digital economy...

++ Building and implementing training and development programs that clearly define the training methods for each type of officials: basic tax knowledge training for new officials; training in necessary basic knowledge and skills for officials to perform assigned tax management tasks; in-depth training suitable for the training requirements according to the position, job/field of management for officials working in the 4 main tax management functions; training and development whenever there are changes in policies and management procedures.

++ Building and implementing training and development programs and contents for tax officials working in specific specialized positions such as legal affairs (with a focus on tax litigation consultancy), inspection work, internal audit work, tax investigation work, risk management work.

++ Building and implementing training and development plans for general professional knowledge, state management knowledge, specialized skills, political theory, computer literacy, foreign languages, as well as communication and behavior skills, office culture, and ethics for tax officials; organizing management skills training courses for leading and managerial officials to meet the standards of civil service ranks, leadership positions as prescribed.

++ Enhancing training and development to improve foreign language proficiency for officials and public employees to meet the standards of job titles, positions, and competency framework as prescribed; Diversifying forms of language training and development; strengthening online foreign language training to ensure suitability with the working conditions and environment of officials and public employees. Promoting specialized foreign language training for civil servants and officials to meet the requirements of performing official duties and working in an international environment.

+ Diversifying forms of training, such as centralized training, on-the-job training, online training, etc., to enhance training and development for tax officials.

More details can be found in Decision 311/QD-TCT issued on March 25, 2024.

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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