Vietnam: 03 special cases of recruitment of public employees where recruitment examination is not required

Specifically, according to Clause 7 Article 2 of Decree No. 161/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government (amending Article 14 of Decree No. 29/2012/NĐ-CP), 03 special cases of recruitment of public employees include:

- A person who has at least 05 years' experience in working position of which the holder is required to possess a bachelor’s degree or higher in a specialty relevant to the vacant position and has compulsory social insurance contributions made as prescribed (excluding probation period; working periods for which the payment of compulsory social insurance contributions is interrupted and lump-sum payment of social insurance benefits is not yet made shall be accumulated), including:

+ Persons who have signed employment contracts in accordance with laws and are performing professional duties in public service units of which both recurrent and investment expenditures are covered by themselves, and those of which recurrent expenditures are covered by themselves or non-public administrative units;

+ Persons salaried in armed forces (either in the army or people’s public security) and cryptography officers;

+ Commune-level officials;

+ Persons working at single-member limited liability companies of which the charter capital is wholly owned by the State or at enterprises of which over 50% of charter capital is held by the State.

- Talented persons or persons with special gifts for working positions in the sectors of culture, arts, physical training and sports and traditional trades or occupations.

- Officials and public employees who are transferred by competent authorities to the armed forces, cryptography agencies, socio-political-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations or enterprises of which over 50% of charter capital is held by the State.

Heads of agencies and units shall base themselves on recruitment conditions and job position requirements to receive recruitment without passing an entrance exam for the cases mentioned above.

View more details at Decree No. 161/2018/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from October 29, 2018.

Duy Thinh

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