Vietnam: Conditions for registration for the officials promotion exam from December 01, 2020

According to Article 30 of the Decree No. 138/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, the promotion of officials rank must be based on the job position, in accordance with the officials rank structure of the agency employing the official approved by the competent authority. Based on the targets of agencies or organizations using officials already approved by competent authorities, the officials management agency is responsible for reviewing, determining and making a list of officials who fully meet the criteria and conditions for taking the rank promotion exam. Officials may register for the rank promotion exam when they fully meet the following criteria and conditions:

- Being graded at the level of completing tasks well or higher in the working year preceding the year of competition for rank promotion; having good political and moral qualities; not within the time limit for disciplinary action, not during the implementation of regulations related to discipline specified in Article 82 of the Law on Officials amended by Clause 17 Article 1 of the Law on Amendments to Law on Officials and Public Employees of Vietnam;

- Having the capacity, professional qualifications and skills to take on a job position corresponding to the rank of official higher than the rank of official currently held in the same professional sector;

- Meeting the requirements for diplomas, certificates and other requirements on professional and professional standards of the competition category;

+ In case the official has a professional diploma that has qualified for output in foreign languages or informatics according to regulations, which corresponds to the requirements of the exam grade, the requirements for foreign language and informatics standards of the exam grade shall be satisfied.

+ In case the official is exempted from foreign language or informatics as prescribed in Clauses 6 and 7 Article 37 of this Decree, they must satisfy the requirements on foreign language and informatics standards of the exam category.

- Meeting the requirements on the minimum working time for each official rank specified in the professional and professional standards of the competition category;

+ In case an official, before being recruited or admitted, has worked for a period of time with compulsory social insurance payment in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance, worked in a position that requires professional qualifications, relevant professional subjects (if the working time is not continuous without receiving the lump-sum social insurance allowance, it will be accumulated) and that time is calculated by a competent agency as a basis for salary ranking at the current official rank, it shall be counted as equivalent to the currently held official rank.

+ In case of equivalent duration, they must have at least 01 year (full 12 months) of holding the lower rank adjacent to the exam grade by the end of the deadline for submitting the application for registration for the promotion exam.

Note: The officials management agency is responsible before law for the standards and conditions of officials appointed to participate in the rank promotion exam and keeps and manages the official's registration dossier for the rank promotion exam in accordance with the provisions of this Law.

View more details at the Decree No. 138/2020/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government, effective from December 01, 2020.

Le Vy

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