Guidance on implementing regulations on public employee promotions in Vietnam

Guidance on implementing regulations on public employee promotions in Vietnam

To properly implement the provisions of the Decree, the Ministry of Home Affairs requests that ministries, departments, branches, and localities agree to implement the following contents:

- For projects that have been agreed upon by the Ministry of Home Affairs and approved by competent authorities, the authority competent to approve the project shall decide on implementation according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 2 of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP.

- For projects that do not have opinions from the Ministry of Home Affairs, consideration for promotion will be carried out according to the provisions of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP (Clauses 16, 17, 19, 20, and Article 1 amend Articles 32, 33, 39, and 40 of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP).

- For class V public employees and class IV officials, consideration for promotion to adjacent professional title classes (class IV and class III) shall be carried out according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 32 of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP (amended and supplemented in Clause 16, Article 1 of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP) if they meet the prescribed standards and conditions without having to wait for the Circular detailing the standards and conditions of the Ministry managing professional titles of specialized public employees (Applies to cases already on the list attached to the Project agreed by the Ministry of Home Affairs, promotion exams will not be held for this case).

- Ministries managing professional titles of specialized public employees shall urgently issue regulations on standards and conditions for promotion consideration according to the provisions of Clause 16, Article 1 of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP, and ensure the deadline specified in Clause 5, Article 2 of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP, as a basis for ministries, branches, and localities to promptly organize public employee promotion consideration.

- Pursuant to the provisions of Decree 85/2023/ND-CP, ministries, branches, and localities organize promotion consideration according to their authority without having to send the Project to the Ministry of Home Affairs for consensus before implementation; at the same time, review regulations on the authority to recruit, manage, and use public employees (appointment, salary ranking, salary increase, extra-seniority allowances, etc.) to amend and supplement to ensure compliance with the provisions of the Decree.

More details can be found in Official Dispatch 7415/BNV-CCVC, dated December 15, 2023.

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