In Vietnam, civil servants, public employees, and employees are not allowed to burn incense at work.

Duc Dung

11:45, 24/06/2021

On June 23, 2021, the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam issued Decision 758/QD-BNV on Code of Conduct for staff ministries, civil servants, public employees, employees.

According to Vietnam's Decision, when working at the office and on duty, cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees must follow a number of regulations. For example,

- Maintain hygiene in the office and workplace; do not burn incense; do not store depraved images, cultural content, or documents against the Party and State (previously there was no regulation on not burning incense).

- Dress in polite office attire; neat hair; shoes or sandals with back straps.

Costumes must be suitable to the nature of the work, the characteristics of the industry, and the fine customs and traditions of the nation (pants, discreet tops, skirts that are above the knee, do not slit too high, do not wear jeans, and T-shirts without collars).

Encourage female cadres, civil servants, public employees, and employees to wear national costumes on holidays, Tet, or special occasions in the Ministry in Vietnam. Separate regulations must be implemented for industries and fields with their own standards.

(Previously, in Vietnam's Decision 2816/QD-BNV dated November 29, 2017, it was only required to wear polite office clothes and neat hair).

Vietnam's Decision 758/QD-BNV takes effect from June 23, 2021 and replaces Vietnam's Decision 2816/QD-BNV dated November 29, 2017.

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