Latest regulations on the public employee recruitment council in Vietnam

Latest regulations on the public employee recruitment council in Vietnam (Internet image) 

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1. Latest regulations on the public employee recruitment council in Vietnam

(i) In case a public service unit is assigned recruitment authority, the Recruitment Council has 05 or 07 members, including:

- The Chairman of the Council is the head or deputy head of the public service unit;

- The Vice Chairman of the Council is the person in charge of the personnel organization of the public service unit;

- Member and Secretary of the Council is an officer assisting in the organization and staff work of public service units;

- Other members are people with expertise and skills related to the recruitment organization decided by the head of the public service unit.

In case the Chairman of the Recruitment Council cannot be arranged according to the provisions of Point a of this Clause, the agency competent to manage the public service unit shall consider and decide.

(ii) In case the agency competent to manage a public service unit conducts the recruitment, the Recruitment Council has 05 or 07 members, including:

- The Chairman of the Council is the head or deputy head of the agency with recruitment authority;

- The Vice Chairman of the Council is the leader of the staff organization advisory department of the agency with recruitment authority;

- Member and Secretary of the Council is the representative of the staff organization advisory department of the agency with recruitment authority;

- Other members are people with expertise and skills related to recruitment organization, as decided by the head of the agency with recruitment authority.

In case of recruiting public employees to work at many public service units, the number of members (odd numbers) and the composition of the council are decided by the head of the agency with recruitment authority.

(iii) The recruitment council works according to collective principles, making decisions by majority; in cases of equal voting, the opinion that the chairman of the Recruitment Council has voted for will be implemented. The Recruitment Council has the following duties and powers:

- Based on recruitment form and job requirements, decide to establish an appropriate assisting department among the following departments: Examination board for application registration form, Examination board, Examination board, Marking board, Examination board, Re-examination board (if any), Examination inspection board (in case of organizing oral or practice sessions in round 2). In case of necessity, the Chairman of the Recruitment Council shall establish a Secretariat Team to assist;

- Organize the collection of application fees and use the application fees according to regulations;

- Check the application registration form, organize exams, mark exams, and re-evaluate according to regulations;

- Report to the head of the agency or unit with recruitment authority to decide on the recognition of the exam and admission results;

- Resolve complaints and denunciations during the process of organizing examinations and admissions;

- The recruitment council will self-dissolve after completing its tasks.

(iv) Do not arrange people who are related to husband, wife, biological father, or biological mother; father, mother (spouse), adoptive father, adoptive mother; biological children, adopted children; siblings; aunts, uncles, uncles; siblings of the spouse; spouse of the applicant's brother or sister; those who are under disciplinary action or are implementing disciplinary decisions; Those who have been handled for corrupt and negative behavior in personnel work are members of the Recruitment Council and members of the supporting departments of the Recruitment Council.

(Article 8 of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP, amended by Decree 85/2023/ND-CP)

2. Authority to recruit public employees in Vietnam

- For public service units that ensure regular and investment expenditures and public service units that ensure regular expenditures, the head of the public service unit shall carry out the recruitment of public employees.

- For public service units that self-guarantee part of their regular expenses and public service units whose regular expenses are guaranteed by the State, the agency competent to manage the public service unit shall recruit public employees or assign the head of the public service unit to do so.

(Article 7 of Decree 115/2020/ND-CP)

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