The Ministry of Home Affairs to require cadres and civil servants not to wear jeans or short skirts to work in Vietnam

The Ministry of Home Affairs to require cadres and civil servants not to wear jeans or short skirts to work in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. The Ministry of Home Affairs to require cadres and civil servants not to wear jeans or short skirts to work in Vietnam

According to Article 3 of the Rules issued with Decision 758/QD-BNV in 2021, when working at the office and while performing duties and official duties, officials, civil servants, public employees, and employees must comply with the following regulations:

- Wear polite office attire, neat hair, and shoes or sandals with straps. Clothing must be appropriate to the nature of the work, the specifics of the industry, and the customs and traditions of the nation (Pants and shirts that are discreet; skirts that are longer than the knee; do not have slits that are too high; do not wear jeans or T-shirts without lapels).

Encourage female officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers to wear national costumes on holidays, New Year or special occasions of the Ministry. For industries and fields with separate costumes, follow separate regulations.

- Serious posture, manners, and gestures; warm, gentle, humble, polite, respectful attitude towards the person communicating; use standard, clear, and coherent language.

- Officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers must wear name tags, badges, and titles according to regulations.

- Do not do personal work or cause disorder during working hours.

- Do not smoke at the office or work room; do not use alcoholic beverages before and during working hours; and take lunch breaks on working days (except in cases assigned by competent authorities to receive guests according to diplomatic protocol).

- Do not wear headphones, play music, listen to music, play video games, or use personal entertainment devices during working hours.

- Maintain hygiene in the office and workplace; Do not burn incense; do not store images, content of depraved cultural products, or documents against the Party and the State.

Thus, according to the above regulations, cadres, civil servants, and public employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs must wear modest pants and shirts, skirts that are longer than the knee, not cut too high, and not jeans or T-shirts without lapels.

2. Purpose of promulgating codes of conduct for officials, civil servants, and public employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs in Vietnam

The purpose of promulgating the code of conduct for officials, civil servants, and public employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs is to:

- Enhance public service culture, contributing to forming the behavioral style and standard working practices of the Ministry's staff, civil servants, public employees, and workers; and ensuring professionalism, integrity, responsibility, dynamism, transparency, and efficiency in performing tasks.

- Be the basis for each individual officer, civil servant, public employee, and employee to self-adjust their behavior to achieve cultural values.

- Publicly perform tasks, public duties, and a number of social relationships related to the performance of public duties by cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers; raise awareness and responsibility of officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers in preventing and combating corruption.

- Promote the responsibility of heads of agencies and units in implementing public service culture; serve as a basis for competent agencies and units to consider responsibilities when officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers violate behavioral standards in the performance of duties and official duties and in social relations; and is also a basis for people to monitor the compliance with legal regulations by officials, civil servants, public employees, and workers.

(Article 1 of the Rules issued together with Decision 758/QD-BNV 2021)

Nguyen Ngoc Que Anh

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