Trainees and qualification requirements for political theory training in Vietnam

Trainees and qualification requirements for political theory training in Vietnam (Internet image)

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1. Trainees and qualification requirements for elementary political theory training in Vietnam

Trainees and qualification requirements for elementary political theory training in Vietnam according to Article 4 of Regulation 57-QD/TW dated February 8, 2022 are as follows:

* Trainees

- CPV members; HCYU members and members of socio-political organizations at grassroots level.

- Commune-level public officials (except for commune-level police chiefs and commanders of commune-level military commands).

- Part-time activists at commune, village and sub-quarter levels and other trainees whose aspirations are appropriate to general requirements.

* Qualification requirements

A trainee must obtain at least a middle school diploma.

2. Trainees and qualification requirements for intermediate political theory training in Vietnam

According to Article 5 of Regulation 57-QD/TW dated February 8, 2022, the trainees and qualification requirements for Intermediate political theory training are as follows:

* Trainees

- Officials, public officials and public employees

+ Members of commune-level CPV organizations; chairpersons and deputy chairpersons of commune-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees; heads and deputy heads of commune-level Vietnamese Fatherland Front and commune-level socio-political organizations.

+ Deputy heads of departments and deputies of units equivalent to departments of districts and provinces; deputies of boards (units equivalent to boards) affiliated to state-owned economic groups and corporations.

+ Plan to choose successors to deputy heads of central departments (units equivalent to departments). Plan to choose successors to the positions specified in points a and b.

- Military officials; commanding officers of chains of commune-level military command, commanding officers of chains of battalion-level command; second-in-command officers, deputy chiefs of staff, political commissars, second-in-command officers of chains of district-level military command; deputy chiefs of staff and deputy political chiefs of regiments; chiefs of units under brigades and divisions, military commands, Border Guard commands of provinces (equivalent). Officials chosen as successors to the above-mentioned positions.

- Public security officials: Leaders of commune-level police teams, chiefs of commune-level police, battalion chiefs, deputy chiefs of commune-level police, deputy chiefs of battalions and equivalent; deputy chiefs and chiefs of district-level police, deputy chiefs of regiments and equivalent. Officials chosen as successors to the above-mentioned positions.

- Officials who have been holding the primary expert or equivalent positions for 6 years; whose titles and job positions require intermediate political theory training and who are expected to hold mid-level (or equivalent) positions.

- Political theory lecturers at schools and centers who are tasked with providing political theory training courses.

* Qualification requirements

A trainee must:

- Be a CPV probationary member or a CPV official member.

- Obtain at least a degree of associate (at least a high school diploma regarding an official who is an ethnic or is working at a mountainous village, border, island, remote area, isolated area, ethnic minority area or extremely disadvantaged area).

- Officials engaging in part-time or distance learning: 33 years of age or older for female, 35 years of age or older for male.

3. Trainees and qualification requirements for advanced political theory in Vietnam

Trainees and qualification requirements for advanced political theory according to Article 6 of Regulation 57-QD/TW dated February 8, 2022 are as follows:

* Trainees

- Officials, public officials and public employees

+ Heads of departments (units equivalent to departments) of districts and provinces.

+ Members of CPV organizations of districts or higher; members of CPV organizations of provinces, leaders of provincial authorities, provincial Vietnamese Fatherland Front, provincial socio-political organizations and provincial public service providers.

+ Heads of departments (units equivalent to departments) or higher of central authorities, Vietnamese Fatherland Front, central-affiliated socio-political organizations, public service providers and CPV committees; members, boards of directors, board of members , heads of committees (units equivalent to committees) at state-owned economic groups and corporations.

+ Deputy heads of central departments (units equivalent to departments).

+ Deputy heads of planning departments of districts and provinces. Plan to choose successors to the positions specified in points b and c.

- Military officials: commanding officers and political commissars of chains of district-level military command; chiefs and political commissars of regiments and equivalent; commanding officers of units under brigades and divisions, military commands, provincial Border Guard commands and equivalent; commanding officers of agencies at the operational and strategic levels;

Boards of directors of hospitals, research institutes, presidents and boards of directors of companies (corporations) and enterprises affiliated to the Ministry of National Defense. Officials chosen as successors to the above-mentioned positions.

- Public security officials: Chiefs of district-level police divisions, chiefs of district-level police, battalion chiefs and equivalent or higher; officials chosen as successors to the above-mentioned positions. Deputy heads of divisions (equivalent) of departments (equivalent) affiliated to the Ministry of Public Security.

- Officials who have been holding the primary expert or equivalent positions for 4 years; whose titles and job positions require advanced political theory training and who are expected to hold senior (or equivalent) positions.

- Lecturers who have at least 5 years' experience in teaching political theory at academies and schools tasked with providing political theory training courses.

* Qualification requirements

A trainee must:

- Be a CPV official member.

- Obtain at least a bachelor’s degree.

- Officials engaging in part-time or distance learning: 38 years of age or older for female, 40 years of age or older for male.

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