Rules and Regulations for Recruiting Civil Servants and Public Employees Effective May 1, 2025

On March 17, 2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued Circular 001/2025/TT-BNV promulgating rules and regulations on recruitment, promotion to higher civil service ranks, and review for promotion to higher professional grades for civil servants and public employees.

Accordingly, the rules for candidates participating in the recruitment of civil servants and public employees are as follows:

(1) Candidates must arrive at the examination room at the prescribed time. Candidates who arrive after the timed examination, examination component, or examination subject (hereinafter referred to as the examination) has begun may take the examination in the following cases:

– They arrive no more than 5 minutes late for an examination lasting a maximum of 30 minutes, or no more than 10 minutes late for an examination with a maximum duration of 60 minutes or longer;

– A force majeure event or an objective impediment as defined by law prevents the candidate from arriving on time or within the period specified in Point a of this Clause. The Head of the Examination Invigilation Committee, Head of the Interview Committee, or Head of the Assessment Committee shall report the specific case to the Council Chair for consideration and a decision on whether the candidate may take the examination.

(2) Candidates must dress neatly, appropriately, and respectfully.

(3) Candidates must present a Citizen Identity Card, an Identity Card, or another legally valid identification document bearing a photograph and personal information.

(4) Candidates must sit in the seat assigned to their candidate number or designated by the Examination Council.

(5) Only the following items may be brought into the examination room: rulers and pens for completing the examination; drinking water in transparent containers without labels or any symbols or characters; papers and documents required for each examination; and certain medications that candidates with documented medical conditions must carry.

Mobile phones, audio recorders, cameras, computers, technical devices for receiving, broadcasting, or transmitting information, data backup devices, and other devices that store or transmit information may not be brought into the examination room, unless otherwise provided…

For details, see Circular 001/2025/TT-BNV, effective May 1, 2025.

University Admissions 2025: Amended Regulations on Organizing Direct Admission Review Effective May 5, 2025

On March 19, 2025, the Minister of Education and Training issued Circular 06/2025/TT-BGDĐT amending and supplementing several articles of the Regulations on University Admissions and College Admissions in Early Childhood Education promulgated with Circular 08/2022/TT-BGDĐT.

Accordingly, Clause 8, Article 1 of Circular 06/2025/TT-BGDĐT amended and supplemented Article 17 of the Regulations promulgated with Circular 08/2022/TT-BGDĐT concerning the organization of registration and direct admission review as follows:

– Based on their published admissions plans, training institutions shall arrange for candidates eligible for direct admission review under Article 8 of the Regulations promulgated with Circular 08/2022/TT-BGDĐT to apply online or in person at the institutions.

– Training institutions shall conduct direct admission review for eligible candidates, publish and upload to the system the lists of candidates who meet the admission requirements (except the high school graduation requirement) so that their program preferences can be processed alongside other admission review methods under the common schedule. This must be completed before candidates register for admission review on the system.

– Candidates admitted to a training institution under its direct admission review plan shall register their preferences on the system under the common schedule of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to select the program, major, or group of majors to which they have been directly admitted at a training institution, or register other admission review preferences.

– Directly admitted candidates shall confirm their enrollment under the common schedule; training institutions may not require candidates to commit to enrollment or confirm enrollment earlier than the common schedule.

For more information, see Circular 06/2025/TT-BGDĐT, effective May 5, 2025.

Benefits and Policies for Senior Experts Who Are Cadres, Civil Servants, or Public Employees

On April 25, 2025, the Government issued Decree 92/2025/NĐ-CP on benefits and policies for senior experts.

Accordingly, benefits and policies for senior experts who are cadres, civil servants, or public employees are prescribed as follows:

Persons specified in Clause 1, Article 2 of Decree 92/2025/NĐ-CP who hold leadership or management positions, receive salaries based on civil service ranks and steps or public employee professional titles, and receive leadership position allowances, or who do not hold leadership or management positions, shall cease holding their previous positions from the date they are appointed as senior experts. Their salaries shall be set according to the senior expert salary scale promulgated with Decree 204/2004/NĐ-CP on salary arrangements for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and the armed forces (hereinafter referred to as the Senior Expert Salary Scale), and they shall receive the following benefits and policies:

– Those holding leadership or management positions with a position allowance coefficient of 0.9 or below, or not holding leadership or management positions, shall receive the following benefits and policies:

+ Placement at step 1, with a salary coefficient of 8.80, on the Senior Expert Salary Scale;

+ Benefits and policies relating to public duties equivalent to those for the position of Assistant to senior Party and State leaders.

– Those holding leadership or management positions with a position allowance coefficient from 1.0 to 1.25 shall receive the following benefits and policies:

+ Placement at step 2, with a salary coefficient of 9.40, on the Senior Expert Salary Scale;

+ Benefits and policies relating to public duties equivalent to those for the position of Deputy Minister.

– Those holding leadership or management positions with a position allowance coefficient of 1.30 or above shall receive the following benefits and policies:

+ Placement at step 3, with a salary coefficient of 10.0, on the Senior Expert Salary Scale;

+ Benefits and policies relating to public duties equivalent to those for the position of Minister.

– If the new salary coefficient is lower than the total previous salary coefficient (including the salary coefficient based on rank, step, or title, plus the leadership position allowance and any seniority allowance for service beyond the highest salary step), a retained differential coefficient shall be granted so that the new salary coefficient plus the retained differential equals the total previous salary coefficient.

– Based on the senior expert’s performance and the resources available to it, the employing agency may provide certain additional benefits and policies (bonuses, working conditions, etc.) appropriate to its actual circumstances.

– If, after an individual ceases serving as a senior expert, the competent managing agency appoints that cadre, civil servant, or public employee to a new position, the salary step within the civil service rank or public employee professional title held before appointment as a senior expert and the period of service as a senior expert shall serve as the basis for placement at a higher salary step within that civil service rank or public employee professional title. The individual shall receive any salary allowances associated with the new position in accordance with regulations.

For details, see Decree 92/2025/NĐ-CP, effective June 15, 2025.

Plan to Implement the Education Development Strategy Through 2030, With a Vision to 2045

On April 26, 2025, the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) issued Decision 1164/QĐ-BGDĐT on the Plan to implement the Education Development Strategy through 2030, with a vision to 2045.

(i) Purposes:

– Develop and implement tasks and solutions to carry out the Strategy within the functions and responsibilities of the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET).

– Provide a basis for units under the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) to review, develop, and adjust relevant plans and action programs to implement the Strategy in accordance with their assigned functions and responsibilities.

– Provide a basis for inspections, monitoring, interim and final reviews, and evaluation of the Strategy’s implementation; reporting implementation results to the Prime Minister; and adjusting the Strategy’s objectives (if necessary) to reflect actual conditions in each period.

(ii) Requirements:

– This Plan must closely follow the Strategy’s objectives, specific targets, tasks, and solutions.

– The Plan must be feasible, align with the functions and responsibilities of units under the Ministry, and reflect the role of the lead unit and cooperation among units within and outside the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in implementing the Strategy.

(iii) General Tasks:

– Ensure a full and thorough understanding of the Strategy’s guiding principles and objectives. Lead and coordinate with ministries, sectors, localities, and relevant units to communicate and disseminate the Strategy’s content; coordinate with relevant ministries, sectors, agencies, and localities to translate it into five-year and annual programs, plans, schemes, projects, and tasks; develop mechanisms, policies, programs, schemes, and projects for education development within delegated authority, submit them to competent authorities for approval, and organize their implementation. Guide and monitor implementation, review and evaluate implementation progress and the extent to which the Strategy’s objectives have been or can be achieved, and organize interim and final reviews of the Strategy’s implementation in each phase. Propose adjustments to objectives to reflect the context when necessary to ensure a high degree of feasibility.

– Implement the Strategy’s tasks and solutions on schedule, ensuring consistency with the implementation of the Government’s action programs to carry out Party Resolutions and the socioeconomic development strategies and plans of the country, localities, and the Ministry of Education and Training (MOET) in each period.

For details, see Decision No. 1164/QĐ-BGDĐT dated April 26, 2025.

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