| THE GOVERNMENT ------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No. 06/2010/ND-CP | Hanoi, January 25, 2010 |
DECREE
DEFINING CIVIL SERVANTS
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;
Pursuant to the November 13, 2008 Law on Cadres and Civil Servants;
At the proposal of the Minister of Home Affairs,
DECREES:
Article 1. Scope of regulation and subjects of application
This Decree defines civil servants mentioned in Clause 2, Article 4, and Clause 1, Article 32, of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants.
Article 2. Grounds for defining civil servants
Civil servants are Vietnamese citizens who are recruited and appointed to ranks, posts or titles, included in the payrolls and salaried from the state budget or the salary funds of public non-business units under law, and work in agencies, organizations and units specified in this Decree.
Article 3. Civil servants in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam
1. At the central level:
a/ Holders of posts and titles of deputy, assistant and secretary of heads, and persons working in the offices, agencies and departments, and standing agencies in Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang city, of the Office of the Party Central Committee, Central Party Committee's Inspection Commission and other Commissions at the central level;
b/ Holders of posts and titles of head and deputy head, and persons working in the offices, inspection commissions and other commissions of sectoral party committees, and the Party Committee for Civil Affairs in Foreign Countries under the Party Central Committee;
c/ Persons working in the assisting apparatuses of agencies and organizations established under decisions of the Political Bureau or Party Secretariat, and agencies established under decisions of the Party Central Committee.
2. At the level of provinces and centrally run cities (below collectively referred to as provincial
level):
level):
a/ Holders of posts and titles of head and deputy head, and persons working in the offices, inspection commissions and other commissions of provincial-level party committees;
b/ Holders of posts and titles of head and deputy head, and persons working in the offices, inspection commissions and other commissions of sectoral party committees under provincial-level party committees;
c/ Persons working on a full-time basis in the offices, organization, propaganda and inspection commissions of grassroots party committees which are vested superior powers, under provincial-level party committees.
3. At the level of urban districts, rural districts, towns and provincial cities (below collectively referred to as district level):
Holders of posts and titles of head and deputy head, and persons working in the offices, inspection commissions and other commissions of district-level party committees.
Article 4. Civil servants in the State President Office, the National Assembly Office and the State Audit of Vietnam
Vice Chairman of the State President Office, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Office, Deputy General Auditor of the State; holders of head and deputy posts and persons working in organizations other than public non-business units.
Article 5. Civil servants in ministries, ministerial-level agencies and other organizations established by the Government or the Prime Minister
1. Deputy Ministers and holders of equivalent posts and titles; holders of head and deputy posts and persons working in the offices, departments, inspectorates and organizations other than public non-business units under ministries and ministerial-level agencies.
2. General Directors of General Departments or Directorates and holders of equivalent posts, Deputy General Directors of General Departments or Directorates and holders of equivalent posts, holders of head and deputy posts of and persons working in the offices, departments and inspectorates under General Departments or Directorates and equivalent.
3. General Directors, Deputy General Directors of Departments, Authorities or Agencies, holders of head and deputy posts, and persons working in the offices, divisions, inspectorates and sub-departments under Departments, Authorities or Agencies.
4. Heads and deputy heads of and persons working in organizations established by the Government or the Prime Minister other than public non-business units.
Article 6. Civil servants in provincial- and district-level administrative agencies
