| THE GOVERNMENT | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom - Happiness |
| No.: 21/2010/ND-CP | Hanoi, March 08, 2010 |
DECREE
ON THE MANAGEMENT OF CIVIL SERVANT PAYROLLS
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:
Chapter 1 GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree stipulates the management of civil servant payrolls, including principles on the management of civil servant payrolls, bases for identifying civil servant payrolls and contents of management of civil servant payrolls.
Article 2. Subjects of application
1. Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, government-attached agencies, and organizations established by the Government or the Prime Minister which are other than public non-business units.
2. People's Councils and People's Committees of provinces and centrally run cities.
3. The President Office.
4. The National Assembly Office.
5. The State Audit Office.
6. People's courts.
7. People's procuracies.
8. Communist Party of Vietnam bodies at central, provincial and district levels.
9. Socio-political organizations' agencies at central, provincial and district levels.
10. Public non-business units at central, provincial and district levels, including:
a/ Public non-business units of the State;
b/ Public non-business units of the Communist Party of Vietnam;
c/ Public non-business units of socio-political organizations.
Article 3. Principles on the management of civil servant payrolls
1. Compliance with the law on cadres and civil servants and regulations of Communist Party of Vietnam competent bodies.
2. Assurance of uniformity and synchrony between management of civil servant payrolls and recruitment, employment and management of civil servants.
3. Combination between management of civil servant payrolls and civil servant title and working position standards.
4. Satisfaction of administrative reform requirements ensuring that civil servant payrolls suit the functions and tasks of agencies organizations and units.
5. Publicity, transparency and democracy in the management of civil servant payrolls.
Article 4. Bases for identifying civil servant payrolls
1. For central agencies and organizations
a/Working positions suitable to the functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of each agency, organization or unit decided by competent authorities;
b/ Nature, characteristics, level of complexity and scale, scope and subjects of management of sectors or domains;
c/ Professional management processes prescribed by relevant specialized laws;
d/ Level of modernization of working offices, facilities and equipment and application of information technologies;
e/ Practical management of assigned civil servant payrolls of agencies, organizations or units.
2. For local agencies and organizations
a/ Bases specified in Clause 1 of this Article;
b/ Size of population, natural area and level of socio-economic development of localities;
c/ Number of district-level and commune-level administrative units;
d/ Characteristics of political security and social order and safety.
3. For public non-business units
a/ Bases specified in Clause 1 of this Article;
b/ The Government's regulations on civil servants in the leadership and managerial apparatuses of public non-business units.
