The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee looked into the November ombudsman report, including unresolved issues from October, during its ongoing 40th session on December 10.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is currently seeking feedback from other ministries and sectors regarding the plan for the 2025 Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday.

The northern province of Bac Giang will continue rectifying the working styles of its public servants and Party members, and improving their sense of responsibility while performing duties in accordance with the provincial Party Committee’s Directive No.26-CT/TU and the Politburo’s Regulation No.144-QĐ/TW on the revolutionary ethical standards for cadres and Party members in the new era, according to a local party official.

Party General Secretary and State President To Lam hosted a reception in Hanoi on September 4 for 150 civil servants, public employees and workers who have shown strong performance in the “Good advice, Good service” movement in the 2019-2024 period.

About 50,000 Singaporean public servants are being appointed as election officials and will receive training in April in preparation for the upcoming election in the country to be held no later than November 2025.

The office of the Vietnamese National Assembly (NA) and the Secretariat of the Lao NA held their 12th annual seminar and exchange in Oudomxay province, Laos, on March 6.

The 13th National Congress of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labour (VGCL) for the 2023-2028 tenure opened in Hanoi on December 2, bringing together 1,100 delegates representing more than 11 million trade union members nationwide.

Administrative reform has been thoroughly implemented at all levels and helped save more than 18 million working days each year, equivalent to over 6.3 trillion VND (274.32 million USD) of social expenditure, Deputy Prime Minister Truong Hoa Binh has said.

A workshop to share experience of Vietnam and Laos in management of public servants and local administrations was jointly held by the Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) of the two countries in Hanoi on July 10.

The Mekong Delta province of Tra Vinh is revising policies and mechanisms towards removing obstacles facing businesses, thus attracting more investors.

The Ministry of Home Affairs (MoHA) is collecting opinions on a new law which would amend a number of articles of the Law on Cadres and Civil Servants (2008) and the Law on Public Employees (2010).

Information provided by the public, the media, and voters have helped Ho Chi Minh City discipline 97 Party members who committed violations, receiving punishments ranging from warnings to being expelled from the Party, said Secretary of the municipal Party Committee Nguyen Thien Nhan.

Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has just approved a project to implement the “ASEAN Declaration on the role of the civil service as catalyst for achieving the ASEAN Community Vision 2025”.

State agencies removed 39,823 officials from the pay list from 2015 to August 2018, according to the Ministry of Home Affairs’ spokesperson Vu Dang Minh.

A conference on measures to accelerate the building of electronic government and smart urban areas was held in the Mekong Delta city of Can Tho on July 31.

The 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Vietnam on May 11 morning discussed in groups a report on the leadership and direction work of the Politburo and the Secretariat in 2017.

Deputy Prime Minister Vuong Dinh Hue emphasized that salary reform is an urgent demand at a conference in Hanoi on December 13 to discuss experience of the world and Vietnam in renovating salary policies.

A parliamentary committee urged the Government to complete mechanisms and regulations to monitor citizens’ income, especially public servants with a focus on improving transparency and accountability.

The Vietnamese Government has failed to downsize its large staff, with the number of officials continuing to increase.

The Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) on May 8 launched a new initiative in a bid to enhance the country’s fight against corruption.