Non-specialized personnel with decades of service look forward to becoming civil servants

The Prime Minister issued Decision No. 706/QD-TTg on the preliminary review plan for 1 year of implementing the arrangement of administrative units and organizing the 2-level local government model.

This official dispatch requires a comprehensive assessment of the arrangement and use of the contingent of cadres, civil servants, and public employees after merging public service units and arranging administrative units at all levels.

Assess the situation of arranging and using non-specialized personnel at the commune level to perform tasks to support the operation of the political system at the new commune-level administrative unit from July 1, 2025 to date.

Content related to the arrangement and assignment of non-specialized commune-level personnel received many readers' opinions.

Reflecting to Lao Dong Newspaper, reader Mai Nguyen (Nam Dinh) said that after 2 phases of merger, many union officials were once arranged to hold deputy positions and reserve allowances, but then were not arranged for work because they were identified as non-specialized personnel. "We have worked for decades, but in the end we had to retire according to Decree 154, which is very disadvantageous" - the reader shared.

Similarly, reader Ly Tran (Quang Ngai) reflected that he worked in the commune for 56 months, was assessed as capable but did not meet the conditions for being considered for civil servant status. From this reality, readers proposed that there should be a special mechanism to create conditions for such near-term cases to continue working.

Meanwhile, reader Bui Thi Minh said that although she has 15 years of service and meets the conditions, she is still not assigned to civil servant or public employee positions because she no longer has targets. "At the age of U40, finding a new job is very difficult, while living expenses are increasing" - this person expressed.

From another perspective, reader Yen Lam believes that there are cases where young cadres with qualifications are transferred to non-specialized positions, while some other cases are quickly assigned to specialist positions. This creates comparisons and a sense of injustice in the team.

The above reflections show that, besides the goal of streamlining the apparatus, the arrangement and use of non-specialized commune-level personnel still has many shortcomings that need to be comprehensively assessed.

This preliminary review is expected to clarify arising problems, thereby adjusting policies appropriately, ensuring the rights of grassroots officials.

Implementing the 2-level local government model, the Government Steering Committee allows localities to temporarily extend the use of non-specialized commune-level personnel until before May 31, 2026.

The extension is aimed at avoiding sudden disruptions and ensuring the maintenance of the operation of the political system at the grassroots level. Because before the time of rearranging administrative units, there were about 120,500 people in this force nationwide.

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