Chapter III
INSPECTORS, PERSONS ASSIGNED TO PERFORM THE SPECIALIZED INSPECTION TASK. INSPECTION COLLABORATORS
Article 31. Inspectors
1. Inspectors are civil servants, officers of the People's Army or the People's Public Security appointed to inspection ranks to perform inspection tasks. Inspectors shall be provided with uniforms and inspector's cards.
2. Inspectors shall abide by law and take responsibility to heads of their direct managing agencies and before law for the performance of their assigned tasks and exercise of their vested powers.
Article 32. General criteria of inspectors
1. An inspector must fully meet the following criteria:
a/ Being loyal to the Fatherland and the Constitution of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam; having good ethical qualities, good sense of responsibility, being incorruptible, honest, just and objective;
b/ Having a university degree, and state management and legal knowledge; particularly, specialized inspectors must also have relevant professional knowledge;
c/ Possessing a diploma or certificate of inspection skills;
d/ Having been engaged in inspection work for at least 2 years (excluding probation period), except cadres, civil servants, public employees, officers of the People's Army and the People's Public Security who have worked" mother agencies, organizations or units for-at least 5 years before being transferred to stale inspection agencies.
2. Basing itself on the criteria specified in Clause 1 of this Article, the Government shall stipulate specific criteria for inspectors of each inspection rank.
Article 33. Inspector ranks
1. Inspectors have the following ranks:
a/ Inspector;
b/ Principal inspector; c/ Senior inspector:
2. The competence and procedures for appointing, relieving of duty and dismissing inspectors are specified by the Government.
Article 34. Persons assigned to perform the specialized inspection task
Persons assigned to perform the specialized inspection task must be civil servants of agencies assigned to perform the specialized inspection function, and have professional qualifications and skills suitable to their specialized work, legal knowledge and inspection skills.
Specific criteria for persons assigned to perform the specialized inspection task shall be stipulated by the Government.
Article 35. Inspection collaborators
In inspection activities, state inspection agencies may employ inspection collaborators. Inspection collaborators are those having professional qualifications and skills suitable to inspection tasks.
Specific criteria, regimes, policies for and responsibilities of inspection collaborators: and the employment of collaborators shall be stipulated by the Government.