Chương 1: Pháp lệnh Cán bộ, công chức năm 1998 Những quy định chung

Chapter I

GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1.- Public employees defined in this Ordinance are Vietnamese citizens who are on the State payroll and get paid from the State budget, including:

1. People who are elected to hold posts for a given term in State agencies, political organizations and socio-political organizations;

2. People who are recruited, appointed or assigned regular tasks in political and socio-political organizations;

3. People who are recruited, appointed or assigned a regular public duty, are categorized according to their training degrees and professional specialty, are arranged in an administrative or non-business grade in State agencies, each grade reflecting a professional position and rank as well as title according to certain specific criteria;

4. Judges of the People's Courts and prosecutors of the People's Procuracy;

5. People who are recruited, appointed, or assigned regular tasks in offices and units of the People's Army but are neither officers, professional military personnel nor defense workers; in offices and units of the People's Police but who are neither officers nor professional non-commissioned officers.

Article 2.- Public employees are public servants of the people, submit to the supervision by the people, must constantly forster their moral qualities and study to raise their professional qualifications and working capabilities in order to well fulfill their assigned tasks and official duties.

Article 3.- Apart from abiding by the provisions of this Ordinance, public employees shall also have to adhere to the relevant provisions of the Ordinance against Corruption and the Ordinance on Thrift Practice and Wastefulness Combat as well as other legal documents.

Article 4.- The work on the public employees is placed under the uniform leadership of the Communist Party of Vietnam, ensuring the principles of collectivity and democracy in parallel with bringing into full play the sense of responsibility of the heads of agencies, organizations and units.

Article 5.-

1. The National Assembly Standing Committee, political organizations and socio-political organizations shall specify the application of this Ordinance to elected people who are not the subjects defined in Point 1, Article 1 of this Ordinance.

2. The Government shall specify the application of this Ordinance to officials of communes, wards and district towns; officers, professional military personnel and defense workers in offices and units attached to the People's Army; officers, professional non-commissioned officers in the offices and units of the People's Police; members of the managing boards, general directors, deputy general directors, directors, deputy directors, chief accountants and other managerial staff of State enterprises.