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The Draft Circular of the Ministry of Science and Technology is proposing specific criteria for commune-level civil servants to receive support, which requires that the digital transformation task must be a main, regular task and account for over 50% of the workload in cases where civil servants are assigned other tasks Download to the City Public Administration Service Center. Hanoi applies information technology and digital transformation - Photo: chinphu.vnThe Ministry of Science and Technology (M&T) is developing a draft Circular to specifically identify job positions specialized in digital transformation that are eligible for support under Decree No. 179/2025/ND-CP under the state management function of the Ministry of Science and Technology. Previously, on July 1, 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 179/2025/ND-CP regulates the level of support for people working in charge of digital transformation, network information security, and network security. Accordingly, those eligible for the policy will receive a support of 5 million VND/person/month, paid at the same monthly salary period and not used to calculate social insurance or health insurance contributions. Decree 179/2025/ND-CP sets out a support policy to contribute to attracting and maintaining a team of specialized human resources to perform digital transformation tasks in the public sector. However, in order for the policy to be applied uniformly, determining what is Which specialized job positions and digital transformation tasks are supported is an important issue. The draft Circular of the Ministry of Science and Technology was developed to specify this content. Clarifying specialized job positions According to the draft, applicable subjects include civil servants from the central to commune levels holding specialized digital transformation positions on the list approved by competent authorities; officials in public service units holding positions specializing in digital transformation; together with officials, civil servants and public employees holding leadership and management positions in units assigned specialized functions in digital transformation and assigned to be directly in charge of this field. Notably, civil servants and public employees must be assigned or assigned specialized functions in writing by competent authorities. Cases that only take on part of the digital transformation task in addition to other main tasks are not included in this category. Heads of agencies, organizations, and units are responsible for identifying and recommending beneficiaries of support. For civil servants, the draft identifies position groups such as digital technology industry manager; managing information technology applications and digital transformation; digital economy management; digital society management; electronic transaction management; information technology and digital transformation at the Office of the National Assembly Delegation and Provincial Peoples Council; information technology and digital transformation at the commune level. The work content ranges from building policies, programs, and projects on digital transformation to managing digital infrastructure, digital platforms, and digital data; digitalization of processes; develop online public services; Operate the information system and monitor and evaluate the level of digital transformation. Set specific criteria at the commune level. A notable point is that the draft more clearly stipulates the conditions for commune-level civil servants. Accordingly, commune-level civil servants are assigned in writing by competent agencies to perform specialized tasks on information technology application, digital government, digital transformation or e-government building, and monitor information technology application at the Public Administration Service Center. This must be the main, regular task and account for over 50% of the workload if civil servants are assigned other tasks. The heads of agencies and organizations employing civil servants are responsible for identifying and recommending beneficiaries of support, ensuring compliance with the actual assignment and workload. Adding groups of positions for public employees. For public employees, the draft identifies 2 groups of positions specializing in digital transformation that are eligible for support, including Information Technology Application and Digital Transformation from levels 1 to 5 and Electronic Transaction Management from levels 3 to 5. These positions are actually Performs many tasks such as developing and operating digital infrastructure, digital platforms, software and databases; digitize data and processes; ensure the security of the information system and evaluate the effectiveness of implementing digital transformation. The draft also stipulates a transition to ensure the rights of civil servants and public employees who are receiving support under Circular No. 23/2025/TT-BKHCN while agencies and units complete the approval of job positions according to new regulations. According to the Ministry of Science and Technology, specific guidance on positions, tasks and specialized criteria will be the basis for agencies and units to determine Correctly identify policy beneficiaries, while limiting the situation of jointly performing digital transformation tasks, but the way to determine beneficiaries of support is not consistent among agencies and localities. Currently, the Ministry of Science and Technology is asking for comments from ministries, branches, localities, agencies, related units and people on the draft Circular to complete before official promulgation.Thu Giang See morePeople working in charge of digital transformation are supported with 5 million VND/month
