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CIRCULAR

PROVIDING GUIDANCE ON FUNCTIONS, TASKS, POWERS OF DEPARTMENTS OF HOME AFFAIRS AFFILIATED TO PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES OF PROVINCES AND CENTRAL-AFFILIATED CITIES AND HOME AFFAIRS-RELATED TASKS OF SPECIALIZED DIVISIONS AFFILIATED TO PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES OF COMMUNES, WARDS AND SPECIAL ZONES OF  PROVINCES AND CENTRAL-AFFILIATED CITIES

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 25/2025/ND-CP dated February 21, 2025 defining Functions, Tasks, Powers and Organizational Structure of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam;

Pursuant to the Government’s Decree No. 150/2025/ND-CP dated June 12, 2025 prescribing organization of specialized agencies affiliated to People’s Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities and People’s Committees of communes, wards and special zones of provinces and central-affiliated cities;

At the request of the Head of the Department of Personnel and Organization;

The Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam promulgates a Circular providing guidance on functions, tasks, powers of Departments of Home Affairs affiliated to People's Committees of provinces and central-affiliated cities and home affairs-related tasks of specialized divisions affiliated to People's Committees of communes, wards and special zones of  provinces and central-affiliated cities.

Chapter I

DEPARTMENTS OF HOME AFFAIRS

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1. Departments of Home Affairs are specialized agencies affiliated to People's Committees of provinces or central-affiliated cities (hereinafter referred to as “provincial-level” or “province”), take charge of advising and assisting provincial-level People's Committees to perform the state management of state administrative agencies; local governments, administrative boundaries; cadres, civil servants, public employees and civil service matters; administrative reform; associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations; emulation and commendation; state records and archives; youth; labor, salary; employment; social insurance; occupational safety and health; people with meritorious services; gender equality, and performing other functions as assigned, delegated or authorized by provincial-level People's Committees or Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law.

2. Departments of Home Affairs have juridical person status, their own seals and accounts in accordance with regulations of law; operate under the direct direction and management of provincial-level People's Committees; and also follow specialized and professional direction, guidance and inspection of the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam.

Article 2. Tasks and powers

1. Submit the following documents to provincial-level People's Committees:

a) Draft Resolutions of provincial-level People's Councils, draft decisions of provincial-level People's Committees regarding the fields and sectors under management of Departments of Home Affairs, and other documents as assigned by provincial-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

b) Draft plans for development of fields and sectors; programs and measures for organization of implementation of tasks relating to fields and sectors in provinces under management of Departments of Home Affairs;

c) Draft decisions on delegation of powers and authorization to perform state management of fields and sectors to Departments of Home Affairs, specialized agencies, and other administrative agencies affiliated to provincial-level People's Committees, People's Committees of communes, wards or special zones (hereinafter referred to as “commune-level” or “commune”), and Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees; delegation of powers and authorization to public service units under their management to continuously and regularly perform one or some tasks assigned to provincial-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

d) Draft decisions defining functions, tasks, power and organizational structures of Departments of Home Affairs; draft decisions defining functions, tasks, power and organizational structures of sub-departments and equivalent organizations affiliated to Departments of Home Affairs (if any);

dd) Draft decisions defining functions, tasks, power and organizational structures of public service units affiliated to Departments of Home Affairs (unless otherwise provided in other specialized laws);

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2. Submit to Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees drafts of documents falling within their promulgating authority as assigned.

3. Organize the implementation of legislative documents, plannings, plans, schemes, projects, and programs which have been approved by competent authorities; disseminate information, provide guidance and educate on, and monitor the implementation of regulations of law on the fields under state management of Departments of Home Affairs.

4. Regarding organizational structure:

a) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to:

Submit to provincial-level People’s Councils decisions on establishment, reorganization, renaming, or dissolution of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations affiliated to provincial-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

Provide specific guidance on procedures for establishment, reorganization, and dissolution of public service units affiliated to provincial-level People’s Committees;

Play the leading role and instruct commune-level People’s Committees in defining functions, tasks, and powers in the field of home affairs of Cultural-Social Divisions affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees;

Direct relevant agencies, organizations and units to perform state management of non-public administrative units in provinces in accordance with regulations of law.

b) Appraise draft documents on:

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Establishment, reorganization, and dissolution of administrative organizations, public service units, and management councils of public service units under decision-making authority of provincial-level People’s Committees (unless otherwise provided in other specialized laws);

Establishment, strengthening, merge, and dissolution of interdisciplinary cooperation organizations falling under decision-making authority of provincial-level People’s Committees or Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law.

c) Appraise, instruct, monitor, and inspect the classification and ranking of public service units in provinces in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People’s Committees and Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees.

5. Regarding job positions, payroll of civil servants:

a) Advise and assist provincial-level People’s Committees to decide and manage job positions and payroll of civil servants as assigned or delegated and according to regulations of the Communist Party of Vietnam (CPV), and regulations of law;

b) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to:

Appraise, consolidate, and develop annual or periodic civil servant payroll plans; adjust civil servant payrolls of agencies and organizations of provincial-level and commune-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees for submission to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with regulations of law;

Request provincial-level People’s Councils to make decisions on civil servant payrolls of agencies and organizations of provincial-level and commune-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees within the total number of civil servants assigned by competent authorities; assist provincial-level People’s Committees to organize the implementation of such decisions issued by provincial-level People’s Councils; submit to provincial-level People’s Councils the number of persons eligible to enter into employment contracts for performing professional and operational tasks of administrative units in provinces as prescribed;

c) Prepare consolidated reports on job positions and corresponding grades of civil servants working at agencies and organizations of provincial-level and commune-level People’s Councils and People’s Committees; submit them to provincial-level People’s Committees for further submission to the Ministry of Home Affairs in accordance with regulations of law.

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a) Appraise schemes on job positions, schemes on adjustment of job positions and professional title-based structure of public employees of public service units that self-cover part of their recurrent expenses and public service units whose recurrent expenses are covered by state budget falling under the management of provincial-level People’s Committees; request provincial-level People’s Committees to consider giving approval of job positions and professional title-based structure of public employees of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses under their management;

b) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to:

Appraise the number of employees whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding and the number of employees whose salaries are paid using revenues earned from provision of public services (if any) of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses under management of provincial-level People’s Committees; prepare and submit consolidated reports on plans on number of employees working at public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses in provinces to the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam for appraisal;

Submit to provincial-level People’s Councils for approval the number of employees whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding of public service units that self-cover part of their recurrent expenses and public service units whose recurrent expenses are covered by state budget falling under their management, within total number of employees whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding as duly appraised by the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam;

Decide to allocate, adjust the number of employees whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding of each of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses under their management, within total number of employees approved by provincial-level People’s Councils as prescribed;

Decide the number of employees whose salaries are paid using revenues earned from provision of public services of each of the public service units that self-cover part of their recurrent expenses under their management in accordance with regulations of law;

Instruct and inspect the implementation of regulations on job positions, professional title-based structure of public employees and number of employees of public service units self-covering their recurrent expenses, and public service units self-covering both recurrent and investment expenses under their management; number of persons entering into employment contracts for performing professional and operational tasks of public service units in provinces;

Direct agencies, organizations and units to implement autonomy mechanisms regarding tasks, organizational structure, job positions, and number of employees of public service units under management of provincial-level governments.

c) Prepare consolidated reports on job positions, professional title-based structure of public employees and number of employees of public service units sorted by their levels of financial autonomy (public service units whose recurrent expenses are covered by state budget; public service units that self-cover part of their recurrent expenses; public service units self-covering their recurrent expenses; public service units self-covering both recurrent and investment expenses) under management of provincial-level governments, and submit them to provincial-level People’s Committees for further reporting to the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam as prescribed by law.

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a) Decide as delegated or request Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees to decide regular and accelerated advancement in pay step, and benefits and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses, and other benefits and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees working under employment contracts in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People’s Committees;

b) Instruct, inspect and resolve within their competence or request competent authorities to resolve difficulties encountered during the implementation of benefits and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses of cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees working under employment contracts at administrative agencies/organizations, and public service units in provinces in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People’s Committees.

8. Regarding administrative reform:

a) Advise and request provincial-level People’s Committees to make decisions to assign their affiliated specialized agencies to play the leading role or cooperate in performing administrative reform contents and tasks;

b) Advise and request provincial-level People’s Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees to:

Direct, implement programs, plans, and other documents on administrative reform issued by superior authorities;

Decide to adopt measures to promote administrative reform under programs, schemes, and plans approved by competent authorities;

c) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to:

Carry out annual determination and scoring of the public administration reform index (PAR Index), and measurement of the satisfaction index of public administrative services (SIPAS) in provinces according to regulations and guidelines promulgated by the Ministry of Home Affairs to meet state administrative reform requirements set out for each period;

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d) Play the leading role and cooperate with specialized agencies of or affiliated to provincial-level People’s Committees in organizing performance of contents relating to reform of organizational structure; regimes on civil service matters, civil servants; labour, salary; social insurance; employment; occupational safety and health; people with meritorious services; youth; gender equality; state records and archives; emulation and commendation, and dissemination of information on administrative reform.

9. Regarding local governments:

a) Advise and assist Standing Committees of provincial-level People's Councils, provincial-level People's Committees to organize election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to People's Councils at all levels in provinces in accordance with regulations of law and guidelines given by superior authorities;

b) Advise and assist Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Councils, Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to request provincial-level People's Councils to consider approving election, dismissal and discharge of Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons and Members of provincial-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

c) Prepare and submit adequate documents to provincial-level People's Committees for reporting to Standing Committees of provincial-level People's Councils that shall then request the Ministry of Home Affairs to appraise and submit to the Prime Minister for approval of results of election of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees, and grant of powers to Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

dd) Appraise and submit to Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees for approval the results of election, dismissal and discharge of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees; requests for assignment or dismissal of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees; grant of powers to Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

dd) Advise and assist Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to make decisions on appointment, dismissal, assignment, and removal of heads and deputy heads of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations, and public service units affiliated to provincial-level People's Committees; make decisions on temporary suspension from holding positions of Deputy Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees, heads of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations, and public service units affiliated to provincial-level People's Committees and Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law and regulations on decentralization of powers for cadre management;

e) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to instruct and inspect the organization and operation of commune-level People’s Committees; advise and assist Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to decide the number of Deputy Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees within the total number prescribed by the Government;

g) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to perform state management of hamlets and residential quarters in accordance with regulations of law.

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Advise and assist provincial-level People’s Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees to:

a) Manage administrative boundaries, dossiers, boundary markers, maps of administrative boundaries at all levels in provinces in accordance with regulations of law and specific guidelines given by competent authorities;

b) Prepare and submit project dossiers to provincial-level People’s Committees for submission to the same-level People’s Councils for considering, modifying and submitting them to the Ministry of Home Affairs that shall then take charge of organizing appraisal and submission thereof to competent authorities to seek their decisions, in respect of projects on establishment, dissolution, merger or splitting of administrative divisions, adjustment of administrative boundaries, renaming of administrative divisions, and actions against cases of undefined provincial-level or commune-level administrative boundaries; classification of provincial-level administrative divisions; recognition of safe zones for military purposes;

c) Appraise and request Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees to make decisions on recognition of island communes, safe communes for military purposes; classification of commune-level administrative divisions;

d) Organize implementation of schemes and documents on administrative boundaries, dossiers, boundary markers, maps of administrative boundaries after they are approved by competent authorities.

11. Regarding cadres, civil servants, public employees and part-time position holders:

a) Advise and assist provincial-level People’s Committees to carry out recruitment, use, and management of cadres, civil servants, and public employees, unless otherwise provided in specialized laws; management of title/position holders and representatives of state capital invested in enterprises under management of provincial-level People’s Committees; and part-time position holders in accordance with CPV’s regulations, regulations of law, and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People’s Councils and provincial-level People’s Committees;

b) Advise and submit to provincial-level People’s Committees regulations on standards of holders of leadership or managerial positions under their management in accordance with regulations of law and regulations on decentralization of powers of competent CPV agencies;

 c) Other contents relating to cadres, civil servants, public employees and part-time position holders shall comply with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by competent authorities.

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a) Advise and request provincial-level People's Committees to:

Promulgate plans for training/advanced training for cadres, civil servants and public employees under their management, and organize the implementation of such plans after they are approved by provincial-level People's Committees;

Provide training/advanced training for cadres, civil servants, public employees and other subjects in accordance with CPV’s regulations, regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People's Committees;

b) Provide advanced training/drilling courses to meet requirements of job positions in fields and sectors under their management for civil servants, public employees, and other persons working in such fields and sectors;

c) Cooperate with relevant agencies and units in submitting to provincial-level People's Committees decisions on allocation of funding for organizing training/advanced training courses for local cadres, civil servants, and public employees in accordance with regulations of law;

d) Prepare and submit consolidated reports on training/advanced training courses provided for cadres, civil servants, and public employees to the Ministry of Home Affairs and competent authorities as prescribed.

13. Regarding associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations:

a) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to perform state management of associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations in accordance with regulations of law on associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations, and relevant laws;

b) Provide advice on local Red Cross activities in accordance with regulations of law.

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a) Advise and submit to provincial-level People's Committees for promulgation lists of state agencies and organizations which are not subject to clause 2 Article 18 of the Law on Archives and are required to submit documents and records to the provincial-level state historical document-archiving units within their competence;

b) Advise and request Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to make decisions on destruction of documents archived at provincial-level state historical document-archiving units; decisions to bring documents archived at provincial-level state historical document-archiving units to foreign countries; decisions on approval of lists of archived documents with conditional access at provincial-level state historical document-archiving units; decisions on recognition and withdrawal of recognition of archived documents with special value in respect of private archives and archived documents of agencies and organizations in their provinces, except the cases falling under jurisdiction of the Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam;

c) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to manage documents archived at provincial-level state historical document-archiving units; archived document database under their management; establish and update local archived document databases, update archived document database of the fonds of the State of Vietnam within their competence;

d) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to issue certificates of eligibility for provision of archiving services ;

dd) Provide advice for provincial-level People's Committees about organization of provincial-level state historical document-archiving units; direct provincial-level state historical document-archiving units to perform assigned tasks in accordance with regulations of law.

15. Regarding youth and gender equality:

a) Organize the implementation of policies, laws, strategies, programs, plans, projects and schemes for youth development in provinces; gender equality and female officials-related affairs; Action Month for gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence;

b) Implement or instruct the inclusion of targets and objectives relating to youth development; gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence in local socio-economic development programs/plans of each year and for each period;

c) Play the leading role or cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations in settling interdisciplinary issues concerning youth and youth-related affairs, gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence;

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dd) Expedite, inspect and assess the implementation of regulations, policies, and laws on youth and youth-related affairs; gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence in provinces;

e) Instruct specialized agencies of provincial-level People's Committees, commune-level People's Committees and relevant agencies in provinces to perform state management of youth and gender equality in each specific field.

16. Regarding emulation and commendation:

a) Advise and request Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to promulgate plans for and organize dissemination of President Ho Chi Minh’s ideology on patriotic emulation, CPV’s guidelines, State policies and laws on emulation and commendation; disseminate and replicate “exemplary progressive individuals, good people and good deeds” models, and select individuals and groups of individuals with outstanding achievements in emulation movements for timely commendation;

b) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees and provincial-level Emulation-Commendation Councils to organize emulation movements; instruct and inspect agencies, organizations and units in provinces under their management in performing emulation movements and implementing CPV’s guidelines, State policies and laws on emulation and commendation;

c) Appraise applications for commendation of agencies, organizations and units in provinces under their management, and submit eligible applications to Chairpersons of provincial-level People's Committees to issue commendation decisions within their competence or request competent authorities to make commendation decisions in accordance with regulations of law;

d) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to organize awarding and receipt of emulation titles and commendation forms; manage, issue, revoke, replace and re-issue commendation items in accordance with regulations of law;

dd) Build and manage emulation and commendation database; establish, manage and use emulation and commendation funds in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People's Committees;

e) Act as standing agencies of provincial-level Emulation and Commendation Councils.

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a) Organize the implementation of long-term and annual plans, programs and strategies, and projects and schemes on employment, job creation support, labor market development, employment services, unemployment insurance, recruitment and management of workers in Vietnam according to guidelines of competent authorities; collect, store, consolidate, analyze, forecast, disseminate, and manage information on local labor markets;

b) Provide guidance on and implement job creation support policies and unemployment insurance policies in accordance with regulations of law;

c) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on employment services in provinces;

d) Consider approving demands for use of foreign workers; give certificates of workers eligible for work permit exemption; issue, re-issue, extend and revoke work permits of foreign workers working in Vietnam in accordance with regulations of the Labour Code;

dd) Perform state management of foreign workers working in Vietnam under management of provincial governments.

18. Regarding Vietnamese guest workers:

Advise and request provincial-level People's Committees to:

a) Receive applications and grant written approval for preparation of labor sources to service enterprises under their management;

b) Receive reports from and give written responses to enterprises winning bids for or accepting overseas works or projects under their management;

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d) Receive reports from and giving written responses to Vietnamese entities making outward investment in accordance with regulations of law;

dd) Receive enterprises’ applications for registration of sending of Vietnamese workers abroad for attending training/retraining courses to improve their vocational competence and skills with a duration of 90 days or more, and give written responses to them under their management;

e) Give written approvals for sending of Vietnamese guest workers to work abroad as domestic workers;

g) Receive and certify lists of Vietnamese guest workers working abroad as domestic workers;

h) Request custodian banks in writing to return deposits to enterprises under their management (for vocational training contracts with a duration of overseas training/retraining course for improving vocational competence and skills of 90 days or more);

i) Provide information on policies and laws on Vietnamese guest workers for Vietnamese workers working abroad under employment contracts directly signed with employers;

k) Provide information on labour markets and recruitment demands of employers for workers who return Vietnam upon the expiry of their contracts abroad to enable them to choose jobs appropriate to their vocational competence, knowledge, skills and experience earned during their employment abroad;

l) Assist workers in accessing voluntary social and psychological counseling services to facilitate their social reintegration when returning Vietnam.

19. Regarding labour and salary:

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b) Provide guidance on the implementation of regulations of law on salaries in business and production sector;

c) Provide guidance on the implementation of regulations of law regarding female employees, assurance of gender equality, elderly employees, disabled employees, minor employees, domestic workers and some other employees;

d) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on labour outsourcing in provinces;

dd) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of the labour law regarding registration and state management of organization and operation of internal employee organizations established in enterprises in accordance with regulations of law and as assigned or authorized by provincial-level People's Committees.

20. Regarding social insurance:

a) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on social insurance in provinces in accordance with regulations of law and as assigned or authorized by provincial-level People's Committees;

b) Advise provincial-level People's Committees to send requests in which proposed measures (if any) are specified to relevant Ministries and regulatory authorities for settlement of social insurance-related issues within their jurisdiction;

c) Receive applications for suspension of payments to the pension and survivorship fund submitted by agencies, units, organizations or enterprises under management of provincial-level People's Committees, and carry out determination of number of compulsory social insurance participants who temporarily leave their jobs at these agencies, units, organizations or enterprises;

d) Cooperate with social insurance agencies and relevant authorities in organizing dissemination of information on social insurance law in provinces.

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a) Advise and assist provincial-level People's Committees to perform state management of OSH;

b) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law regarding OSH; working hours, rest periods in provinces; Action months for OSH;

c) Provide guidance on and organize the performance of state management of quality of specific products and goods;

d) Receive and process applications for handling of administrative procedures for OSH and specific products and goods as delegated;

dd) Provide guidance on technical inspection of satisfaction of occupational safety requirements;

e) Play the leading role and cooperate in carrying out investigations into occupational accidents causing death or injuries to 02 persons or more; carry out re-investigations into occupational accidents and cooperate with health agencies in carrying out investigations into occupational diseases at the request of social insurance agencies in accordance with regulations of law;

g) Provide guidance on implementation of measures to prevent and share risks related to occupational accidents and occupational diseases in provinces; organize collection and retention of information on occupational accidents; carry out disclosure and assessment of occupational accidents and technical incidents in serious violation of OSH in provinces;  

h) Receive notifications of organization of overtime work for more than 200 hours to 300 hours in a year of enterprises, agencies and entities in provinces under their management.

22. Regarding people with meritorious services:

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b) Organize implementation of the planning for the system of social establishments in charge of taking care of and nurturing people with meritorious services to the revolution, memorial structures for revolutionary martyrs and martyrs’ graves; manage such memorial structures for revolutionary martyrs and martyrs’ graves in provinces as delegated;

c) Play the leading role and cooperate in organizing receipt and burial of martyrs’ remains as assigned or delegated; give information and notifications of martyrs’ graves; visit martyrs’ graves, and relocate martyrs’ remains;

d) Manage beneficiaries of policies and benefits for people with meritorious services to the revolution and their family members, their records and funding for implementing such policies and benefits;

dd) Provide guidance on and organize “Gratitude” movements; manage and use provincial-level Gratitude Funds.

23. Regarding democracy and community mobilization tasks:

a) Provide advice on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on exercise of grassroots-level democracy in provinces;

b) Provide advice on formulation and implementation of resolutions of provincial-level People’s Councils regarding measures for ensuring the exercise of grassroots-level democracy in provinces;

c) Prepare and submit consolidated reports on exercise of grassroots-level democracy in provinces at the request of competent authorities;

d) Provide advice on and organize the performance of community mobilization tasks by state administrative agencies and governments at all levels in accordance with regulations of the Communist Party of Vietnam, regulations of laws, and guidelines given by superior authorities.

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25. Cooperate in and provide guidance on exercise of autonomy by public service units in the fields and sectors under their management in accordance with regulations of law; manage operations of public and non-public service units in fields and sectors.

26. Carry out international cooperation in the fields and sectors under their management and as assigned or authorized by provincial-level People's Committees.

27. Provide professional and specialized guidance in the fields and sectors under their management for specialized divisions affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees.

28. Organize researches into and application of advances in science-engineering and technology, innovation and digital transformation; develop information and retention systems serving performance of state management tasks, and professional and specialized operations; organize operation and use of local home affairs databases to ensure consistency, synchronization, connection and sharing.

29. Provide information and submit reports on a periodical and ad-hoc basis on the performance of assigned tasks within the scope of state management to provincial-level People's Committees and Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam.

30. Carry out inspection of the implementation by entities of regulations of law in assigned fields and sectors; perform citizen reception tasks, settle complaints and denunciations, prevent and control corruption, wastefulness and misconduct in accordance with regulations of law within the scope of management.

31. Organize provision of public services in the field of home affairs under state management of Departments of Home Affairs.

32. Stipulate functions, tasks and powers of offices and specialized divisions in conformity with those of Departments of Home Affairs; working relationship between heads of units of and affiliated to Departments of Home Affairs in accordance with regulations of law.

33. Manage organizational structure, payroll of civil servants, job positions, percentage of civil servants allocated to perform each job position, professional title-based structure of public employees, and number of employees working at public service units of and affiliated to Departments of Home Affairs; implement regimes and policies on salaries, preferential treatment, training and advanced training, commendation and reward, and disciplinary actions applicable to officials, public employees and workers under their management as prescribed by law.

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35. Perform other tasks and powers as delegated, authorized or devolved in accordance with regulations of law and other regulations adopted by competent authorities. In case Departments of Ethnic and Religious Affairs are not established, Departments of Home Affairs shall also perform state management of ethnic, belief and religious affairs in accordance with regulations adopted by the Ministry of Ethnic and Religious Affairs and relevant regulations of law.

Chapter II

HOME AFFAIRS-RELATED FUNCTIONS, TASKS AND POWERS OF CULTURAL-SOCIAL DIVISIONS AFFILIATED TO COMMUNE-LEVEL PEOPLE'S COMMITTEES

Article 3. Functions

Cultural-Social Divisions take charge of advising and assisting commune-level People's Committees to perform the state management of different fields, including the following matters in the field of home affairs: state administrative agencies; local governments, administrative boundaries; cadres, civil servants, public employees and civil service matters; administrative reform; associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations; emulation and commendation; state records and archives; youth; labor, salary; employment; social insurance; occupational safety and health; people with meritorious services; gender equality.

Article 4. Tasks and powers

1. Submit the following documents to commune-level People's Committees:

a) Draft Resolutions of commune-level People's Councils, draft decisions of commune-level People's Committees regarding the fields and sectors under management of Cultural-Social Divisions, and other documents as assigned by commune-level People's Committees;

b) Draft plans for development of fields and sectors; programs and measures for organization of implementation of tasks relating to fields and sectors in communes under management of Cultural-Social Divisions;

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2. Submit to Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees personnel appointment decisions falling under their jurisdiction in accordance with CPV’s guidelines and regulations of law.

3. Organize implementation of legislative documents, plannings and plans after they are approved; disseminate information and educate on regulations of law on the fields within the assigned scope of management; monitor the implementation of regulations of law.

4. Regarding organizational structure:

a) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to submit to commune-level People’s Councils decisions on establishment, reorganization, renaming, or dissolution of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees;

b) Appraise draft documents on:

Specific regulations on functions, tasks, powers and organizational structure of administrative agencies and public service units falling under authority of commune-level People’s Committees; ensuring the performance of state management tasks in the field of home affairs within the functions, tasks, powers, and organizational structure of specialized divisions affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees;

Establishment, reorganization, and dissolution of administrative organizations, and public service units under decision-making authority of commune-level People’s Committees (unless otherwise provided in other specialized laws);

Establishment, strengthening, merger, and dissolution of interdisciplinary cooperation organizations falling under decision-making authority of commune-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law.

5. Regarding job positions, payroll of civil servants:

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b) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to:

Appraise and submit annual plans on payroll of civil servants of commune-level governments or adjustments thereto to provincial-level People’s Committees;

Carry out allocation of payroll of civil servants to agencies and organizations affiliated to commune-level People’s Councils and commune-level People’s Committees within total number of civil servants allocated by competent authorities and as delegated by provincial-level People’s Committees;

c) Prepare consolidated reports on job positions and corresponding grades of civil servants working at agencies and organizations of commune-level People’s Councils and commune-level People’s Committees, and submit them to commune-level People’s Committees for further submission to Departments of Home Affairs in accordance with regulations of law.

6. Regarding job positions, professional title-based structure of public employees, and number of employees working at public service units:

a) Appraise schemes on job positions, schemes on adjustment of job positions and professional title-based structure of public employees of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses falling under the management of commune-level People’s Committees; request commune-level People’s Committees to consider giving approval within their competence or seek approval from provincial-level People’s Committees for job positions and professional title-based structure of public employees of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses under their management, including adjustments thereto;

b) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to:

Appraise and submit plans on number of employees working at public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses under their management to provincial-level People’s Committees;

Decide to allocate, adjust the number of employees whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding of public service units that have not yet been able to self-cover their recurrent expenses, and the number of employees whose salaries are paid using revenues earned from provision of public services of each of the public service units that self-cover part of their recurrent expenses under their management after being allocated from competent authorities and as delegated by provincial-level People’s Committees;

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7. Regarding benefits and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses of cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees working under employment contracts at administrative agencies/organizations, and public service units:

a) Advise and submit to Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees to make decisions within their competence or seek decisions from competent authorities on regular and accelerated advancement in pay step, and benefits and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses, and other benefits and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees working under employment contracts in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People’s Committees;

b) Instruct, inspect and resolve within their competence or request competent authorities to resolve difficulties encountered during the implementation of benefits and policies on salaries, allowances and bonuses of cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees working under employment contracts at administrative agencies/organizations, and public service units in communes in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by local governments.

8. Regarding administrative reform:

a) Advise and request commune-level People's Committees to:

Make decisions to assign specialized agencies affiliated to commune-level People's Committees to play the leading role or cooperate in performing administrative reform contents and tasks;

Make decisions to adopt measures to promote administrative reform in communes;

b) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to monitor and inspect the performance of administrative reform tasks in communes by same-level specialized agencies;

c) Play the leading role and cooperate with specialized agencies of or affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees in organizing performance of contents relating to reform of organizational structure; regimes on civil service matters, civil servants; labour, salary; social insurance; employment; occupational safety and health; people with meritorious services; youth; gender equality; state records and archives; emulation and commendation, and dissemination of information on administrative reform.

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a) Advise and assist Standing Committees of commune-level People's Councils, commune-level People's Committees to organize election of deputies to the National Assembly and deputies to People's Councils at all levels in communes in accordance with regulations of law and guidelines given by superior authorities;

b) Advise and assist Standing Committees of commune-level People's Councils, Chairpersons of commune-level People's Councils, Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees to request commune-level People's Councils to consider approving election, dismissal and discharge of Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons and Heads of Boards of commune-level People's Councils, Chairpersons, Deputy Chairpersons and Members of commune-level People's Committees; approve list of and dismissal or discharge of Deputy Heads and Members of Boards of commune-level People's Councils in accordance with regulations of law;

c) Advise and assist Standing Committees of commune-level People's Councils to submit the results of election, dismissal and discharge of Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of commune-level People's Councils to Standing Committees of provincial-level People's Councils for approval;

d) Advise and assist Standing Committees of commune-level People's Councils to submit to Chairpersons of provincial-level People’s Committees for approval the results of election, dismissal and discharge of Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees; grant of powers to Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

dd) Advise and assist commune-level People’s Committees to request commune-level People's Councils to consider making decisions on establishment, reorganization, dissolution, naming or renaming of hamlets and residential quarters in accordance with regulations of law; make specific decisions on number of part-time position holders whose salaries are paid using state budget-derived funding in communes in accordance with regulations adopted by provincial-level governments;

e) Advise and assist commune-level People’s Committees, Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees to provide guidance on and inspect organization and operation of hamlets and residential quarters in accordance with regulations of law and as delegated by provincial-level governments.

10. Regarding administrative boundaries of administrative divisions:

Advise and assist commune-level People’s Committees/Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees to:

a) Request competent authorities to consider making decisions on schemes on establishment, dissolution, merger or splitting of administrative divisions, adjustment of administrative boundaries, renaming of administrative divisions, and actions against cases of undefined commune-level administrative boundaries; recognition of classification of commune-level administrative divisions; recognition of island communes, safe communes for military purposes;

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c) Organize implementation of schemes and documents on administrative boundaries, dossiers, boundary markers, maps of administrative boundaries in accordance with regulations of law after they are approved by competent authorities.

11. Regarding cadres, civil servants, public employees and part-time position holders:

Advise and assist Chairpersons of commune-level People’s Committees to make decisions on recruitment of civil servants as delegated or authorized; decisions on planning, appointment, re-appointment, internal transfer, assignment, secondment; removal from office; resignation, dismissal or discharge, and taking of disciplinary actions against heads and deputy heads of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations and public service units affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees as delegated or authorized; decisions on temporary suspension from holding positions of Deputy Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees, heads of specialized agencies, other administrative organizations and public service units affiliated to commune-level People’s Committees; decisions on use, assignment, arrangement, inspection, assessment, temporary suspension from holding positions; training/advanced training, emulation and commendation; salaries, approval of resignation, and other policies and benefits under management of commune-level People’s Committees as prescribed.

12. Provide training/advanced training for cadres, civil servants, public employees and other subjects in accordance with regulations of law and specific regulations adopted by provincial-level People's Committees.

13. Regarding associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations:

a) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees to perform state management of associations, social funds, charitable funds, non-governmental organizations, and red cross activities in accordance with regulations of law on associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations, and other relevant laws.

14. Regarding state records and archives:

Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to:

a) Inspect and provide guidance on performance of such state records and archives-related tasks under their management;

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c) Take charge of submitting documents and records of commune-level agencies and organizations to provincial-level state historical document-archiving units as prescribed.

15. Regarding youth and gender equality:

a) Organize the implementation of policies, laws, strategies, programs, plans, projects and schemes for youth development in provinces; gender equality and female officials-related affairs; Action Month for gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence;

b) Include targets and objectives relating to youth development; gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence in local socio-economic development programs/plans of each year and for each period;

c) Play the leading role or cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations in settling interdisciplinary issues concerning youth and youth-related affairs, gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence;

d) Perform statistical works, management, access to and announcement of statistical data on youth and youth development index in communes; organize collection and consolidation of data, and preparation of local periodic reports on gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence, national statistical indicators on gender and female officials-related affairs;

dd) Inspect and assess the implementation of regulations, policies, and laws on youth and youth-related affairs; gender equality and prevention and response to gender-based violence in communes.

16. Regarding emulation and commendation:

a) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees/Chairpersons of commune-level People's Committees to organize emulation movements and implementation of CPV’s guidelines, State policies and laws on emulation and commendation in communes; replicate “exemplary progressive individuals” models in emulation movements for timely commendation;

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c) Provide guidance on and inspect implementation of emulation and commendation plans and contents in communes; establish, manage and use emulation and commendation funds in accordance with regulations of law;

d) Act as standing agencies of commune-level Emulation and Commendation Councils.

17. Regarding employment:

a) Organize the implementation of long-term and annual plans, programs and strategies, and projects and schemes on employment, job creation support, labor market development, employment services, unemployment insurance, recruitment and management of workers in Vietnam according to guidelines of competent authorities; collect, store, consolidate, analyze, forecast, disseminate, and manage information on local labor markets;

b) Provide guidance on and implement job creation support policies and unemployment insurance policies in accordance with regulations of law;

c) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on employment services in communes.

18. Regarding Vietnamese guest workers:

a) Provide information on policies and laws on Vietnamese guest workers for Vietnamese workers working abroad under employment contracts directly signed with employers;

b) Provide information on labour markets and recruitment demands of employers for workers who return Vietnam upon the expiry of their contracts abroad to enable them to choose jobs appropriate to their vocational competence, knowledge, skills and experience earned during their employment abroad;

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d) Advise and request commune-level People's Committees in charge of communes where workers permanently reside to sign confirmations of registration of employment contracts under provisions of clause 3 Article 50 of the Law on Vietnamese guest workers in 2020.

19. Regarding labour and salary:

a) Receive applications for registration of internal labour regulations as authorized by specialized agencies in charge of home affairs of provincial-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law;

b) Provide guidance on the implementation of regulations of law on salaries in business and production sector;

c) Disseminate regulations of the labour law regarding domestic workers; manage, inspect and supervise the implementation of regulations of the labour law regarding domestic workers in communes;

d) Provide guidance on, assist and organize implementation of regulations of the labour law regarding organization and operation of internal employee organizations established in enterprises.

20. Regarding social insurance:

a) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on social insurance in communes in accordance with regulations of law;

b) Receive applications for suspension of payments to the pension and survivorship fund submitted by agencies, units, organizations or enterprises under management of commune-level People's Committees, and carry out determination of number of compulsory social insurance participants who temporarily leave their jobs at these agencies, units, organizations or enterprises.

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a) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law regarding OSH; working hours, rest periods in provinces; Action months for OSH;

b) Play the leading role and cooperate in carrying out investigations into occupational accidents causing injuries to one person, minor occupational accidents involving voluntary occupational accident insurance participants in communes; making records of occupational accidents causing severe injuries to one person who works without employment contract;

c) Receive information on and take actions against technical incidents in serious violation of OSH in communes;

d) Advise and assist commune-level People's Committees to perform state management of OSH.

22. Regarding people with meritorious services:

a) Manage such memorial structures for revolutionary martyrs and martyrs’ graves in communes as delegated;

b) Cooperate with relevant authorities and mass organizations in developing the “the whole population takes care of and assists people with meritorious services and social policy beneficiaries” movement;

c) Provide guidance on and organize the implementation of regulations of law applicable to people with meritorious services to the revolution and their family members in communes as delegated;

d) Manage beneficiaries of policies and benefits for people with meritorious services to the revolution and their family members, their records and funding for implementing such policies and benefits in communes as delegated.

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a) Provide advice on and organize the implementation of regulations of law on exercise of grassroots-level democracy; keep close contact with the people and residential communities in communes;

b) Provide advice on formulation and implementation of resolutions of People’s Councils regarding measures for ensuring the exercise of grassroots-level democracy in communes;

c) Consider, handle and promptly respond to complaints, denunciations and petitions of citizens, and recommendations of commune-level People’s Inspection Boards; Investment Supervision Boards of trade unions, Central Committees of the Vietnamese Fatherland Front and commune-level socio-political organizations;

d) Prepare and submit consolidated reports on exercise of grassroots-level democracy in communes at the request of competent authorities; promptly submit reports to superior competent authorities on the matters falling beyond their competence;

dd) Provide advice on and organize the performance of community mobilization tasks in accordance with regulations of the Communist Party of Vietnam, regulations of laws, and guidelines given by superior authorities.

24. Assist commune-level People's Committees in performing state management of collective economic organizations, private business entities, associations, social funds, charitable funds, and non-governmental organizations operating in the field of home affairs in communes.

25. Organize application of scientific and technological advances; develop information, innovation, digital transformation and retention systems serving performance of state management tasks, and professional and specialized operations of commune-level specialized agencies; organize operation and use of local home affairs databases.

26. Provide information and submit reports on a periodical and ad-hoc basis; preliminary and final review reports on the performance of assigned tasks in accordance with regulations adopted by commune-level People's Committees and Departments of Home Affairs.

27. Carry out inspection of the implementation by entities of regulations of law in assigned fields and sectors; settle complaints and denunciations; prevent and control corruption, wastefulness and misconduct in accordance with regulations of law and as assigned by commune-level People's Committees.

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29. Manage organizational structure, payroll of civil servants, job positions, percentage of civil servants allocated to perform each job position, professional title-based structure of public employees, and number of employees working at public service units; implement regimes and policies on salaries, preferential treatment, training and advanced training, commendation and reward, and disciplinary actions applicable to officials, public employees and workers under their management as prescribed by law and as assigned by  commune-level People's Committees.

30. Perform other tasks and powers as delegated, authorized or devolved in accordance with regulations of law and other regulations adopted by competent authorities.

31. Perform other tasks assigned by commune-level People's Committees in accordance with regulations of law.

Chapter III

IMPLEMENTATION ORGANIZATION

Article 5. Transition

Transfer of functions and tasks between agencies relating to administrative procedures shall adhere to the following rules:

1. Applications which have been submitted by the effective date of this Circular shall continue to be considered and processed in accordance with regulations of law in force at the time of application submission.

2. Approvals, certifications, licenses or certificates issued by competent authorities before the effective date of this Circular under duly appraised applications shall remain valid until their expiry dates (if any). Modification, renewal, re-issuance and revocation of such documents shall be subject to guidelines on performance of assigned tasks set out herein and relevant regulations.

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1. This Circular comes into force from July 01, 2025.

2. This Circular supersedes the Circular No. 05/2021/TT-BNV dated August 12, 2021 of the Minister of Home Affairs of Vietnam providing guidance on functions, tasks and powers of provincial-level Departments of Home Affairs affiliated to provincial-level People's Committees and district-level Divisions of Home Affairs affiliated to district-level People's Committees, and the Circular No. 11/2021/TT-BLDTBXH dated September 30, 2021 of the Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam providing guidance on functions, tasks and powers of provincial-level Departments of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs affiliated to provincial-level People's Committees and district-level Divisions of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs affiliated to district-level People's Committees.

Article 7. Responsibility for implementation

1. Provincial-level People’s Committees and their Chairpersons shall direct and organize the implementation of this Circular.

2. Any difficulties that arise during the implementation of this Circular or amendments thereto which are deemed necessary should be reported to the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam for consideration./.

MINISTER




Pham Thi Thanh Tra