According to reports from ministries, sectors, and localities, while resignations among civil servants and public employees continue, the trend has significantly declined since 2023 compared to previous years.

The Ministry of Home Affairs recently reported on the implementation of National Assembly resolutions regarding questioning activities within the ministry's jurisdiction.

As of April 2025, the Ministry has completed 13 out of 22 tasks assigned under Resolution No. 75/2022 related to the fourth session’s questioning activities.

At the time of this resolution, the issue of capable civil servants and public employees resigning was a pressing concern.

In response to directives from the National Assembly and the Government, and in order to address this issue and enhance the quality and effectiveness of the public workforce, the Ministry of Home Affairs promptly issued documents urging ministries, sectors, and localities to implement coordinated tasks and solutions.

The Ministry urged localities to prioritize the development of public service staff, closely monitor their sentiments and aspirations - especially those at the grassroots level - and improve the working environment to make it more professional, modern, and competitively healthy.

Sector-managing ministries were advised to propose and refine policies related to socialization, economic-technical norms, and cost norms to establish pricing frameworks for public service units funded by the state budget. These serve as a basis for approving autonomy plans for public service units.

Additionally, the Ministry introduced timely support policies for staff facing financial difficulties.

It has also focused on building competent leadership, innovating staff deployment, and creating opportunities for career growth, particularly for young professionals. Efforts were made to encourage continued learning and skill development through training programs both domestically and abroad.

Reforms in working procedures, administrative processes, and improvements in state management effectiveness have also been among the key solutions.

Moving toward performance-based pay

Reports from various sectors and regions show that while resignations among civil servants and public employees persist, they have markedly decreased since 2023.

This signals that recent policies - on salaries; support and protection for dynamic, accountable staff; reforming management and utilization of public personnel; and increasing financial autonomy for public service units - have had a positive impact.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is proactively studying and advising higher authorities on further reforms, including accelerating salary reform and implementing performance-based pay linked to job roles and output-based evaluations.

Such evaluations are aimed at motivating civil servants and public employees, restructuring, and improving the quality of public workforce based on job roles, as envisioned in Resolution No. 27 of 2018.

Simultaneously, the Ministry is reviewing the policy system to refine recruitment, management, training, planning, and deployment of public employees. It is also working to improve mechanisms to attract and retain talent.

Currently, the Ministry is continuing to streamline its organizational structure and staffing, aligning them with job positions while enhancing pay, bonuses, and welfare policies for civil servants and public employees.

Nguyen Thao