New initiatives seek to bring home at least 100 renowned experts to drive innovation by 2030.

The Ministry of Home Affairs is drafting a decree allowing public agencies and units to sign fixed-term labour contracts with those working outside the sector, opening up a fresh path to reform.

Vietnam National University Ho Chi Minh City brings back 21 international PhDs under an ambitious academic recruitment program.

To attract top-tier academic talent, southern universities are offering lucrative incentives for professors and PhDs.

Eight major universities seek 100 PhD holders with salaries up to $2,300 per month and attractive incentives for professors.

A draft decree from the Ministry of Justice proposes special salary and benefit packages for senior experts in central Party and State agencies, including expatriates.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh emphasizes the importance of income policies, housing support, and visa incentives to attract and retain skilled professionals, scientists, and global experts in Vietnam.

The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposes income of people with doctoral degrees or higher will be 4 times higher than the monthly regional minimum wage to attract talents for state organizations.

After nearly ten years with many policy changes, up to now, the attraction of experts, scientists, and people with special talents to work in the public sector is still a problem that Ho Chi Minh City has not yet had a good solution for it.