Through sampling audit, many approved resignation applications lacked basis, were for the wrong subjects, or had wrong benefits in 10 localities and 4 central agencies.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has just requested ministries, central agencies and localities to review all cases that have been decided to quit their jobs and enjoy benefits according to Decree 178/2024 and Decree 67/2025. The results must be sent to the Ministry before September 15 for synthesis and reporting to the Prime Minister.
The request was made after Report 1212 dated July 31 of the State Audit on the implementation of policies for officials, civil servants, public employees and workers on leave due to organizational restructuring. The report is prepared on the basis of a sample audit, not checking all records at all ministries, branches and localities. Through audited samples, this agency stated violations and errors in 10 localities including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Tay Ninh, Can Tho, Ca Mau, Son La.
The four central agencies mentioned are the Government Office and the Ministries of Education and Training, Culture, Sports and Tourism, and Construction.
Those who complete well will still be approved for leave
The State Audit assessed that the inspected agencies had proactively built plans, allocated resources and resolved regulations, contributing to the process of streamlining the apparatus. However, errors appear from the stage of developing criteria, selecting leavers to appraising documents and making payments.
Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Gia Lai and Tay Ninh have not issued documents specifically guiding criteria for selecting people to leave, causing units to lack a unified basis to determine who must leave and who has the capacity to be retained.
Some units in Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City, Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Gia Lai and Tay Ninh have not issued criteria for evaluating cadres, civil servants and public employees. Some places have issued them but have not consulted with the leadership or have not specified the criteria appropriate to the functions and characteristics of the unit.
Through examining records, the State Audit discovered that 98 people in Dong Nai, Lam Dong, Dak Lak and Gia Lai were approved to leave on grounds of not meeting job requirements or professional standards, even though they had completed their tasks well or better for three consecutive years. Dong Nai has 43 cases, Dak Lak 45, Lam Dong 7 and Gia Lai 3.
Some units in Ho Chi Minh City also have a similar situation but the report does not state the number of people. In addition, 14 city units provide benefits for people who are assessed by the council as meeting the requirements but still have limitations, or who have 10 years of work remaining and three consecutive years of successfully completing their tasks. The State Audit believes that this has the potential risk of not addressing the right subjects.
Many people who were approved for leave were not properly present
The State Audit discovered that a number of leaders and managers were let go even though the number of leaders of the unit after arrangement did not exceed the prescribed limit, meaning there was no basis to determine that they were redundant. This group includes 24 people in Tay Ninh, 5 people in Dong Nai, 5 people in Gia Lai and cases in 2 units in Ho Chi Minh City.
Tay Ninh also provided benefits for 56 people in the unit who did not directly organize the apparatus. The Government Office has 11 similar cases, including 4 people working in departments that have not been arranged and 7 people working in departments that have had organizational changes but their subordinate departments remain the same.
Some people take leave for health reasons but their records lack medical documents, medical examination and treatment information or professional grounds. This error was discovered in 19 cases in Dak Lak, 6 people in Dong Nai and in 6 units in Ho Chi Minh City.
Dong Nai has a civil servant or employee who does not meet the qualifications but is not subject to streamlining and still has the policy applied. In Hanoi, some documents do not have enough documents to prove that the leaver does not meet the task requirements or standards of the post-arranged job position.
Ho Chi Minh City has 7 units that let people with more than 5 years of work left, even though the number of employees is not enough or does not exceed the prescribed limit. Gia Lai resolved early retirement for 3 people but did not check enough time for them to work in an area with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions.
The Government Office approved 28 people to leave, but the records do not show the results of their duties in the last three years.
Only evaluate the person who applied for leave
In Can Tho and Ca Mau, some units do not evaluate all officers, civil servants, and public employees but only consider those who apply for leave to enjoy the policy.
Specifically, this situation occurs at the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism, Can Tho Department of Health; Economic Zone Management Board and Construction Project Management Board of Ca Mau province. An Thanh and Ke Sach communes of Can Tho use the results of annual civil servant evaluations as a basis for considering leave.
Some public service units in the former Vi Thanh city stopped operating but did not immediately terminate their employment for officials. Redundant personnel were transferred to the Center for Culture, Information and Sports before receiving the policy, not following the instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Browsing at the wrong time, changing policy groups
Dak Lak has 46 cases approved for leave after September 1, 2025, not on time according to the conclusions of the Politburo, the Secretariat and instructions of the Ministry of Home Affairs. This locality also approved after July 1, 2025 for 50 people who were eligible for leave at the time the two-level local government began operating, changing the group of policies eligible.
Among them, 33 people switched from quitting their jobs to retiring before their age; 17 people moved from the group with more than 5 to 10 years of work left to the group with 2 to 5 years left. The report does not state the amount of difference arising due to changing the policy group.
Errors continue to appear in the calculation and payment process. One case in Son Tay ward, Hanoi; 4 people at the Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of Dong Nai and 2 people in Tay Ninh had some improper allowances included in their salaries as a basis for determining the regime.
Tay Ninh calculated an excess of three months' salary to support job search for 16 officials and workers who participated in unemployment insurance; In 3 other cases, the amount was incorrectly calculated.
The Office of the Ministry of Education and Training pays an additional month's difference compared to the retirement decision, equivalent to 15.5 million VND per person.
In Can Tho, a person is entitled to a one-time subsidy equal to 60 months' salary, worth 457 million VND, but not for the right period of time. A case in Vinh Chau ward also had the wrong benefit period determined according to the number of years of social insurance payment.
Can Tho also used 3.4 billion VND from the state budget to pay for 5 people, while having to use the resources of the public service unit to cover its own regular expenses.
The two communes of Quynh Nhai and Muong Sai of Son La were discovered to have spent money on the wrong subjects but have not recovered all of it. The report does not state the number of people and the amount of money still to be collected.
Hanoi has 16 people approved to retire from July 1, 2025 but still receive salary and social security policy in July.
More than 140 billion VND cannot be allocated
After the arrangement, the Dong Nai Provincial People's Committee Office has not been handed over full books and documents about the 27.547 billion VND spent in the former Binh Phuoc province in the first 6 months of 2025. This is an expense that does not have enough records to check, not the entire amount that has been determined to be incorrectly spent.
Two cases in Lam Dong also did not provide complete documents as a basis for determining payment costs.
The Ministry of Construction's estimates were not close to reality, causing the VND 140.21 billion assigned by the Prime Minister to be unable to be allocated. This is unallocated funds, not the amount of money determined to be incorrectly spent. The Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism will transfer to next year the remaining funding for policy implementation that does not comply with regulations.
From the results of the sampling audit, the State Audit proposed that the Prime Minister request ministries, central agencies and localities to comprehensively inspect cases that have not been audited in detail; Handle errors, prevent budget losses and clarify the responsibilities of relevant groups and individuals.
The Ministry of Home Affairs then requested agencies to review all cases that have been resolved, correct errors and report before September 15.
