As of December 31, 2024, the total number of cadres and officials nationwide had reached 206,707, including 105,606 cadres (51.09 percent) and 101,101 officials (48.91 percent).

Ward-level cadres and officials numbered 38,279 (18.52 percent), with 17,623 cadres (46.04 percent) and 20,656 officials (53.96 percent). Commune-level cadres and officials totaled 154,766 (74.87 percent), with 80,971 cadres (52.32 percent) and 73,795 officials (47.68 percent). Town-level cadres and officials were 13,662 (6.61 percent), with 7,011 cadres (51.32 percent) and 6,651 officials (48.68 percent).

Regarding age, officials under 45 years old numbered 122,143 (59.09 percent), those aged 45-55 were 63,203 (30.58 percent), and those over 55 were 21,361 (10.33 percent).

In terms of professional qualifications, 1,335 officials (0.65 percent) had primary-level training or were untrained, 14,324 (6.93 percent) had intermediate or college-level training (3-year training), and 191,048 (92.42 percent) held university or postgraduate degrees.

For political theory training, 25,447 officials (12.31 percent) had primary-level or no training, 166,638 (80.62 percent) had intermediate-level training, and 14,622 (7.07 percent) held advanced or bachelor’s-level qualifications.

Regarding recruitment sources and position rotation, 37,082 individuals (17.94 percent) were once officials, 76,358 (36.94 percent) were recruited through civil service exams, 48,478 (23.45 percent) came from non-specialist commune-level roles, and 44,789 (21.67 percent) were from other sources.

Recently, under the guidance from the Steering Committee for Administrative Unit Reorganization and the Two-Tier Local Governance Model, the current staff for districts and communes will be maintained. In the next five years, provinces and centrally governed cities will review, streamline, and restructure according to approved job position plans.

Meanwhile, 100 percent of district-level official positions will be transferred to communes, with an average of 32 positions per commune (excluding Party and mass organization roles). Communes and wards will cease employing non-specialist personnel from August 1.

In related news, on April 25, at the 44th session of the National Assembly Standing Committee, Deputy Minister of Construction Nguyen Van Sinh, on behalf of the Government, presented a draft resolution on piloting special mechanisms and policies for social housing development.

Deputy Chair of the National Assembly Legal and Judicial Committee Hoang Van Lien proposed setting a regulation allowing state agencies to rent social housing for officers, especially in areas undergoing administrative mergers. 

He argued against including experts as beneficiaries of social housing, noting they already benefit from policies attracting talent in science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation. “Social housing policies should focus on low-income groups,” he emphasized.

The National Assembly’s Standing Committee Resolution No 76/2025 administrative unit restructuring in 2025 stipulates that cadres, civil servants, and public employees affected by the restructuring, who are not subject to streamlining, will retain their current salary and position allowance regimes (if any) for six months from the date of their work reassignment.

Nguyen Thao