Director of the Department of Internal Affairs makes special appointment for his own son to deputy head of department.

Pham Van To, Director of the Hai Duong Department of Internal Affairs, signed a decision appointing his son to a department-level position without a civil service examination. When the Ministry of Internal Affairs conducted an inspection, his son voluntarily submitted a resignation letter.

That's Mr. Pham Van Khang, whose father signed the decision appointing him as Deputy Head of the Employment and Labor Safety Department (Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hai Duong province).

Prior to his appointment, Mr. Khang was the Deputy Director of the Irrigation Works Exploitation Enterprise of Binh Giang District (a limited liability company specializing in irrigation works exploitation in the province).

Mr. Khang was assigned to work at the Employment and Occupational Safety Department from February 15, 2016, according to Decision No. 02/QD-SNV signed on February 3, 2016, by his own father, Mr. Pham Van To.

According to the appointment decision made without a civil service examination, Mr. Khang was classified as a specialist with code 01.003, level 3, and salary coefficient 3.00.

Previously, on February 15, 2016, the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hai Duong province issued Decision No. 308 regarding the appointment of Mr. Pham Van Khang to the position of Deputy Head of the Employment and Occupational Safety Department.

The term of office is 5 years (February 15, 2016 - February 15, 2021). Mr. Khang is entitled to an allowance of 0.3.

Headquarters of the Department of Internal Affairs of Hai Duong Province

Mr. Khang was born in 1980 and is the son of Mr. Pham Van To and his first wife (Ms. VTH, born in 1957, residing in Thanh Mien district). Mr. Pham Van To and Ms. VTH divorced many years ago. After that, Mr. To married a second wife and had two more children.

The transfer was arranged for a job that would make it easier to care for the child.

Following the discovery that out of 46 civil servants in Hai Duong province, 44 held leadership positions from deputy head of department upwards, the Inspectorate of the Ministry of Interior conducted an inspection and reached a conclusion.

The conclusion states: Two civil servants were appointed to the position of deputy head of department without fully meeting the standards for administrative civil servant positions. In some cases, the time spent as civil servants at the Hai Duong Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs was insufficient for evaluation and assessment of performance and leadership abilities, yet they were included in the planning and appointed as deputy heads of department. Some appointment procedures were not documented in writing and included in the appointment files.

As of October 15, 2016, the Hai Duong Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs had 9 departments with 31 deputy heads, of which 6 specialized departments had 8 more deputy heads than the number proposed in the Job Position Determination Project submitted by the Department to the Provincial People's Committee.

During the inspection, the Director of the Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Hai Duong province decided to remove 7 civil servants from their positions as deputy heads of departments (based on their voluntary resignation requests) and transfer one deputy head of department to another position.

Explaining why he signed the appointment decision for his own son in violation of procedures, the Director of the Hai Duong Department of Internal Affairs, Pham Van To, said: "The oversight was due to my subordinates submitting the proposal without careful consideration."

Secondly, Mr. Khang's (Mr. To's son) wish to transfer to Hai Duong City is to be closer to his child, who has just passed the entrance exam to a specialized school in the city.

When the Ministry of Interior's Inspectorate investigated the matter, Mr. Khang voluntarily submitted his resignation and requested to return to his old unit."

Mr. To himself also accepted responsibility: "I have requested to be disciplined by the leaders of Hai Duong province."

Mr. To admitted that the appointment of his son had many shortcomings, including failure to comply with procedures such as not requesting the opinion of the Ministry of Interior on the recruitment of civil servants without examination, not establishing an examination board, and appointing civil servants who had not had sufficient years of service…

According to Vietnamnet.vn