In which cases are priority points added when taking the civil service exam?

Officials and civil servants of departments and branches exchange professional knowledge (taken at the Professional Department of Nghe An Department of Health). Photo: Nguyen Nguyen

According to Article 5, Decree No. 138/2020/ND-CP dated November 27, 2020 of the Government stipulates the following regulations on priority in civil servant recruitment:

1. Subjects and priority points in entrance exams or admissions:

a) Armed forces heroes, labor heroes, war invalids, people enjoying policies like war invalids, war invalids of type B: 7.5 points will be added to the results of round 2;

b) Ethnic minorities, military officers, police officers, demobilized professional soldiers, people working in secretarial work who have changed careers, graduates of reserve officer training, graduates of training for commanders of commune-level military commands of grassroots military branches who have been awarded the rank of reserve officer and have registered for the reserve officer category, children of martyrs, children of wounded soldiers, children of sick soldiers, children of people enjoying policies like wounded soldiers, children of type B wounded soldiers, biological children of resistance fighters infected with toxic chemicals, children of heroes of the armed forces, children of heroes of labor: 5 points will be added to the results of round 2;

c) People who have completed military service, public security service, or youth volunteer team members: 2.5 points will be added to the round 2 score.

In case an applicant or candidate falls under multiple priority categories specified in Clause 1 of this Article, only the highest priority point will be added to the second round score results.

Therefore, Mr. Minh has 5 years of working experience in a private company and is not eligible for priority points in civil servant recruitment.