Authorities in Ho Chi Minh City are drawing up a scheme to allow civil servants whose daily responsibilities do not involve face-to-face interactions with the public to register for remote work. 

The Ho Chi Minh City Institute for Development Studies has been tasked with crafting and finalizing this plan by the end of this year, per the directives of the municipal People’s Committee.

This initiative is a component of a broader project aimed at optimizing the city’s civil service between 2024 and 2030, with the goal of providing improved services to a population of over 10 million and more than 300,000 companies. 

To achieve this, Ho Chi Minh City will enhance the utilization of advanced technologies and initiate a pilot program for remote work, primarily involving staff responsible for administrative paperwork, rather than those who directly engage with the public or businesses.

Dr. Nguyen Thi Thien Tri from the Ho Chi Minh City University of Law assesses that the trial program permitting government officials and civil servants to work remotely will curtail the ‘morning in, afternoon out’ administrative approach, which is sometimes ineffective.

During COVID-related restrictions, several government agencies in the city already implemented remote work. 

As of the end of last year, Ho Chi Minh City had a total of 19,059 public employees on its payroll, but specific figures regarding the number of positions eligible for remote work is currently unavailable, according to news site VnExpress.

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