Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has approved a project on technical assistance supporting civil service reform in Vietnam, reported the Vietnam government portal.

The project is worth 1.25 million USD, with 1 million USD as non-refundable aid financed by the Asian Development Bank and 250,000 USD as corresponding capital from Vietnam.

The project aims to assist the Ministry of Home Affairs in establishing a professional, responsible, dynamic, transparent and effective civil service and boosting up civil reform to help the Government implement the socio-economic development strategy and administrative procedure reform in the 2011-2020 phase.

It will launch main activities such as identifying job positions, restructuring staff, setting up a standard civil servant title system, and sharing experience in management.-VNA