The candidates will complete online tests in foreign languages,computer science and other major subjects which will last throughOctober 23. Scores for the test will be received as soon as theexamination is finished.
This is the first time this kind ofexam will be held in Hanoi, with the aim of ensuring that recruitment isconducted transparently and publicly while also improving the qualityof public servants, said Vice Chairwoman of the municipal People'sCommittee Nguyen Thi Bich Ngoc.
All test rooms are equippedwith cameras to strictly supervise the testing process, Ngoc - whodoubles as chairwoman of the recruitment council - said at the openingceremony for this year's exam on October 13.
Nearly 500candidates who pass the exam will be chosen to work for the People'sCommittees and departments of the city and its districts.
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs Tran Anh Tuan told Tien Phong(Vanguards) newspaper that this was one among many active measures takenby Hanoi to prevent corruption in the recruitment of public servants.
In the near future, online tests would be applied for all civilservant recruitment exams following guidance from the Prime Minister,he said.
"Examinees should also be required to take aninterview to better assess their communication skills and othercapabilities. We target having around 70 percent of ministries,sectors and localities apply the use of information technology for theircivil servant recruitment from now to 2015," he added.
Similar exams were organised by the Ministry of Home Affairs and northern Hai Phong city earlier this year.
The online recruitment software was compiled by the Ministry of HomeAffairs and it has continued perfecting the software to ensurecandidates take online tests for all subjects by 2015.-VNA