Factors Affecting Civil Service Culture Of Vietnamese Local Civil Servants

Abstract

Vietnam’s civil servants are required by law to be loyal to the country and devoted to serving the people. This is the legal regulation, but also the civil service culture of each civil servant. In practice, civil servant culture is affected by many factors that managers need to take into account when making relevant policies. In this study, the author analyzes two main factors, which directly affect the civil service culture of civil servants, including: “The suitability of the civil servant law” and “Consciousness and responsibility of civil servants”. The author conducted a survey of 300 leaders of commune government agencies of 5 provinces representing 3 regions of Vietnam, including: Lai Chau province, Dien Bien province (Northern region), Nghe An province (Central region), Dong Nai province, Tra Vinh province (Southern region). The research results show that the leaders of government agencies underestimate the factor “Consciousness and responsibility of civil servants”; set out requirements on the development of solutions suitable to local characteristics in order to raise the consciousness and responsibility of civil servants in performing civil service culture.