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Vo Ngoc Dong, director of the Da Nang Department of Internal Affairs



Vo Ngoc Dong, director of the Da Nang Department of Internal Affairs, said the city authorities would seek other ways to promote talented staff.

Dong said many legal problems arose during implementation of the programme, which was costly to develop. 

In many cases, students were trained in one major but were used in another. Since they do not have jobs in which they were trained, they do not work at full capacity. 

Besides, many students found it difficult to adapt to the new working environment and new posts. Very few people can work in teams to optimize their capacity.

Dong admitted that with the current law, it is difficult to arrange jobs in the civil service system for the people who complete overseas training.

Da Nang City authorities have decided to stop Project 922 after encountering many problems in implementation of the programme, which provides funds to talented graduates and staff to study abroad.
In principle, only people who have excellent marks both at Vietnamese schools and at the overseas university can be hired at state agencies without the need to take the civil service examination. 

Many participants in Project 922, however, had to take the exam, and many failed.

However, it would be a waste of human resources if the city authorities did not employ them because billions of dong were spent to fund their studies. 

As a result, those who failed the exam work for state agencies under fixed-term labor contracts and had to repeat the exams.

Da Nang City authorities also cited the need to cut out waste in the organization.

A report from city authorities showed that 36 posts at city agencies were cut in 2015, and the figure will be 30 this year. 

It would be unreasonable to continue spending money on training civil servants and cut the number of jobs at the same time.

When asked what Da Nang would do to attract talented staff once Project 922 stops, Dong said organizing short-term training courses would be a solution. 

The city may invite leading experts, both Vietnamese and foreign, to host short-term refresher courses to improve their knowledge.

Within the framework of Project 922, city authorities have sued 17 people who refused to return to Da Nang to work for city agencies after finishing training courses. The city won 12 of the cases.

Chi Nam