The Minister of Finance of Vietnam has just revealed that there is a phenomenon that officials at this ministry want to resign because of work pressure.

In a meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on September 19, Mr. Ho Duc Phuc said. “In the past, when I worked as the State Auditor General, I only edited one law in 5 years and found it very difficult, but coming here (the Ministry of Finance) there are 13 laws, not to mention Circulars and decrees. Constantly having to read, having to organize conferences, research, understand, it is very hard.” “Some take a lot of time off work. Even the deputy director, the head of the department also resigned. I have to meet and encourage them all the time.

According to Thanh Nien newspaper, Mr. Phuc shared that on the afternoon of September 18, he met the head of the Department of Price Management (Ministry of Finance) to convince the officer to stay. “I asked: You have worked at the Ministry of Finance for 20 years, have 2 university degrees, 1 master’s degree, good at English, now you quit what do you do? She said that I don’t do anything, I just take a break. “I asked her if I could transfer her to a less risky, more relaxing department, and she said that if you say that, then I betrayed my colleagues. Now, I move from a difficult department to another department, I just want to go home.”

The phenomenon of leaving work

The Ministry of Finance is one of the most important ministries in the Vietnamese government, so the minister’s concern created a lot of interest. Recently, another ministry, the Ministry of Health, also reported that many employees in the industry had resigned. Figures from January to June 30, 2022 say 9,680 health workers resigned or quit. In which, 3,094 doctors, 2,874 nurses, 551 medical technicians, 276 midwives, 593 pharmacists, 2,280 other officials. Tien Phong’s article from the end of August said that the Ministry of Education and Training had just asked localities to urgently recruit 27,850 teachers for the new school year. The People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City said that from January 1, 2020 to June 30, 2022, cadres, civil servants and public employees voluntarily quit, at 6,177 people.