MINISTRY OF EDUCATION AND TRAINING MINISTRY OF HOME AFFAIRS NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION NGUYEN VAN VIEN MANAGEMENT OF PROVINCIAL AND MUNICIPAL POLITICAL SCHOOLS IN VIETNAM TODAY Major: Public management Code: 34 04 03 SUMMARY OF DOCTORAL THESIS OF PUBLIC MANAGEMENT HANOI, 2019 The work has been completed at: NATIONAL ACADEMY OF PUPLIC ADMINISTRATION Supervisors: Assoc Prof PhD Le Thi Van Hanh Assoc Prof PhD Le Minh Quan Reviewer 1: …………………………………………………………… ……………………………… …………………………… Reviewer 2: …………………………………………………………… ……………………………… …………………………… Reviewer 3: …………………………………………………………… ………………………………… ………………………… The thesis is presented at the Academic - level Thesis Assessment Council Location: Meeting Hall Floor , National Academy of Public Administration No 77 - Nguyen Chi Thanh Street - Dong Da District - Hanoi Time: ……… date …… month… 2019 The thesis can be found at the National Library of Vietnam or the library of the National Academy of Public Administration PREFACE Reason to choose the topic The political school is a form of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers in Vietnam The selection of the topic "Management of political schools in the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government in Vietnam today" stems from the following reasons: Firstly, the political school is a non-business unit attached to the provincial and municipal party committee The state is social management, the political school itself performs the function of training and fostering cadres and officers, so the state needs to manage more closely to ensure the quality of cadres and officers Secondly, the political school has an important position and role in training and fostering cadres and officers in the locality The quality and capacity of work is highly dependent on the quality of operation of the political schools Thirdly, the management of political schools is still inadequate, overlapping and ineffective The political school has an unstable process of splitting and merging; is a training and fostering cadres and officers of the locality but it is directly under the control of the provincial and municipal Party Committee so the management of political schools is also complicated Fourthly, the theoretical basis for the management of political schools is very limited There are not many works and research topics on political schools, especially from perspective management science nowadays Many measures must be implemented in order to improve the quality of training and fostering cadres and officers at political schools, considering to the state management of political schools Therefore, the author chooses the thesis of "Managing the current provincial and central political schools in Vietnam" as the research topic for a doctoral thesis in Public Administration Purposes and tasks of the study 2.1 Purpose of the study On the basis of theoretical and practical research on management of political schools, the thesis proposes a number of views and solutions to enhance the management of political schools effectively and efficiently 2.2 Tasks of the study An overview of the research situation related to the thesis topic to identify issues that need further study and settle Researching theory and practice is as a scientific basis for the thesis Analyzing and assessing the current situation and issues raised in the management of political schools in Vietnam today Proposing some views and solutions are strengthen the state management of political schools in the coming time Objects and scope of the study 3.1 Objects of the study Objects of the study is state management activities for political schools 3.2 Scope of the study The thesis has scope of study is 63 political schools in the Vietnam territoty from 2008 to the present vision for the following years Methodology and research methodology 4.1 Methodology The thesis is based on the method of dialectical materialism and historical materialism of Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought 4.2 Research methodology In terms of theoretical research, there are methods of analysis, synthesis, systematization and history; on practical research with realistic observation methods, experts, generalizations, abstractions Scientific hypotheses and research questions 5.1 Scientific hypothesis The political school has an important position and role in improving the capacity and ethics for local cadres and officers but the quality and efficiency of the schools are low Because the state management for the political school has not been focused yet, and it is still loose and overlapping among the management agencies; Management tools and methods are weak and lacking If the management of political schools is effective, it will improve the quality and effectiveness of training and fostering cadres and officers of political schools 5.2 Research question - The political school is the basis for training and fostering institution of cadres and officers of Vietnam, what points the specific characteristics are shown? - Why should the government be managed the political schools and what its contents are? - Which can the experiences of some countries about training and fostering institution of cadres and officers management be applied to Vietnam's political schools management? - What is the current situation of political schools management in Vietnam? What are the issues that need to be solved? - What should perspectives and solutions be implemented to improve the effective management of political schools? New contributions of the thesis 6.1 As for Theory - Providing theoretical basis for training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers - Developing a theoretical framework of training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers management - Contributing some reference values in the management of political schools in Vietnam by generalizing the experience of managing training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers of some countries in the world 6.2 As for Practice - Providing a panorama of the current situation of management of political schools in Vietnam today - Providing views and solutions of effective state management to political schools in Vietnam Scientific and practical significance of the thesis 7.1 As for Science The thesis's research results contribute to supplement and complete the theoretical basis for state management of the training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers in general and the political school in particular 7.2 As for Practice - The dissertation's findings are valuable for reference in formulating guidelines and policies of the Party and the State relating to the political schools activities in Vietnam now and in the future - The dissertation's research results are for reference to a number of central or local agencies in directing and operating the political school - The thesis can be used as a reference for researching and teaching on public management, public policy, public administration, etc Structure of the thesis The thesis is divided into chapters and 10 periods in addition to the Introduction, Conclusion, Appendix and List of references Chapter OVERVIEW OF THE RESEARCH SITUATION 1.1 The scientific research thesis related to the dissertation The author has consulted and evaluated a lot of scientific research thesis Accordingly, the author evaluates scientific research theses on training and fostering cadres and officers; political schools and state management of training and fostering cadres and officers 1.2 General comments on the research related to the thesis From an overview of the research situation, the thesis evaluates the achieved results, points out the issues needed to be further studied: Firstly, there is not a complete scholarly concept of training and fostering institution cadres and officers The concept of political schools management of training and fostering cadres and officers has not been mentioned in any scientific research theses Secondly, there has not been pointed out management content for political schools in any scientific research thesis Thirdly, political schools management is completely different from the national education system management Fourthly, there has not been figured out evaluating the quality of training and fostering institution cadres and officers any scientific research theses Fifthly, there has not been found out summarizing the practices of training and fostering institution cadres and officers management any scientific research theses of foreign countries to draw lessons for Vietnam's political schools management Sixthly, the documents and reports of the competent authorities have not yet pointed out the existing problems, posing in the current political schools management Seventhly, there has not been mentioned to the views, solutions and measures of political schools management in any scientific research theses Conclusion of chapter Researching on political schools management is not pointed out in any scientific research theses There are some researches on political schools, but the content of the approach has not mentioned these schools management, which are mainly on the teaching staffs, about the school models In Vietnam However, it also provides the author with some inheritance However, there are still many issues needed further study These "gaps" is contributed to solve in this doctoral theses Chapter THEORETICAL BASIS FOR MANAGEMENT OF TRAINING AND FOSTERING INSTITUTION OF CADRES AND OFFICERS 2.1 Some general issues on the training and fostering institution of cadres and officers 2.1.1 Concept of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers Training and fostering institution of cadres and officers is a non-business unit established to organize teaching and learning activities for people who are elected, recruited and appointed to work in the political system of a country (people are receiving salaries from the state budget), in order to improve the enforcement capacity and public service ethics 2.1.2 The characteristics of training and fostering institution - Being a non-business unit providing public services on training and fostering cadres and officers - There is a standard operating procedure - Creating special products and services - Operating is not for profit seeking - Only providing products and services to the state, not to society 2.1.3 The role of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers - Demonstrating the role of the state in creating public human resources - Providing in-depth knowledge and skills training on leadership, management, public service - Being a place of education and practice of public service morals 2.1.4 Classification of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers - Classification according to the political system with facilities for training and fostering institution of cadres and officers of political organizations, training and fostering establishments for the state training and retraining establishments of cadres and officers of sociopolitical organizations - Classification by territory with central (federal) and regional or local training and fostering institutions - Classification according to the field of training and retraining with training establishments and fostering of common officers and public employees and professional managements - Classification according to subjects of training and fostering with training establishments, fostering officers and combined establishments 2.2 Managing training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers 2.2.1 The concept of management of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers Management of training and retraining establishments for cadres and officers is the task of managing and using the state power with appropriate tools and forms to affect training and retraining establishments for cadres and officers to achieve the goal of training and fostering cadres and officers 2.2.2 The necessity to management of training and fostering institution of cadres and officers - Performing the role of a manager of the state - Ensuring the objectives and requirements of human resources for the state apparatus - Orientating and promoting the operation of the administration 2.2.3 The content of management of training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers - Orientating of activities of training and retraining institutions for cadres and officers which is condition for establishment, dissolution, division, splitting and merger; network planning of schools; target; reorganization and usage results of training and fostering cadres and officers - Supporting activities of training and retraining institutions for cadres and officers such as build program content, build apparatus, build human resources, provide financial and facilities - Controlling the activities of the training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers It is a quality assessment; inspection and audit 2.2.4 Factors affecting the management of training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers - Strategy of cadres and officers - Perfect level of legal documents - Collaboration among relevant management agencies - The quality and capacity of cadres and officers with the training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers - Quality and capacity of the leader of the training and retraining course for cadres and officers - Organizational culture of training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers - Level of information technology applications 2.3 Experience in managing training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers of some countries in the world and reference value for Vietnam The political school is a form of training and retraining of cadres and officers in the locality, established by the Party's competent authorities 3.1.2 The birth and political and legal basis of political schools After the August Revolution in 1945, in order to build a contingent of cadres to meet the requirements of the resistance war of Vietnamese Revolution at that time, after the government’s organization apparatus came into operation, Staff training in the provinces was also conducted From the need for cadres, a number of the Communist Party cadre training establishments were established in some localities, called party schools, which is the precursor of political school today Because the state management activities have specific characteristics, the contents and methods are also different from the party building work Meanwhile, the contingent of government officers is very weak in administrative management capacity, especially in the early years of the government establishment so the administrative school was born The Party Central Committee's Secretariat issued Decision No 88-QD/TW on "setting up a political school in a province or a city directly under the central government" On September 5, 1994 The Party Central Committee's Secretariat issued Decision No 184-QD/TW on the functions, tasks and organizational structure of provincial and municipal political schools on September 3, 2008 The Party Central Committee's Secretariat issued Regulation No 09-QDi/TW on the functions, tasks, and organizational structure of provincial and municipal political schools on November 13, 2018 The Government issued Decree No 125/2011/ND-CP stipulating the schools of state agencies, political organizations, socio-political organizations and People's Armed Forces This is the 12 first legal document on the basis of training and fostering cadres and officers, including political schools on December 30, 2011 3.1.3 The peculiarity of the political school compared to the training and fostering establishments for cadres and officers - The political school is training and fostering establishment for cadres and officers in each province/city - The political school is a public non-business unit that performs political tasks - The political school is a school directly under the provincial party - The political school carries out training and fostering political theory and state management - The political school only trains and fosters the contingent of cadres and officers - The political school has many subjects involved in management 3.1.4 Functions, duties and organizational structure of political schools - Functions: Organizing training and fostering of leading and managerial officers of the grassroots political system, cadres and officers in the locality - Mission: Organizing of teaching and learning; issuing diplomas and certificates as prescribed; researching science; summarizing practices and research, developing theories as a scientific basis in service of the Party's line-planning and the State's policies; taking part in solving socio-economic, national defense-security issues of localities and the country; taking self-determination and self-responsibility according to the provisions of law; other duties and powers according to decree No 125/2011/ND-CP Training and fostering in leading and managerial officers of the Party, authorities, grassroots socio-political organizations 13 (communes, townships and equivalent units); head of division, deputy head of division and equivalent; cadres were planned for the above titles; officers, grassroots officers and other people about Marxism-Leninism, Ho Chi Minh thought; on the Party's guidelines and policies, the State's policies and laws; knowledge about some other fields according to Regulation 09-QDi/TW - Organizational structure: The political school consists of principals, vice principals (or directors, deputy directors) and functional departments, including: faculties and specialized subjects; departments, advisory boards, institutes, centers; units in service of training and researching science according to Decree No 125/2011/ND-CP The Political School has 05 departments and rooms: Department of Basic Theory; Faculty of Construction Party; Department of State and law; Department of Training Management and Scientific Research; Department of Organization, Administration, Information and Documentation according to Regulation No 09-QDi/TW 3.1.5 Some performance results of political schools - Regarding training: the schools offer many types of training courses, but mainly intermediate and political - administrative training courses From 2009 up to now, the political-administrative intermediate program has opened more than 16,000 classes (accounting for more than 40% of the total training and fostering courses of schools) - Regarding scientific research, from 2009 until now, the universities have studied, accepted and put into practice 1,270 scientific research topics Schools have organized 1,011 workshops 61/63 schools have published newsletters, periodicals, and 01 school has published a magazine There are 54/63 schools that have built a website 14 3.2 Situation of management of political schools in Vietnam today 3.2.1 Orientation for the operation of political schools - Regarding the establishment, dissolution, splitting and merging of political schools, planning of the political school network, being a non-business unit but the establishment and dissolution of political schools are not subject to the regulation of Decree No 55/2012/ND-CP dated June 28, 2012 on the establishment, reorganization and dissolution of public non-business units - Regarding the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the political school, Decree No 125/2011/ND-CP is not applied - Regarding the objective of training and fostering cadres and officers is built by program-managing agency - Regarding the recognition and use of results of training and fostering of cadres and officers, mainly through the recognition through diplomas and certificates granted by the political schools 3.2.2 Support for the operation of political schools - Regarding training programs and materials: The political school implements the programs: Intermediate level of political - administrative theory; training leaders of division level and equivalent; fostering and updating knowledge for deputies to the commune, district-level People's Councils; fostering secretaries, deputy secretaries of commune party committees, heads of socio-political organizations in plain communes; presidents, vice presidents of People's Councils, presidents and vice presidents of commune People's Committees Regarding the management of programs implemented by the political school, managed by the Ministry of Home Affairs and Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Regarding the compilation of training and fostering materials, The agency manages the program, appraises documents, and the 15 compilation of documents is decentralized to political schools However, the compilation of documents is conducted by the program management agency - The organizational structure + About the school's name: There are 60 schools called political schools; 02 schools called staff training schools; 01 school is called an academy + Regarding the structure: There are 53 schools organized according to the new regulations; schools organized according to the old regulations; 01 school organized specifically The organization of the institution is not in accordance with the regulations because the newly issued the Regulation 09-QDi/TW replaced the Decision No 184-QD/TW; Party committees and local governments have not really paid attention ; due to history, the characteristics of each school are different; regulatory authorities are not resolutely handling - The building of the contingent of political schools + The school's leadership team consists of the principal and vice principal , the school board is called by 59 schools; the board of directors is called by schools The total leaders of 63 schools are 239 people, including 01 associate professor (accounting for 0.42%); 30 Doctor of Philosophy (accounting for 12.55%); 160 masters (accounting for 66.95); 49 bachelors (accounting for 20.5%) Out of 63 heads of the political school, 14 people are female (accounting for 22.22%); there are 36 people participating in the provincial party committee (accounting for 57.14%); people are representative of the provincial People's Council (accounting for 12.7%); 05 people are excellent teachers (accounting for 7.94%) + Faculty of 63 political schools is 2,162 people, male teachers are 1,013 people (46,85%), female teachers are 1,149 people (53,15%) 16 Regarding professional qualifications, 81 people have doctorate degrees (3.75%); 1,526 people have a master's degree (70.58%), which is not counting the lecturers who are pursuing graduate and post-graduate Regarding the level of political theory, 100% of lecturers of the political school have political theory level, intermediate political theory level is 667 people (30.85%), the high level is 1,283 people (59, 34%), political bachelor is 212 people (9.81%) Regarding the level of state management, 100% of lecturers of the political school have the state management qualification, the expert level is 1,533 people (70.91%), the main expert is 573 people (26.5%), senior experts are 56 people (2.59%) Regarding the standards of lecturers, the state management agency has many regulations on political school lecturers standards The standards were set by the Ho Chi Minh National Political Academy by 2011 but the Ministry of the Home Affairs has officially issued the criteria for political school lecturers in 2011 Regarding the regime of lecturers of politics schools, they are entitled to the regimes of salary and allowances, training and fostering to raise their professional knowledge and skills, rested and honors However many benefits of lecturers are not guaranteed or difficult to implement such as the title of excellent teacher, associate professor and professor; the extension of the working time for Doctor of Philosophy Regarding faculty management managed by the provincial party committee (the advisory organization is the provincial party committee) - The financial provision and facilities construction In recent years, the schools have cared by managers, so the material and technical facilities have been gradually improved towards modernization, not only changing the face of the political school , but also meeting the demand for civilized society in training 17 and fostering cadres and officers for the political system from the provincial to grassroots levels However, compared with the requirements, it has not been as expected with the position and role of the training and fostering school for cadres and officers Implementing Decree No 16/2015/ND-CP dated February 14, 2015 of the Government, The Government is assigning autonomy mechanism of financial management and facilities for political schools, in reality, not 100% autonomy, but only partial autonomy 3.2.3 Control over the operation of political schools - Assessing the quality of training and fostering of cadres and officers of political schools The Government has issued criteria and index to evaluate the quality of training and officers of cadres and officers The evaluation is collecting opinions of students For the evaluation of the effectiveness after training, fostering is held for comments from over 06 months after course is ended by sending votes via letters, email to students and agencies, or directly interview The content of evaluation includes: Assessing the quality of the program, students; facilities quality; the course quality; evaluating the effectiveness after training and fostering The quality assessment of training and fostering of cadres and officers was first mentioned in 2014, but this activity was officially institutionalized into the legal norm in Circular No 10/2017/TTBNV dated December 29, 2017 of the Ministry of Home Affairs stipulating the assessment of the quality of fostering cadres, officers This activity is quite new, so in fact it has not formed a pattern in political schools - Inspecting and examining activities of political schools + Inspection and examination of the state power, The state also uses audit tools for financial activities of political schools However, it has not been conducted regularly so the results are not high 18 + Inspection and examination are not of state power These are inspections by the Provincial Party Inspection Committee and the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics Inspection, examination has discovered and handled many violations in political schools, mainly financial problem It still limited because it is often conducted when there are signs of violations or correspondence letters 3.3 Assess the current situation of management of political schools in Vietnam today 3.3.1 Results of management of political schools in Vietnam today Authorities have become more aware of the position, role and importance of political schools The documents that underlie political school activities are becoming more complete and coherent Functions and duties of political schools are expressed more clearly The program of training and fostering cadres and officers is relatively abundant, meeting the demand for diverse objects according to the job positions of cadres and officers Staffs, lecturers of the political school system have professional quality, political skills and work capacity The facilities of political schools are invested modernly, serving up the needs of training and fostering cadres and officers 3.3.2 Some issues raised in the management of political schools in Vietnam today - The law on political schools is incomplete and contradictory to the Party's regulations - State management agency for political schools has not been determined - Management of lecturers of political schools is still inadequate - Assessing the quality of training and fostering of cadres and officers of the political school has not been focused yet 19 - Inspection and examination of activities of the political school have not been strengthened Conclusion of chapter The political school is a public non-business unit but its establishment and operation are not governed by the Government prescribed in the document on public non-business units, which is stipulated by the Party Central Committee Secretariat The political school is managed by government and the Communist Party of Vietnam The political schools management is cared Due to the specific characteristics, effective management is still limited There are still many issues that need to be solved in the political schools management Chapter VIEWPOINTS AND SOLUTIONS TO INCREASE MANAGEMENT POLITICAL SCHOOLS IN VIETNAM TODAY 4.1 Perspective to strengthen the management of political schools - Must be on a legal basis - Must ensure systematic, uniform consistency - Must combine implementation of administrative reform - Must ensure the quality and effectiveness of training and fostering 4.2 Solution to managing political schools 4.2.1 Improving legal regulations related to political schools - Issuing a decree on political schools - Documents defining standards, working regimes and policies of lecturers need to concretize and supplement some contents - It is necessary to agree on the contents which are still in conflict between the Party regulations and the State ones related to political schools 4.2.2 Innovating the political school organization model 20 - Reorganizing the political schools in a streamlined and effective manner For cities directly under the Central Government, due to the large population, there are many agencies based in the area, each city will have political school, and 58 provinces, not necessarily every province must have political school A province without a political school will train and fostering cadres and officers in your province or in training and retraining institutions for cadres, officers of ministries, branches, agencies and political organizations - central society In case each city has current political school, it is advisable to merge district-level political training centers into political schools, transfer the propaganda tasks of the center to the provincial Party Committee, transferred the fostering mission of the center to the political school Some cities are large, complicated terrains and difficult transportation that can set up facilities located in the district - Adjust the functions, tasks and organizational structure of the political school The political school should be named as a municipal public school to suggest training and fostering servants Central government should provide a framework for the organizational structure of a political school, so schools will concretize their organizational structure to suit local practices Political schools may have different numbers and names of faculties and departments, but they must ensure the functions and tasks of training and fostering cadres and officers Expanding the function of training and fostering of political schools, some schools with sufficient capacity, meeting the requirements, can participate in training and fostering of national education programs - Implementing activities of training and fostering cadres and officers according to the ordering mechanism Local budgets for 21 training and cadres and officers will not be transferred to the current political school, but it will be transferred to agencies and organizations that send cadres and officers to training and fostering to place an order for the political school - Socialization of training and fostering of cadres and officers in the public sector The private sector is not allowed to participate in training and fostering cadres and officers but some public education institutions may participate in training and fostering cadres and officers 4.2.3 Change management methods for political school lecturers Teaching staff is an important and decisive factor in the process of training and fostering cadres and officers in the locality Managing political faculty members not only contributes to improve the quality of political training and fostering, but also exploits the faculty's working capacity Management changes need to be made in the following direction: political schools have autonomy in recruiting lecturers; the nature of lecturer evaluation; creating motivation for lecturers to work; using elements of market mechanisms in faculty management; managing visiting lecturers well 4.2.4 Managing according to output standards for training and fostering cadres and officers An assessment of learning outcomes is intended to work with the standards that need to be achieved on the basis of using appropriate and effective input resources, which is requested by the agency sending the person to go to school To evaluate output standards, it is necessary to develop an output standard; controlling the training and fostering process; evaluating the results of training and fostering; recording training and fostering results 4.2.5 Develop and implement criteria for assessing the quality of political schools 22 The State agencies or a non-governmental organization assess, evaluate and classify of political schools The non-governmental organization is operating independently, providing results to the competent authorities Close coordination is needed between the political school and the institution that sends people to school Developing and implementing criteria for assessing the quality of political schools will force each school to invest resources, renovate its operations, and build a working environment to meet the standards The criteria is training philosophy; organizing activities; operating information; staff; finance, facilities and equipment; subjects of training and fostering; program content, training and fostering materials; management of training and fostering; student management; output standards after training and fostering; scientific research, application, development and technology transfer; international cooperation in training, fostering and scientific research 4.2.6 Strengthen the inspection and examination of the activities of political schools The agencies attach importance to the inspection and examination, fully and promptly implementing the post-inspection mechanism; check the investment progress according to commitments in approved investment projects There is a need for transparency in the use of financial resources, depreciation deduction, calculation of costs and the division of additional income This sector is not entirely or virtually empty The political school is preventing enrollment arbitrarily (especially the quality accreditation, there is no independent accrediting unit), enhancing the inspection and regular and irregular inspection of training and fostering activities of political schools, specifically: Inspecting and examining the work of selecting lecturers, appointing officials and using finance, training, fostering, scientific research, etc 23 Conclusion of chapter On the basis of theoretical management on training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers, the thesis has assessed the current situation of management of political schools in Vietnam With the goal of strengthening management, the thesis proposes viewpoints and solutions: Completing legal provisions related to political schools; Innovating the political school organizational model; Changing of management methods for political school lecturers; Managing according to the output standards for the training and fostering of cadres and officers; developing and implementing criteria to evaluate the quality of political schools; being reinforcement the inspection and examination of the activities of political schools CONCLUSION The thesis has achieved the following results: Firstly, an overview of the research situation related to the topic, thereby identifying the thesis issues that need to be further studied and solved Secondly, a theoretical framework for the management of training and fostering institutions for cadres and officers has been developed, meanwhile the political school is a unique type of Vietnam Thirdly, analyzing and assessing the current situation of political schools manage in Vietnam today Fourthly, proposing ideas and solutions to strengthen the management of political schools Thus, the management of political schools is the task of the state managing not only members in society, but also public nonbusiness units performing the political task of the Party and the State's rule which is training and fostering cadres and officers Because of the specificity, the method and management tool of political schools are also needed to be suitable 24 LIST OF PUBLISHED WORKS OF THE AUTHOR RELATING TO THE THESIS Nguyen Van Vien and Nguyen Van Thang (2019), "Some results in building a contingent of leaders and managers of the current provincial political school system", Journal of Theoretical Scientific Information Politics, No (50) -2019 Nguyen Van Vien (2018), "Issues in the management of political schools in Vietnam today", Journal of Information Science and Political Science, Vol (46) -2018 Nguyen Van Vien (2018), "Effective use of lecturers of provincial and municipal political schools", Journal of Education, Special issue, August 2018 Nguyen Van Vien (2018), "Experience in managing training and fostering institutions of some countries in the world and reference value for Vietnam", Journal of Theoretical Activities, No (153) -2018 Nguyen Van Vien (2018), "Competition issues in training and fostering cadres and officers in Vietnam today", Journal of Political Science, No 2/2018 Nguyen Van Vien and Nguyen Van Thang (2017), "Working on political schools of provinces and centrally-run cities (20082017)", Journal of Communist Party History, No 320 (July 2017) Nguyen Van Vien (2016), "Managing according to output standards for training cadres and officers", Journal of Political Science, No 10/2016 Nguyen Van Vien (2016), "Building a real assessment in staff training activities", Journal of Internal Science, No 14 (October 2016) Nguyen Van Vien (2016), "Applying the model of management of public human resources by job position in Vietnam today", Journal of Political Theory, No 7/2016 10 Nguyen Van Vien (2015), "Changing training methods at provincial political schools to improve the quality of public human resources for the locality", Journal of Political Science, No 8/2015 11 Nguyen Van Vien and Nguyen Van Thang (2015), "The political school with the expansion of functions and tasks of training and fostering cadres in the new period", Journal of Theoretical Activities, No (132 ) -2015 12 Nguyen Van Vien (2013), "Promoting the role of the political school in contributing to the improvement of public morality", Journal of Theoretical Activities, No (121) -2013 ... provided for Vietnam to refer Chapter CURRENT SITUATION OF MANAGEMENT OF POLITICAL SCHOOLS IN VIETNAM TODAY 3.1 Overview of the political school - a type of training institution for Vietnamese cadres... fostering institutions for Vietnamese officers In Vietnam, training and retraining institutions for cadres and officers are diverse and plentiful with different names and types such as academy,... Committee's Secretariat issued Decision No 88-QD/TW on "setting up a political school in a province or a city directly under the central government" On September 5, 1994 The Party Central Committee's