Accordingly, the draft Law on Teachers (the version submitted to the National Assembly for first comments at the 8th Session of the 15th National Assembly) stipulates the rights and obligations of teachers, and things that cannot be done in the direction of increasing protection for teachers.

Specifically, in addition to more clearly defining what teachers are not allowed to do, the draft Law on Teachers also stipulates what organizations and individuals are not allowed to do towards teachers, including: Not fully implementing the regime and policies of teachers as prescribed; Publicizing information about teachers' violations when there is no official conclusion from a competent authority during the process of considering discipline or prosecuting legal responsibility for teachers; Other things that are not allowed to be done according to the provisions of law.

The Ministry of Education and Training said that there are concerns about the regulation that "information about teachers' violations cannot be made public until there is an official conclusion from a competent authority in the process of considering discipline or prosecuting teachers' legal responsibilities" because it is believed that this regulation will be entangled with regulations on information, statements and "defending" teachers.

However, according to the Ministry of Education and Training, this regulation is necessary to protect teachers, especially in the context of strong development of social networks and online media as it is today. If teachers commit violations, they will be punished according to regulations.

"The characteristics of teachers' professional activities are special. If there is no plan to protect teachers, the affected subjects will not only be teachers but also students," said the Ministry of Education and Training.

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Students and teachers in Hanoi. Illustration photo: Hoang Ha.

In the new draft, regulations on salary policies, allowances, and support for teachers are fully defined, in the direction of increasing preferential policies.

Specifically, teachers' salaries in public educational institutions are as follows: Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system; Professional incentives and other allowances depending on the nature of the job, according to the region as prescribed by law; Preschool teachers; teachers working in particularly difficult areas in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, coastal areas and islands; teachers in specialized schools, other specialized schools; teachers implementing inclusive education; teachers who are ethnic minorities and teachers in some specific professions are given priority in the salary and allowance regime higher than other teachers; Teachers recruited and ranked for the first time are ranked 1 salary level higher in the administrative career salary scale system.

Salaries and salary policies of teachers in non-public educational institutions are guaranteed to be no less than salaries and salary policies of teachers in public educational institutions with the same training level and same title, unless otherwise agreed.

One of the important new points in the draft Law on Teachers is to give the education sector the initiative in recruiting and using teachers.

In which, the Ministry of Education and Training and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs are the agencies in charge of developing strategies, projects, development plans, and total staffing of teachers under their management authority to submit to competent authorities for decision; promulgate recruitment criteria and standards, pedagogical practice content in teacher recruitment/examination; and coordinate the staffing of teachers in public educational institutions according to the number assigned by competent authorities.

Educational management agencies take the lead (or delegate to educational institutions) in recruiting, mobilizing, arranging, evaluating, and appointing teachers.

The Draft Law stipulates that the appointment is advised, decided or recognized by the education management agency according to assigned authority.

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