On July 1, 2025, the Government issued Decree No. 179/2025/ND-CP stipulating the level of support for people working full-time on digital transformation, network information security, and network security in agencies of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, and the Vietnam Fatherland Front (including socio-political organizations) from the central to commune levels and armed forces (military, police, and cryptography).
Regarding the subjects of application, the Decree stipulates, including:
First, cadres, civil servants, and public employees holding specialized job positions in information technology or information technology management (IT industry or digital technology industry, digital technology, information technology application, digital transformation);
Network information security or information security, network security; electronic transactions and other job positions related to digital transformation issued by competent authorities.
Second, officers, non-commissioned officers in the professional and technical fields and police workers of the People's Public Security; officers, professional soldiers, defense workers of the People's Army and people working in key organizations receiving salaries from the state budget working full-time on digital transformation, safety and network security, ensuring national sovereignty in cyberspace and other subjects related to digital transformation under the authority of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of Public Security.
According to the Decree, the above subjects are entitled to a support level of 5 million VND/month.
The above support level is paid at the same monthly salary and is not used to calculate social insurance and health insurance contributions and benefits.
This support level will be applied until salary policy reform is implemented according to the policy of the competent authority.
In addition, the Decree clearly stipulates the period of time not to receive the support level, including:
Continuous unpaid leave for one month or more;
Time off work to receive social insurance benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance;
Time of detention, temporary detention, temporary suspension of work or suspension of work;
The period of not taking on professional or technical work as prescribed above shall be one month or more consecutively.
This Decree takes effect from August 15, 2025.
