Teachers concerned about the difference in professional preferential allowances
A teacher currently teaching at Phuc Trach Primary School branch 2 (formerly Huong Lien Primary School, located in Huong Lien old commune, now belonging to Phuc Trach commune) said that she is a teacher working far from home, in a difficult area.
The house is 25km from school, the road is narrow, winding, and has many slopes. Because she is raising a young child, every day, after the lesson ends, she still has to return home to take care of and tutor her child.
Traveling a long distance, many passes and slopes makes it both hard and costly for gasoline.
However, because the old Huong Lien commune merged with Phuc Trach and Huong Trach communes into the new Phuc Trach commune, this area does not belong to a border commune. Therefore, according to Decree 182 dated May 22, 2026 of the Government "Regulations on professional preferential allowances for teachers, educational institution managers and educational support personnel working in public educational institutions", she is only entitled to a 45% professional preferential allowance.
Meanwhile, teachers working in a favorable area, which is the old Huong Khe town, now belonging to Huong Khe commune, are entitled to a 60% professional preferential allowance. The reason is that the old Huong Khe town merged with Phu Gia and Huong Long communes into Huong Khe commune - which is a border commune.
According to the female teacher, the fact that she does not belong to a "border commune" has caused her professional preferential allowance to be only 45%, while the cost of gasoline and travel is about 2 million VND per month.
Similarly, a teacher at Phuc Trach Kindergarten branch 2 (located in the old Huong Lien commune) said that she is entitled to a 45% professional preferential allowance. Meanwhile, teachers working in some favorable locations in Huong Khe commune are entitled to 60% because they belong to a border commune.
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