Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 23 of the 2025 Law on Teachers, the salary and allowances for teachers are stipulated as follows:
Salary and allowances for teachers
1. Salaries and allowances for teachers at public educational institutions are stipulated as follows:
a) Teachers' salaries are ranked highest in the administrative career salary scale system;
b) Vocational allowances and other allowances according to the nature of work and by region as prescribed by law;
c) Preschool teachers; teachers working in ethnic minority areas, mountainous areas, border areas, islands and areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions; teachers teaching at specialized schools; teachers implementing integrated education; teachers in some specific sectors and occupations are entitled to higher salary and allowances than teachers working under normal conditions.
2. The salary of teachers in non-public educational institutions is implemented in accordance with the provisions of the law on labor.
3. Teachers working in sectors and occupations with special regimes are entitled to special regimes according to the provisions of law and are only entitled to the highest level if that policy coincides with the policy for teachers.
4. The Government shall detail this Article.
From January 1, 2026, teachers' salaries will be calculated according to the regional minimum wage instead of being calculated according to the basic salary and salary coefficient when working at non-public educational institutions.
In addition, according to the provisions of Article 91 of the 2019 Labor Code, the minimum wage is established by region, fixed by month or hour, and is adjusted based on factors such as minimum living standard, consumer price index, economic growth, labor productivity, labor supply - demand and payment capacity of enterprises.
Therefore, from January 1, 2026, non-public teachers in different regions will have different starting salary levels, in accordance with the regulations on regional minimum wages issued by the Government from time to time.
