The National Assembly passed the 2025 Law on Teachers - Law No. 73/2025/QH15, effective from January 1, 2026.
Accordingly, Article 23 of the 2025 Law on Teachers stipulates the salary and allowances for teachers 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.
Thus, from 2026, preschool teachers will receive higher salaries and allowances than teachers working under normal conditions.
Note: The above regulation applies to salaries and allowances for teachers at public educational institutions.
The salary of teachers in non-public educational institutions is implemented in accordance with the provisions of the law on labor.
