From July 1st, the base salary increased to 2.53 million VND/month, leading to a significant increase in the income of doctors, physicians, and nurses at public hospitals. In addition to salaries, many new allowances have also been applied, contributing to improving the income of medical staff.
From July 1st, the official base salary increases from 2.34 million VND to 2.53 million VND/month, equivalent to an increase of 190,000 VND/month (about 8%). This is the basis for calculating salaries, allowances and many regimes for cadres, civil servants, and public employees receiving salaries from the state budget.
For the health sector, the salaries of doctors, medical assistants, and nurses at public facilities are calculated according to the salary coefficient of each professional title multiplied by the base salary. Therefore, when the base salary increases, the income of the medical team also increases correspondingly.
Senior doctor receives over 20 million VND/month
According to the new salary level, first-class doctors (senior doctors) will have salaries ranging from 15.686 million VND to 20.24 million VND/month, an increase from 1.178 million VND to 1.52 million VND compared to before.
This is a title for people with specialist doctor II or doctoral degrees in the medical, preventive medicine, epidemiology or dentistry and maxillofacial surgery groups.
Head doctor receives a maximum of more than 17 million VND
For grade II doctors (main doctors), the new salary ranges from 11.132 million VND to 17.153 million VND/month, increasing from 836,000 VND to nearly 1.29 million VND depending on the salary grade.
To be ranked in this title, doctors must have specialist level I or master's degree in the medical, preventive medicine, epidemiology or dentistry and maxillofacial surgery groups.
New graduate doctors receive salaries from nearly 6.8 million VND
For grade III doctors, the salary level after adjustment ranges from 5.92 million VND to nearly 12.6 million VND/month, corresponding to a coefficient from 2.34 to 4.98.
Notably, according to Resolution 261/2025/QH15, from January 1, 2026, newly recruited doctors will no longer be ranked at level 1 salary as before but will be immediately ranked at level 2, with a coefficient of 2.67.
With the new base salary, newly graduated doctors will have a starting salary of about 6,755,100 VND/month, excluding professional preferential allowances, special allowances and additional income from hospital revenue sources.
For medical assistants, the new salary ranges from 4,705,800 VND to 10,271,800 VND/month, corresponding to a coefficient of 1.86 to 4.04.
Meanwhile, senior nurses have salaries ranging from 5.92 million VND to nearly 12.6 million VND/month. At the highest level (coefficient 4.98), income increases by about 946,200 VND/month compared to before.
For nurses, the salary level after adjustment ranges from 4,174,500 VND to 9,133,300 VND/month, increasing from about 313,000 VND to 686,000 VND/month depending on the salary level.
More special allowances from mid-July
Not only will the base salary be increased, from July 15, Decree 192 of the Government on special allowances for the health sector also officially takes effect, supplementing income sources for medical staff.
The main surgeon, anesthesiologist or chief anesthesiologist is entitled to 100,000 - 560,000 VND per case.
The assistant surgeon and anesthesiologist are entitled to 60,000 - 400,000 VND per case.
The surgical assistant receives 40,000 - 240,000 VND per surgery.
Surgery surgical allowance is equal to 30% of the corresponding surgical surgical allowance level.
