Minimum wage adjustment
The 2026 minimum wage will change, no additional 7% for workers with degrees
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According to Decree 293/2025, from January 1, 2026, enterprises are no longer required to pay an additional 7% of the minimum wage to employees with college and university degrees.
Two regional minimum hourly wages of communes and wards in Hanoi from January 1, 2026
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The regional minimum hourly wage in Hanoi from January 1, 2026 is based on Decree 293/2025/ND-CP.
look up the regional minimum wage from January 1, 2026 for communes and wards of Hanoi
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Communes and wards in Hanoi will apply 2 regional minimum wage levels from January 1, 2026.
Expected area to apply regional minimum wage in Nghe An from January 1, 2026
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According to the new Draft Decree, the Ministry of Home Affairs adjusts the regional minimum wage of localities, including Nghe An.
The Government plans to increase the highest minimum wage to 350,000 VND
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The Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking opinions on the draft Decree regulating the minimum wage for employees working under labor contracts.
The second meeting of the National Wage Council is expected to take place in early August 2025
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After 3 hours of negotiations, the first meeting of the National Wage Council ended, but the parties have not yet found a common voice on the increase in regional minimum wage.
plans and times for increasing regional minimum wages in 2026
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VCCI proposed a regional minimum wage increase of 3 - 5% while the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor proposed 2 options with the highest minimum wage increase of 9.2%.
Surprised by the results of a survey related to workers' wages
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According to the survey results conducted by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor in March-April 2025 with nearly 3,000 workers, only 55.5% of workers are eligible to eat meat and fish for all main meals (excluding shift meals at enterprises).
It is possible to propose increasing the minimum wage earlier than the January 1, 2026 mark
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The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will continue to negotiate the minimum wage increase, but may propose a time to apply the salary increase earlier than January 1, 2026.
There will be a proposal to increase the regional minimum wage in 2026
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This morning (September 26), the National Wage Council held its first meeting to discuss the regional minimum wage plan for 2026.
Minimum salary in 4 northern provinces after commune-level arrangement
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The Ministry of Home Affairs plans a list of commune-level areas after the reorganization in Lang Son, Son La, Tuyen Quang, Phu Tho to apply the regional minimum wage according to Decree 74/2024.
Continuously adjusting the minimum wage
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For nearly 10 years (2016-2024), the regional minimum wage has been continuously adjusted, with an average growth rate of 5.96%/year.
