At a recent meeting with voters and candidates for the 16th National Assembly, Party Central Secretary and Deputy Prime Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra informed and exchanged with voters about the salary reform roadmap that voters are interested in.
The Deputy Prime Minister said that from July 1, 2026, the Government is expected to temporarily adjust the base salary level to increase by about 8%. Pensions, allowances for people with meritorious services, social protection allowances and social pension allowances will also be adjusted to increase correspondingly.
According to current regulations, the base salary is 2.34 million VND/month. With an expected increase of 8% as mentioned above, the base salary will rise to nearly 2.53 million VND per month (increasing by 187,200 VND per month).
This is the salary level applied to cadres, civil servants, public employees (CBCCVC) and armed forces receiving salaries from the state budget, and is also the basis for determining many regimes and policies in the public sector.
The base salary is the basis for calculating salaries of CBCCVC and armed forces according to the formula: salary = base salary (x) salary coefficient.
Based on Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP, if the new base salary is expected to be about 2.53 million VND, the salary scale of civil servants from July 1, 2026 will be calculated as follows:
| Rank | Coefficient | Salary scale before July 1, 2026 | Expected salary scale from July 1, 2026 |
| Level 1 | 6. 2 | 14. 508. 000 | 15,686,000 |
| Level 2 | 6. 56 | 15. 350. 400 | 16, 596, 800 |
| Level 3 | 6. 92 | 16. 192. 800 | 17,507,600 |
| Level 4 | 7. 28 | 17,035,200 | 18, 418, 400 |
| Level 5 | 7. 64 | 17. 877. 600 | 19. 329. 200 |
| Level 6 | 8 | 18. 720. 000 | 20, 240,000 |
| Level 1 | 5. 75 | 13,455,000 | 14. 547. 500 |
| Level 2 | 6,11 | 14. 297. 400 | 15, 458, 300 |
| Level 3 | 6. 47 | 15. 139. 800 | 16. 369. 100 |
| Level 4 | 6. 83 | 15, 982, 200 | 17. 279. 900 |
| Level 5 | 7. 19 | 16 824. 600 | 18. 190. 700 |
| Level 6 | 7. 55 | 17,667,000 | 19. 101. 500 |
| Level 1 | 4. 4 | 10. 296. 000 | 11,132,000 |
| Level 2 | 4. 74 | 11. 091. 600 | 11, 992. 200 |
| Level 3 | 5. 08 | 11. 887. 200 | 12,852,400 |
| Level 4 | 5. 42 | 12. 682. 800 | 13. 712. 600 |
| Level 5 | 5. 76 | 13. 478. 400 | 14. 572. 800 |
| Level 6 | 6.1 | 14,274,000 | 15,433,000 |
| Level 7 | 6. 44 | 15. 069. 600 | 16, 293, 200 |
| Level 8 | 6. 78 | 15. 865. 200 | 17. 153. 400 |
| Level 1 | 4 | 9. 360. 000 | 10, 120,000 |
| Level 2 | 4. 34 | 10. 155. 600 | 10. 980. 200 |
| Level 3 | 4. 68 | 10. 951. 200 | 11, 840, 400 |
| Level 4 | 5. 02 | 11. 746. 800 | 12. 700. 600 |
| Level 5 | 5. 36 | 12. 542. 400 | 13. 560. 800 |
| Level 6 | 5. 7 | 13. 338. 000 | 14. 421. 000 |
| Level 7 | 6. 04 | 14. 133. 600 | 15. 281. 200 |
| Level 8 | 6. 38 | 14. 929. 200 | 16. 141. 400 |
| Level 1 | 2. 34 | 5. 475. 600 | 5. 920. 200 |
| Level 2 | 2. 67 | 6. 247. 800 | 6. 755. 100 |
| Level 3 | 3 | 7. 020. 000 | 7, 590,000 |
| Level 4 | 3. 33 | 7. 792. 200 | 8, 424, 900 |
| Level 5 | 3. 66 | 8. 564. 400 | 9. 259. 800 |
| Level 6 | 3. 99 | 9. 336. 600 | 10. 094. 700 |
| Level 7 | 4. 32 | 10. 108. 800 | 10. 929. 600 |
| Level 8 | 4. 65 | 10. 881, 000 | 11. 764. 500 |
| Level 9 | 4. 98 | 11. 653. 200 | 12. 599. 400 |
| Level 1 | 1. 86 | 4, 352, 400 | 4. 705. 800 |
| Level 2 | 2. 06 | 4, 820, 400 | 5. 211. 800 |
| Level 3 | 2. 26 | 5. 288. 400 | 5. 717. 800 |
| Level 4 | 2. 46 | 5. 756. 400 | 6. 223. 800 |
| Level 5 | 2. 66 | 6. 224. 400 | 6. 729. 800 |
| Level 6 | 2. 86 | 6. 692. 400 | 7. 235. 800 |
| Level 7 | 3. 06 | 7. 160. 400 | 7. 741. 800 |
| Level 8 | 3. 26 | 7. 628. 400 | 8. 247. 800 |
| Level 9 | 3. 46 | 8. 096. 400 | 8. 753. 800 |
| Level 10 | 3. 66 | 8. 564. 400 | 9. 259. 800 |
| Level 11 | 3. 86 | 9. 032. 400 | 9. 765. 800 |
| Level 12 | 4. 06 | 9. 500. 400 | 10. 271. 800 |
| Level 1 | 1. 65 | 3,861,000 | 4. 174. 500 |
| Level 2 | 1. 83 | 4. 282, 200 | 4, 629, 900 |
| Level 3 | 2. 01 | 4. 703. 400 | 5. 085. 300 |
| Level 4 | 2. 19 | 5. 124. 600 | 5. 540. 700 |
| Level 5 | 2. 37 | 5. 545. 800 | 5. 996. 100 |
| Level 6 | 2. 55 | 5,967,000 | 6. 451. 500 |
| Level 7 | 2. 73 | 6. 388. 200 | 6. 906. 900 |
| Level 8 | 2. 91 | 6. 809. 400 | 7. 362. 300 |
| Level 9 | 3. 09 | 7. 230. 600 | 7, 817, 700 |
| Level 10 | 3. 27 | 7. 651. 800 | 8. 273. 100 |
| Level 11 | 3. 45 | 8. 073. 000 | 8. 728. 500 |
| Level 12 | 3. 63 | 8. 494. 200 | 9. 183. 900 |
| Level 1 | 2 | 4, 680,000 | 5. 060. 000 |
| Level 2 | 2. 18 | 5. 101. 200 | 5, 515, 400 |
| Level 3 | 2. 36 | 5, 522. 400 | 5. 970. 800 |
| Level 4 | 2. 54 | 5. 943. 600 | 6. 426. 200 |
| Level 5 | 2. 72 | 6. 364. 800 | 6. 881. 600 |
| Level 6 | 2. 9 | 6. 786. 000 | 7, 337, 000 |
| Level 7 | 3. 08 | 7. 207. 200 | 7. 792. 400 |
| Level 8 | 3. 26 | 7. 628. 400 | 8. 247. 800 |
| Level 9 | 3. 44 | 8. 049. 600 | 8. 703. 200 |
| Level 10 | 3. 62 | 8. 470. 800 | 9. 158. 600 |
| Level 11 | 3. 8 | 8. 892. 000 | 9. 614. 000 |
| Level 12 | 3. 98 | 9. 313. 200 | 10. 069. 400 |
| Level 1 | 1. 5 | 3. 510. 000 | 3, 795, 000 |
| Level 2 | 1. 68 | 3, 931. 200 | 4. 250. 400 |
| Level 3 | 1. 86 | 4, 352, 400 | 4. 705. 800 |
| Level 4 | 2. 04 | 4. 773. 600 | 5. 161. 200 |
| Level 5 | 2. 22 | 5. 194. 800 | 5, 616, 600 |
| Level 6 | 2. 4 | 5, 616, 000 | 6. 072. 000 |
| Level 7 | 2. 58 | 6. 037. 200 | 6. 527. 400 |
| Level 8 | 2. 76 | 6. 458. 400 | 6, 982, 800 |
| Level 9 | 2. 94 | 6. 879. 600 | 7. 438. 200 |
| Level 10 | 3. 12 | 7. 300. 800 | 7. 893. 600 |
| Level 11 | 3. 3 | 7. 722. 000 | 8. 349. 000 |
| Level 12 | 3. 48 | 8. 143. 200 | 8, 804, 400 |