This content is mentioned in the report of the Ministry of Home Affairs on the current situation of organization, operation and solutions to improve the state administrative system in the 3-level government model.
Regarding the group of tasks under its authority, deploy immediately, in 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs will focus on guiding the standardization of job positions and the structure of the contingent of commune-level cadres and civil servants.
Innovating the thinking of fostering cadres and civil servants with the goal of improving the capacity to perform official duties, having the ability to self-innovate, from self-improvement, being ready and adapting to new tasks, truly being cadres and civil servants with the best qualities and capabilities to meet in the new era.
At the same time, the Ministry of Home Affairs ensures that labor, employment, wage, social insurance, people with meritorious services and social security policies are implemented effectively, humanely and for the right people.
An important task that the Ministry of Home Affairs has implemented in the past time is the development of a Salary Policy Reform Project and reporting to the Government on the salary reform roadmap.
Along with implementing the task of reviewing and completing the content of the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance, the Ministry also continues to improve regulations on the salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.
This content contributes to further improving the salary mechanism in the public sector in the direction of gradually improving income, creating motivation for this team.
According to Resolution 27-NQ/TW of 2018 of the Central Executive Committee, the new salary structure includes: Basic salary (accounting for about 70% of the total salary fund) and allowances (accounting for about 30% of the total salary fund).
In addition, cadres, civil servants, and public employees are supplemented with bonuses and bonus funds equal to about 10% of the total salary fund of the year, excluding allowances.
Salary scales include: 1 position salary scale applied to cadres, civil servants, and public employees holding leadership positions (elected and appointed) in the political system from the Central to commune levels; 1 professional and nghiệp vụ salary scale according to civil servant ranks and professional titles of public employees applied generally to civil servants and public employees who do not hold leadership titles; each civil servant rank and professional title of public employee has multiple salary levels.
Building 3 salary scales for the armed forces, including: 1 salary scale for military officers, officers, non-commissioned police officers (according to positions, titles and military ranks or ranks); 1 salary scale for professional soldiers, police technical specialists and 1 salary scale for national defense workers, police workers (in which maintaining the salary correlation of the armed forces compared to administrative civil servants as at present).
Regarding salary policy, from July 1, the base salary level has been increased to 2.53 million VND/month and increased by 8% for pensions, social insurance allowances, and monthly allowances for eligible subjects.
This base salary level is the basis for calculating salary levels according to the salary scale, allowances, operating fees, living expenses and deductions and benefits enjoyed according to the provisions of law.
For agencies and units that are implementing special financial and income mechanisms, Decree 161/2026/ND-CP also stipulates the preservation or adjustment of the difference in salary and additional income to ensure the rights of cadres, civil servants, and public employees in the process of applying the new basic salary level.
Previously, at the regular Government meeting in June 2026 and the Government's online conference with localities held on July 4, Member of the Party Central Committee, Minister of Finance Ngo Van Tuan requested the Ministry of Home Affairs and localities to well implement policies for people with meritorious services; continue to implement salary policy reform contents.
