Continue to implement the task of salary reform
At the conference to deploy the 2025 Work Program and the first quarter tasks of 2025 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra outlined a number of key tasks for 2025 and requested heads of units to disseminate them to all civil servants, public employees, and employees of the Ministry of Home Affairs.
Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra proposed: Implementing the contents of salary policy reform according to Conclusion No. 83-KL/TW dated June 21, 2024 of the Politburo;
Develop a Government report to submit to the National Assembly at the 9th Session (2025) on implementing salary reform, adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits.
In the first quarter of 2025, the Minister requested to focus on advising and implementing the tasks of the Government Steering Committee to summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW to ensure progress and quality; urge ministries and branches to urgently implement the tasks in Plan No. 141/KH-BCDTKNQ18 and the conclusions of the Prime Minister at the meetings of the Government Steering Committee to summarize the implementation of Resolution No. 18-NQ/TW.
Millions of workers are waiting
Information surrounding the issue of salary policy reform continues to receive much attention and acceptance from officials, civil servants, public employees and workers in 2025.
Mr. Dinh Ngoc Binh (Dong Anh, Hanoi) and his wife are currently civil servants. Both work at a bank in Dong Anh district, Hanoi. Mr. Binh's wife is pregnant with their second daughter, due in March 2025.
Mr. Binh shared that in recent years, the basic salary in the public sector has increased significantly, helping public sector workers improve and feel more secure at work.
"The salary increase is very encouraging. My husband and I each got a little extra. Since then, our family's life has become less difficult," said Mr. Binh.
Regarding the information that the basic salary may be adjusted in the coming period, specifically in 2026, Mr. Binh said that this is something that public sector workers are looking forward to.
"However, we understand that the state budget is limited, so salary adjustments or increases must depend on the country's socio-economic situation to ensure harmony and suitability," said Mr. Binh.
Speaking with Lao Dong, Mr. Nguyen Tien Dinh - former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs - acknowledged that salary reform is a content that millions of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the public sector are looking forward to.
The former Deputy Minister of Home Affairs said that salary reform under Resolution 27-NQ/TW clearly stated the viewpoint that salary must truly be the main source of income to ensure the lives of workers and their families; create motivation to liberate production capacity, improve labor productivity and work efficiency of workers.
"Implementing salary reform also contributes to improving work quality and efficiency, public service ethics and professional ethics. At the same time, it cleans up and improves the effectiveness and efficiency of the political system, and stabilizes human resources in the public sector," said Mr. Nguyen Tien Dinh.
According to the 2024 performance report of the Ministry of Home Affairs, in addition to the 4 tasks on salary policy reform that have been implemented, according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW, there are still 2 tasks on salary reform that have not been implemented, including: New salary tables (removing the basic salary level and salary coefficient); restructuring and arranging into 9 new allowance regimes.
