Prime Minister's new directive on adjusting public sector salaries and pensions

PHẠM ĐÔNG |

The Prime Minister requested that the state budget expenditure estimate for 2027 must be thoroughly economical, and allocate appropriate resources to adjust public sector salaries.

Member of the Party Central Committee, Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Van Thang has just signed Directive No. 26/CT-TTg of the Prime Minister on building socio-economic development plans and state budget estimates (NSNN) for 2027.

Regarding the 2027 state budget estimate, the directive clearly states that the 2027 state budget revenue estimate is built in accordance with current policies and regimes, ensuring comprehensive, accurate, sufficient and timely collection of state budget revenue sources; closely assessing the ability to implement state budget revenue in 2026 as a basis for building the 2027 state budget revenue estimate.

Calculate and quantify specific factors of increase, decrease and relocation of revenue sources due to changes in policies and laws on budget, taxes, fees, charges and implement the roadmap for tax reduction, closely following the developments of the domestic and world economic and financial situation.

In which, striving for the domestic revenue estimate for 2027 (excluding land use fees, revenue from lottery activities, money from the sale of state capital at enterprises, dividends, after-tax profit and revenue and expenditure differences of the State Bank) to increase by about 13 - 15% on average nationwide compared to the estimated performance assessment in 2026 (excluding factors of revenue increase and decrease due to policy changes), the increase in each locality is suitable for economic growth and revenue generated in the area.

Estimated revenue from import and export activities in 2027 will increase by an average of about 5-7% compared to the estimated performance in 2026.

Develop a revenue distribution plan according to the provisions of the 2025 State Budget Law, ensuring the leading role of the central budget (CB) in accordance with Conclusion No. 18-KL/TW dated April 2, 2026 of the Central Government, Resolution No. 26/2026/QH16.

Building the 2027 state budget expenditure estimate to ensure compliance with financial - state budget goals and solutions in the Document of the 14th Party Congress and Conclusion No. 18-KL/TW; complying with legal regulations, strengthening financial discipline and order.

The 2027 state budget expenditure estimate has full political, legal, and practical bases, a clear calculation basis, a roadmap for implementation, and expected results, ensuring feasibility and effectiveness; closely linked to planning and development plans for industries and fields.

Requesting thorough thrift, cutting unnecessary expenditure contents and tasks, especially conference, seminar, and overseas business trip expenses; gradually reducing direct support from the state budget for public non-business units with good revenue sources.

Ordering conditional public non-business units and some specialized enterprises to provide essential public services; public bidding to provide competitive public services.

Continue to restructure state budget expenditures to reduce the proportion of recurrent expenditures, increase the proportion of development investment expenditures; prioritize resources to implement breakthrough goals, important political tasks decided by the Party and State, national target programs, social security and defense policies.

Allocate resources appropriate to the state budget balance capacity to implement salary adjustments in the public sector, pension adjustments (part of the state budget guaranteed), preferential policies for people with meritorious services, and social protection.

For new policies, regimes, programs, tasks, projects, and guidelines being submitted to competent authorities, strictly comply with the principle of only promulgating when the necessity, effectiveness, and efficiency have been reviewed, no duplication, there is a clear implementation roadmap, expected implementation results, and within the scope of state budget resources that have been balanced and commented on by financial agencies.

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