The Ministry of Home Affairs has responded to recommendations from Da Nang City and Cao Bang province related to salary and allowance policies for officials, civil servants, and public employees.
In which, the Ministry of Home Affairs said that Resolution 27 (in 2018) of the Central Government on salary policy reform for officials, civil servants, public employees, armed forces and employees in enterprises. The Resolution stipulates specific factors for designing a new salary scale.
The general direction of the Central Government is to expand the salary relationship as a basis for determining specific salary levels in the salary scale system.
Based on Conclusion 64/2023 of the Central Committee on socio-economics in 2023-2024 and Resolution 104/2023 of the 15th National Assembly on the 2024 budget estimate, the Ministry of Home Affairs has chaired and coordinated with relevant ministries and agencies to report to competent authorities on the implementation of 6 salary reform contents according to Resolution 27 from July 1, 2024.
However, in the process of implementation, many obstacles and inadequacies arose. Accordingly, the Politburo issued Conclusion 83, the National Assembly issued Resolution 142 and the Government issued Decree 73 adjusting the base salary from 1.8 million VND to 2.34 million VND/month from July 1, 2024.
The adjustment of the above-mentioned base salary level is a major effort of the Central Government, the National Assembly, and the Government to contribute to improving the lives of salaried people, creating motivation and improving stable social labor productivity.
In Conclusion 83, the Politburo assigned the Central Economic Committee (now the Central Policy and Strategy Committee) to preside over the preliminary review of Resolution 27.
In which, the Policy and Strategy Committee will coordinate with the Party Personnel Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs, relevant departments, ministries, and branches to study and assess the suitability, feasibility and propose the implementation of 5 new salary scales and 9 allowance regimes of the public sector to be appropriate for submission to the Central Government for consideration after 2026, when the Politburo promulgates and implements the System of Job Position Lists in the political system.
Based on the goals and tasks approved by the 14th National Congress, socio-economic and financial development plans for the next 5 years, socio-economic conditions and the capacity of the state budget, the Ministry of Home Affairs will report to competent authorities to consider and propose a salary regime that is appropriate according to the roadmap in Conclusion 83 of the Politburo on salary reform.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is finalizing a draft decree amending the salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces, which includes a proposal to amend the leadership position allowance table for some titles.
At the same time, coordination with the Ministry of Finance and relevant ministries and agencies continues to report to competent authorities for consideration and decision on increasing the base salary level in 2026.