At the regular Government press conference in December 2024 held in Hanoi on the afternoon of January 8, 2025, Deputy Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs (MOLISA) Nguyen Van Hoi informed about the salary and bonus situation for Tet 2025 of employees.
The Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that the highest bonuses for the Lunar New Year and Lunar New Year in 2025 are VND1.8 billion and VND1.908 billion, respectively, both belonging to foreign-invested enterprises in Ho Chi Minh City.
Accordingly, the highest 2025 New Year bonus of VND 1.8 billion belongs to a senior management position in a foreign-invested enterprise in the food trading sector in Ho Chi Minh City.
Meanwhile, the highest Lunar New Year bonus is 1.908 billion VND, belonging to a senior management position of a foreign-invested enterprise in the electronics and information technology sector, also in Ho Chi Minh City.
Regarding the average Tet bonus, Deputy Minister Nguyen Van Hoi said that because this year's New Year is close to the Lunar New Year, many businesses have plans to focus on Lunar New Year bonuses. Therefore, the average New Year bonus is only 1.46 million VND/person.
Of which, the average bonus for a 100% state-owned LLC is 1.95 million VND/person; for a private enterprise it is 1.13 million VND/person and for a foreign-invested enterprise it is 2.01 million VND/person.
Regarding Lunar New Year bonuses, the average recorded level is 7.72 million VND/person, an increase of 13% compared to 2024. Of which, LLCs with 100% state capital have an average bonus of 1.66 million VND/person, private enterprises have a bonus of 6.76 million VND/person and foreign-invested enterprises have a bonus of 8.24 million VND/person.
Regarding salary, the leader of the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs said that the average salary of workers in 2024 is 8.88 million VND/month, an increase of 4% compared to 2023.
Of which, employees at 100% state-owned LLCs have an average salary of 10.91 million VND/month, private enterprises pay employees an average salary of 8.1 million VND/month, and foreign-invested enterprises pay employees an average salary of 9.28 million VND/month.
The Deputy Minister of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs also said that businesses also have other practical forms of support for workers during Tet such as giving Tet gifts, shopping vouchers, lucky money, organizing shuttle buses (or supporting travel expenses, giving away bus tickets).
Regarding the work of ensuring social security during the Lunar New Year, with the goal of not leaving anyone behind, Mr. Nguyen Van Hoi said that since the beginning of the year, the Ministry has issued a document reporting on the work of providing and distributing rice and proposing rice support for the Lunar New Year and the crop gap in early 2025.
Localities shall review households facing hunger during Tet and the early 2025 crop gap; proactively arrange local budgets and mobilize other legal resources to provide timely support to households facing hunger, those affected by natural disasters, floods, epidemics and other force majeure events.
In case of unbalanced and unplanned arrangements, localities shall send documents to the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs to synthesize proposals and submit them to the Prime Minister for consideration and decision on rice support for famine relief.
According to Mr. Nguyen Van Hoi, as of January 8, 11 provinces have sent documents requesting the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Finance to support famine relief with a total of 7,596.345 tons of rice for 506,256 people and are in the process of providing support.
