Bonuses for teachers awarded Certificates of Merit by the Prime Minister from July 2025

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 1, Article 54 of Decree 152/2025/ND-CP (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates the bonus level for Certificates of Merit, Certificates of Merit, and Commemorative Medals as follows:

a) Individuals who are awarded or posthumously awarded the "Prime Minister's Certificate of Merit" are awarded a Certificate, a framework and are rewarded 3.5 times the basic salary;

b) Individuals who are awarded or posthumously awarded Certificates of Merit by ministries, departments, branches, and provinces are awarded Certificates and frames and are awarded 1.5 times the basic salary;

c) Individuals awarded Commemorative Medals by the National Assembly Standing Committee are awarded Certificates, frames, Commemorative Medals, Commemorative Medal containers and accompanied by a bonus of no more than 0.8 times the basic salary;

d) Individuals awarded Commemorative Medals of ministries, departments, branches, provinces, political organizations, socio-political organizations, socio-professional organizations, social organizations, socio-professional organizations with party organizations under the Party Committee of the Fatherland Front, central organizations awarded Certificates, frames, Commemorative Medals, Commemorative Medal boxes and accompanied by bonuses not exceeding 0.6 times the basic salary;

d) Individuals awarded Certificates of Merit of military regions, military groups, military branches, general departments and equivalents under the Ministry of National Defense, Government Cipher Committee; Certificates of Merit of the National University awarded Certificates, frames and accompanied by a bonus of 1.0 times the basic salary;

e) Individuals who are awarded a Certificate of Merit as prescribed in Points a, b, c and Point d, Clause 1, Article 75 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation shall be awarded a Certificate, a framework and a bonus of 0.3 times the basic salary.

According to Decree 73/2024/ND-CP, the current basic salary is 2,340,000 VND/month.

Thus, from July 1, 2025, teachers awarded a Certificate of Merit by the Prime Minister will be rewarded with VND 8,190,000 according to the above regulations.