Implementing the increase in base salary and pension according to Conclusion 206
This is a task stated by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh in Official Dispatch 38/TTg-QHDP on implementing the Resolution at the Tenth Session, 15th National Assembly, issued on January 9, 2026.
According to the appendix issued together with Official Dispatch No. 38/TTg-QHDP in 2026, the Prime Minister has guided a number of key tasks to implement the Resolutions passed at the Tenth Session, 15th National Assembly.
In which, one content of concern is the task of adjusting the base salary and allowance regimes, specifically mentioned in Resolution No. 265/2025/QH15.
According to this guidance, in March 2026, the Government requested the Ministry of Home Affairs to adjust some types of allowances and the base salary level. At the same time, it will adjust pensions, social insurance allowances, monthly allowances, preferential allowances for people with meritorious services, social allowances and social pension allowances.
This adjustment is implemented according to Conclusion No. 206-KL/TW dated November 10, 2025 of the Politburo, aiming to continue to improve the lives of salaried people and beneficiaries of social security policies.
Thus, after the most recent pension increase in 2024 with a rate of 15%, in March 2026, the Government will implement the next pension adjustment, in accordance with the roadmap and directions that have been determined.
People are waiting for the increase, the time of increase
Before this information, many pension and allowance recipients expressed their joy and waited for a specific increase, because after the 15% increase in 2024, living expenses continued to increase, especially in the health and food sectors.
We are very much looking forward to pensions being increased. Currently, we only have initial information like that, and when will the increase be applied, we need to wait for a decision. Current information only stops at the policy, there are no specific figures yet, so the psychology of waiting, even being very impatient is very clear. Many people in our pension association talk to each other about this topic every day" - Mr. Phan Van Hung (73 years old, Son Tay ward - Hanoi) shared with Lao Dong reporters.
Ms. Doan Thi Ha (70 years old, Bac Ninh) could not hide her joy at the information that pensions and allowances may be increased from March.
Ms. Ha worked at a hotel in Phu Tho province (old Vinh Phuc province) from 1978. Ms. Ha retired and started receiving pensions from 2005. Currently, the pension she receives is nearly 6 million VND per month.
This pension is used by Ms. Ha for living expenses and for sickness.
The pension of 6 million VND is the main support for me in my old years, but the cost of living is increasingly expensive. I have to be frugal and save anything, in case I am sick, the amount of money to spend is very large. If I don't save to have a provision, my children will be very vat va" - Ms. Ha confided.
For the group receiving salaries from the budget, the adjustment of the base salary is seen as a positive sign, especially in the context of slow salary reform.
However, many people are also quite realistic, comparing the old increase with living costs, asking whether income has really improved or only "increased nominally".
People are looking forward to and supporting salary increases, pension increases, and social insurance allowances because they are in line with the goal of ensuring social security. In parallel, there is a psychology of waiting for the early announcement of the adjustment level, payment time, funding sources... to be able to improve the current living standard.
