The Government plans to submit an overall salary policy reform to the Party Central Committee and the National Assembly in which it proposes a new wage regime in the public sector be applied from July 1, 2024.

The Government will submit for approval to the National Assembly reforms to the salary policy from July 1, 2024, following Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW issued in May 2018.

The Ministry of Home Affairs has proposed the Government build a plan for salary reforms, in which the lowest wage in the public sector will be increased to the regional minimum wage of employees at enterprises.

With the base salary expected to increase from VND1.49 million to VND1.8 million a month, starting from July 1, 2023, millions of civil servants and public employees will get salary increases.

The Ministry of Internal Affairs is collecting feedback on plans to increase monthly basic salaries for civil servants, public employees and members of the armed forces.

 VietNamNet Bridge – Ngo Duy Hieu, Vice President of the Viet Nam Confederation of Trade Union, talks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam on the essential elements that must be addressed in the upcoming 2019 salary reform

Dr. Do Duc Dinh, from the Ha Noi Institute for Socio Economic Studies, speaks on the need to cut the current number of civil servants in half to free up funds to better pay for good quality employees.