Wages increased for low-income officials

VGP – The Government has issued a Decree on increasing salaries for civil and public servants, officials working at the armed forces and employees of socio-political organizations with a salary grade at or below 2.34.

February 26, 2015 3:37 PM GMT+7

Accordingly, these subjects will enjoy an 8% added to their monthly wage since January 1, 2015. The additional wage would be calculated using the formula: salary grade x minimum wage (1,150,000 VND) x 8%.

The increased salary is not used for paying social insurance, unemployment insurance, health insurance and other allowances.

The State budget will supplement the expenditures to increase the salary in case ministries, agencies, centrally - run cities and provinces are lack of the capital source.
The decree will take effect as from April 1.

By Thuy Dung