​On 30 June, 2024 the Government promulgated Decree No.73/2024/NĐ-CP prescribing statutory pay rate and bonus policies for officials, public employees and armed forces.

Accordingly, from July 01, 2024, the statutory pay rate is VND 2,340,000 per month.

1. The statutory pay rate shall be used as the basis for:

- Calculating salaries in payrolls, allowances and other benefits as per the law with regard to individuals defined in Article 2 of this Decree;

- Calculating operation funding and subsistence allowances as per the law;

- Calculating deductions and benefits according to the statutory pay rate.

 2. Regulated entities

- Salary and allowance earners to whom the statutory pay rate applies as prescribed in Article 1 of this Decree include:

+ Officials from central echelon to district level prescribed in clause 1 and clause 2 Article 4 of the Law on Officials 2008 (as amended in the Law on amendments to the Law on Officials and the Law on Public Employees 2019);

+ Officials at communal level prescribed in clause 3 Article 4 of the Law on Officials 2008 (as amended in the Law on amendments to the Law on Officials and the Law on Public Employees 2019);

+ Public employees working for public service providers prescribed in Law on Public Employees 2010 (as amended in the Law on amendments to the Law on Officials and the Law on Public Employees 2019);

+ Persons who work under employment contracts as prescribed in the Government's Decree No. 111/2022/ND-CP dated December 30, 2022 on contracts of employment for certain tasks in administrative units and public service provider, and are eligible for, or have agreed under the signed employment contracts on, salary payment according to the Government's Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004 on pay policy for officials, public employees and armed forces;

+ Persons on state regular payroll in state-funded associations as defined in Government's Decree No. 45/2010/ND-CP dated April 21, 2010 on organization, operation and management of associations (as amended in the Government's Decree No. 33/2012/ND-CP dated April 13, 2012);

+ Officers, non-commissioned officers, defense workers, defense public employees and contractual employees in the People's Army of Vietnam;

+ Officers, enlistees on payroll, public security workers and contractual employees in the People's Police of Vietnam;

+ Persons working in cryptography organizations;

+ Enlistees and soldiers in the People's Army of Vietnam; enlistees and conscript soldiers in the People's Police of Vietnam;

+ Persons working part time in communes, hamlets or sub-quarters.

- Bonus policies shall apply to salary earners specified in points a, b, c, d, dd, e, g and h clause 1 of this Article (excluding allowance and subsistence allowance earners).

          This Decree comes into force from July 01, 2024 NĐ 73 - Luong co so.pdf. The Government's Decree No. 24/2023/ND-CP dated May 14, 2023 prescribing statutory pay rate of officials, public employees and armed forces' personnel shall cease to have effect from the effective date of this Decree.