Directions for designing the salary structure and 9 types of accompanying allowances when reforming salaries
Along with building 5 new salary scales, the Ministry of Home Affairs also built 9 types of allowances to implement the new salary regime when salary reform is implemented.
From July 1, the base salary of officials, civil servants, public employees and armed forces officially increased by 8%, from 2.34 million VND to 2.53 million VND/month.
The Ministry of Home Affairs continues to proactively coordinate with relevant ministries and agencies to study and propose new salary policies and social insurance in the spirit of the 14th Congress Resolution to report to competent authorities for consideration and decision.
At the same time, comprehensively and comprehensively assess the implementation of Resolution No. 27 on salary policy reform and Resolution No. 28 on social insurance (BHXH) policy reform.
The Ministry of Home Affairs prepares carefully, independently consults expert groups, and studies many options before reporting to competent authorities.
According to the plan, from October to August 2026, the Ministry of Home Affairs and members of the Central Steering Committee for Salary Policy Reform, Social Insurance and Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services will build and complete the draft project. In January 2027, complete the draft Resolution. In February 2027, submit to the Politburo, the Secretariat and in March 2027, submit to the 14th Party Central Committee.
Thus, 2027 is expected to be identified as an important milestone in the salary reform roadmap.
The Ministry of Home Affairs is currently coordinating with specialized agencies to research and complete the plan to build 5 new salary scales.
In addition to salaries, Clause 3.1, Sub-section 3, Section 2 of Resolution 27-NQ/TW of 2018 specifically stipulates the types of allowances applied to the public sector and the armed forces.
Resolution 27 clearly states that the new salary structure design includes: Basic salary (accounting for about 70% of the total salary fund) and allowances (accounting for about 30% of the total salary fund). Supplementing bonuses (the bonus fund is equal to about 10% of the total salary fund of the year, excluding allowances).
At the same time, it is necessary to rearrange the current allowance regimes, ensuring that the total allowance fund accounts for a maximum of 30% of the total salary fund.
Continue to apply concurrent allowances; seniority allowances exceeding the frame; regional allowances; work responsibility allowances; mobile allowances; security and defense service allowances and special allowances for the armed forces (army, police, cryptography).
Combining professional preferential allowances, professional responsibility allowances and hazardous and dangerous allowances (collectively referred to as professional allowances) applied to civil servants and public employees of professions and jobs with labor condition factors higher than normal and with appropriate preferential policies of the State (education and training, health, courts, procuracy, civil judgment enforcement, inspection, examination, audit, customs, forestry, market management,... ).
Combining special allowances, attraction allowances and long-term work allowances in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions into work allowances in particularly difficult areas.
Thus, there will be 9 types of allowances under the new salary regime including: concurrent position allowance; seniority allowance beyond the frame; regional allowance; work responsibility allowance; mobile allowance;
Professional preferential allowances; allowances for working in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions; allowances according to administrative unit classification and according to classification of public non-business units; allowances applied specifically to the armed forces.
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