Hanoi proposes to pay additional income to cadres, civil servants and public employees from 2026

The Hanoi People's Committee is currently soliciting comments on the draft Resolution of the City People's Council on paying additional income to cadres, civil servants, and public employees working in state agencies, socio-political organizations, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and public service units under the management of the city. The implementation funding source is guaranteed entirely from the state budget for regular expenditures.

According to the plan, the draft will be submitted to the City People's Council for consideration and approval at the end of 2025 session and is expected to take effect from January 1, 2026.

The Hanoi People's Committee said that the Capital Law 2024 stipulates that the city is allowed to use a maximum of 0.8 times the basic salary fund of cadres, civil servants, and public employees under its management to pay additional income.

The goal is to encourage improvement of labor productivity and work efficiency, while supporting the lives of cadres, civil servants and public employees in the context of the consumer price index in the capital being higher than many other localities.

Previously, the City People's Council issued Resolution No. 46/2024/NQ-HDND on paying additional income to cadres, civil servants, and public employees at agencies, organizations, and public service units managed by the city, with regular expenditure guaranteed by the budget. However, this resolution will only apply in 2025.

From July 1, 2025, the district-level administrative apparatus in provinces and cities will cease operations, moving to a two-level local government model (provincial and commune). At that time, all administrative work of districts, towns and cities will be taken over by two levels.

In the context of increasing the volume of administrative procedures, work pressure on cadres and civil servants has increased significantly. Many people have to take on additional duties, work away from home, directly affecting their lives and spirit. Therefore, Hanoi proposes to continue to pay additional income from 2026 to support and encourage the team, while helping to cover quite high living expenses in the capital.

According to the draft, the level of additional income payment will be based on the capacity and work efficiency of cadres, civil servants and public employees at each agency and unit. The head of the agency is responsible for evaluating and classifying according to regulations.

The source of additional income expenditure is drawn from the remaining salary reform source, after fully ensuring salary reform during the period of budget stabilization, while still meeting the social, social security and welfare policies issued by the Central Government.

The funding source of each agency and unit is determined by the basic salary fund (including salary scale, rank, position) multiplied by the deduction level decided by the City People's Council. The proposed deduction for 2026 is 0.8 times the basic salary fund.

At the end of 2026, based on the situation of surplus funds for salary reform, the City People's Committee will report and propose the City People's Council to decide on the deduction for the following years, but not exceeding 0.8 times the basic salary fund.

Previously, according to Decision No. 4164/QD-UBND issued in early August 2025, the Hanoi People's Committee temporarily assigned the administrative and career plan targets for 2025 to agencies, administrative organizations, public service units and People's Committees of communes and wards.

Specifically, the total number of civil servant positions and professional contract quotas according to Resolution 26 of the City People's Council, along with the number of civil servants at administrative agencies, organizations and public service units in 2025 is 139,501 people. In addition, there are 22,668 labor contract targets in agencies, administrative organizations and public service units.

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