Reason why many Mekong Delta provinces propose to increase the base salary by more than 2.53 million VND/month
Localities such as Can Tho City, Vinh Long, Ca Mau... proposed to increase the base salary by more than 2.53 million VND/month to improve the lives of officials, civil servants, and public employees.
The Ministry of Justice is appraising the draft dossier of the Decree adjusting the base salary and bonus regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees (CBCCVC) and armed forces, which is being drafted by the Ministry of Home Affairs.
According to the draft submission of the Decree, the drafting agency proposes to adjust the base salary level to 2.53 million VND/month from July 1, 2026.
Contributing opinions to the draft, many localities in the Mekong Delta proposed to increase the base salary by more than 2.53 million VND/month.
Can Tho City believes that in the past time, the prices of essential goods and living expenses (housing, health, education, electricity, water...) have tended to increase, reducing the actual value of wages, directly affecting the lives of officials, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.
The current base salary level does not meet the minimum living needs. Although it has been adjusted over the years, the base salary level is still low compared to the actual spending needs, does not ensure the minimum living standard and has not created motivation for salaried people to feel secure in their work and contribute long-term.
The adjustment of the base salary level needs to closely follow the spirit of salary reform, ensuring that salaries are the main income, gradually improving the lives of cadres, civil servants, and public employees, contributing to improving the quality of operation of the state apparatus.
In addition, the current income level of the public sector is still significantly different from the non-state sector, leading to difficulties in attracting and retaining qualified and capable human resources, especially in deeply specialized fields.
In the context of the country's economy continuing to recover and grow, adjusting to increase the base salary level is necessary and grounded, contributing to stimulating consumer demand and promoting socio-economic development.
Can Tho City proposes that the drafting agency study and consider adjusting the base salary level to a level more appropriate than the draft, ensuring harmony between the ability to balance the state budget and the requirement to improve the lives of salaried people.
Ca Mau province believes that in the context of the consumer price index increasing, fuel prices and many essential costs fluctuating in an upward direction, this adjustment level is still low, not really commensurate with the actual spending level today, has not created a clear change in income, and has not fully met the requirements of improving life, stabilizing psychology and encouraging cadres, civil servants, and public employees to feel secure in their work and be attached to the public sector for a long time.
The province requests the Ministry of Home Affairs to study and submit to competent authorities to soon implement the salary regime according to job positions according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW, in order to ensure synchronicity, sustainability and more suitability with practical requirements.
Tay Ninh province receives feedback and recommendations from agencies and units in the province (especially at the commune and ward levels), proposing the Ministry of Home Affairs to study and propose adjusting to increase the base salary higher than the draft (the draft increases the base salary by an additional 8%).
The reason given by the province is that there are still many cadres, civil servants, and public employees with low salary coefficients, accounting for a high proportion, still facing many difficulties in life; when implementing the 2-level local government model, the volume and pressure of work are increasing, so it is necessary to study increasing the reasonable salary level for the contingent of cadres, civil servants, and public employees who stay to continue working from after July 1, 2025.
Vinh Long province realizes that this adjusted base salary level is still quite modest compared to the current economic growth rate and the actual consumer price index. This does not create enough motivation to attract and retain high-quality human resources in the public sector, especially in the context of strong income competition in the private sector as it is today.
Therefore, the province proposes that the drafting agency consider and adjust the base salary level to be appropriate to ensure the lives of cadres, civil servants, public employees and retain human resources in the public sector.
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