About to amend the decree on salaries in the public sector

The Ministry of Home Affairs received the petition of voters in Dong Thap province and was forwarded to the National Assembly's Petition and Supervision Committee.

Voters suggested continuing to research and provide specific guidance on decentralization, improving decentralization and the mechanism for performing tasks at the commune level; at the same time, advising the Government to regulate the regime and policies for cadres, civil servants and non-professional cadres after the arrangement of the administrative apparatus.

Responding to the above content, the Ministry of Home Affairs said: Implementing Official Dispatch No. 137 dated September 28, 2025 and Official Dispatch No. 174 dated December 2, 2025 of the Steering Committee for the arrangement of administrative units at all levels and building a model of organizing local government at both levels of the Government; based on reports from localities, the Ministry of Home Affairs has reported to the Prime Ministers on the opinions of localities on the assessment of feasibility for the tasks that have been decentralized and delegated by the Central Government to local authorities and recommended to the Prime Minister solutions to perfect the law, provide guidance and adjust the content to ensure decentralization and delegation are implemented synchronously, effectively and smoothly.

In the coming time, ministries and branches will continue to issue guidelines and adjust contents related to decentralization and delegation of authority under their management to meet the requirements of operating the 2-level local government model in the current period.

Regarding the regime and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees and non-professional cadres after the organizational arrangement, the Ministry of Home Affairs issued Circular No. 24/2025 dated December 24, 2025 amending and supplementing Circular No. 09 2005 dated January 5, 2005 of the Minister of Home Affairs guiding the implementation of special allowances for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces and Circular No. 23/2025 dated December 24, 2025 amending and supplementing a number of contents of Joint Circular No. 11 2005 dated January 5, 2005 of the Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, Minister of Finance and Minister of Home Affairs, and Chairman of the People's Committee on implementing the regime;

At the same time, the Ministry of Home Affairs is submitting to the Government for consideration and promulgation a Decree amending Decree No. 204 2004 dated December 14, 2004 of the Government on salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces.

In addition, implementing Decision No. 1589 dated July 24, 2025 of the Prime Minister promulgating the Plan to implement the Law on Organization of Local Government No. 72/2025, the Ministry of Home Affairs is presiding over and coordinating with ministries, branches and localities to study and draft a Government Decree on the organization of activities of villages and residential groups and a number of regimes and policies for non-professional workers in accordance with the organization of a 2-level local government model, reporting to competent authorities for consideration and decision.

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