3 policies beneficial for civil servants and public employees from July 1

From July 1, a number of new policies beneficial to officials, civil servants, public employees and workers will officially take effect.

Increase basic salary to 90,000 VND/month

This content is stipulated in Decree 72/2018 of the Government and Circular 06/2018/TT-BNV of the Ministry of Home Affairs. Accordingly, from July 1, the basic salary will increase from 1,300,000 VND to 1,390,000 VND/month.

Cadres, civil servants, public employees, people receiving salaries, allowances and employees working in agencies, organizations, public service units of the Party, the State, socio-political organizations and associations receiving state budget support for operating expenses at the central, provincial, district, commune levels, special administrative-economic units and armed forces are beneficiaries.

The new basic salary will be used as the basis for calculating allowances and implementing other regimes according to the provisions of law; calculating operating expenses and living expenses according to the provisions of law; calculating deductions and regimes according to the basic salary. The social insurance and health insurance contribution levels will also change according to the new basic salary.

Preferential treatment for civil servants in the auditing industry

Also effective from July 1 is Decree 66/2018 of the Government on preferential regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees of the State Audit (SA) and applied from the 2017 budget year.

According to regulations, every year, the State Audit Office is allowed to deduct 5% of the amount discovered and recommended by the State Audit Office according to regulations to spend on incentives and rewards for cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers of the State Audit Office.

The amount includes increased State budget revenue from taxes, fees, and charges; budget expenditures that have been remitted in violation of regulations; budget expenditures that have been reduced in violation of regulations and have been processed by competent authorities to reduce expenditures and payments; budget allocations that exceed the norm or have been wrongly sourced and detected by the State Audit and recommended to be processed and recovered by competent authorities...

The expenditure level does not exceed 0.8 times the salary level prescribed by the State, including: Salary scale, position; position allowances, excess allowances, career incentives... After paying bonuses, the remaining funds are used to invest in facilities and enhance the industry's operational capacity.

Support for relatives accompanying officials working abroad

The amended Law on Representative Agencies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Abroad, effective from July 1, stipulates: Supplementing support regimes for members, spouses and minor children accompanying members of representative agencies of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam abroad.

The regulation also clearly states partial support for tuition fees and health insurance costs in the host country for minor children accompanying members of representative agencies.

At the same time, ensure travel expenses for members of representative agencies, spouses of members of representative agencies sent on business trips when the father, mother; father, mother-in-law; wife (husband); or children of the member pass away.