Proposal for officials recruited as Chief Engineers to receive the same salary as Ministers

The Ministry of Home Affairs proposes to stipulate some general criteria for identification when selecting Chief Engineers and Chief Architects and to associate them with the roles and tasks required by Resolution No. 57. In particular, administrative standards should be limited, standards on experience and achievements in scientific and technological activities should be promoted, and criteria on the desire to contribute to the socio-economic development of the country should be emphasized.

WithChief EngineerMust be experienced in the professional field appropriate to the assigned program and tasks, including outstanding contributions to research, scientific and technological development, innovation, and digital transformation demonstrated through projects, inventions, and practical products of appropriate value.

The Chief Engineer also successfully presided over the implementation of at least 3 large-scale, interdisciplinary scientific and technological programs and tasks in strategic technology fields with high impact indexes recognized internationally or successfully presided over at least 2 scientific and technological products that have been successfully applied in practice.

The Chief Engineer has directly managed or coordinated large-scale programs and projects with cross-sectoral or cross-regional impacts, with a minimum budget of VND 300 billion or more, or VND 500 billion or more in the fields of infrastructure, core technology, national digital transformation, etc.

Regarding monthly salary, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposes that in case cadres, civil servants and public employees are selected as Chief Engineers, they will be classified as senior experts at level 3 (equivalent to the title of Minister) and will receive additional income according to the agreement in the contract, ensuring that it is equivalent to the income level of Chief Engineers who are outside the political system.

In case a person not in the political system (including Vietnamese people in the country, Vietnamese people abroad or foreigners) is selected as Chief Engineer, he/she will receive salary and income according to the agreement in the contract, ensuring that it is not lower than the salary and income already received.

Bonuses are not more than 20% of the total salary of the evaluation period if the competent authority evaluates the task as excellent or the bonus is not more than 10% of the total salary of the evaluation period if the competent authority evaluates the task as good.

In addition, Chief Engineers are exempted from personal income tax; enjoy policies on housing and transportation, working conditions equivalent to the title of Minister; health check-up, employment, school with family; recruitment and appointment policies to civil servants and public employees; rewards...

WithChief ArchitectMust have at least 7 years of working experience in the field of science, technology, innovation or digital transformation, with outstanding contributions to research, development of science, technology, innovation, digital transformation as demonstrated through valuable works, inventions, and practical products.

Chief Architect presides over or participates in, successfully implementing at least 2 programs, tasks of science, technology, innovation, digital transformation with wide scope of impact (inter-regional, inter-sectoral); has participated in building or consulting on science and technology strategy policies, technology maps, innovation planning, digital transformation strategies.

In addition, the Chief Architect needs to have the capacity to build and coordinate technology roadmaps, overall program and project architecture, and organize the implementation of innovative and high-risk tasks; have strategic thinking, systemic thinking, and the ability to lead technological vision or innovation at an industry or national scale.

Regarding monthly salary, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposes that in case cadres, civil servants and public employees are selected as Chief Architects, they will be classified as senior experts level 1 and receive additional income according to the agreement in the contract, ensuring that it is equivalent to the income level of Chief Architects who are outside the political system.

In case a person not in the political system (including Vietnamese people in the country, Vietnamese people abroad or foreigners) is selected as Chief Architect, he/she will receive salary and income according to the agreement in the contract, ensuring that it is not lower than the salary and income already received.

Regarding bonuses, the bonus shall not exceed 20% of the total salary of the evaluation period if the competent authority assesses that the task has been completed excellently or the bonus shall not exceed 10% of the total salary of the evaluation period if the competent authority assesses that the task has been completed well.

In addition, the Chief Architect is exempt from personal income tax and enjoys other preferential policies as prescribed for the Chief Engineer.