Government saves 560 trillion to reform wages; from 2025, average wage increase 7%/year
The Government has stepped up revenue increase, expenditure savings, and wage fund allocations to date of about VND 560 trillion, ensuring sufficient resources for wage reform according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW from July 1, 2024 for the 3 years 2024 - 2026.
Enough money to reform salaries; increase salaries of cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces by an average of 7%/year
On the morning of October 23, at the National Assembly House, Hanoi, under the chairmanship of Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue, the 6th session of the 15th National Assembly officially opened.
The Government's report on the results of the implementation of the 2023 socio-economic development plan; the expected socio-economic development plan for the year presented by Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh at the 6th Session of the 15th National Assembly said: In recent years, despite difficulties during the COVID-19 pandemic, the Government has promoted revenue increase, expenditure savings, and wage fund allocations to date of about VND 560 trillion, ensuring sufficient resources for wage reform according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW from July 1, 2024 for the 3 years 2024 - 2026.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said that in 2025, the Government will reform the salary policy for the public sector according to Resolution No. 27-NQ/TW of the Central Committee from July 1, 2024.
At the same time, the Government also continues to adjust regional minimum wages and wage policies for the business sector according to regulations.
From 2025 onwards, continue to adjust salaries to increase by an average of 7%/year for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces until the lowest salary is equal to or higher than the lowest salary in region I of the business sector.
Effectively overcome the situation of employees withdrawing social insurance at one time
In addition, the Government will also continue to fully and promptly implement and improve the effectiveness of policies for people with meritorious services, social assistance, ensure social security, reduce multidimensional poverty, be inclusive and sustainable, improve the material and spiritual life of the people, and leave no one behind.
In the direction of integrating policies in different fields to avoid overlap and duplication, ensuring consistency and efficiency, associated with sustainable development goals, ensuring a gradual increase in the minimum living standard and increasing people's access to basic social services.
Review and improve social insurance, health insurance, and unemployment insurance policies towards expanding coverage and participants; effectively overcome the situation of employees withdrawing social insurance at one time.
Continue to perfect mechanisms and policies, resolutely and effectively implement the Project to invest in building at least 1 million social housing units by 2030.
Develop a flexible, modern, effective, sustainable, integrated labor market and strongly promote job exchanges. In particular, promote sustainable job creation, effective labor use, especially through programs, projects, and credit policies to support job creation and participation in the labor market; build harmonious, stable, and progressive labor relations; do a good job of occupational safety and hygiene and manage foreign workers in Vietnam.
Timely overcome difficulties in price management, bidding, drug and medical equipment procurement
Strengthen disease prevention and control; ensure food hygiene and safety, especially in collective kitchens, schools, and industrial parks.
At the same time, promptly overcome difficulties in price management, bidding, procurement of drugs, equipment, and medical supplies; completely resolve difficulties in hospital projects that have lasted for many years; strictly handle violations in advertising food and functional foods.
Ensure adequate and timely vaccines and maintain vaccination rates of vaccines in the Expanded Immunization Program above 90%.
Research and develop a comprehensive population policy framework, ensuring a replacement birth rate appropriate to regions, areas, population groups, and population quantity and quality, contributing to prolonging and taking advantage of the golden population period./.