Salary increase for retired military officers and commune officials

Vu Diep• August 9, 2018 10:29

A series of official labor and salary policies will take effect from mid-August. Notably, military officers will receive a salary increase.

Specifically, Circular 88/2018 of the Ministry of National Defense guides the implementation of basic salary levels for subjects receiving salaries or military rank allowances from the state budget in agencies and units under the Ministry of National Defense (effective from August 12, 2018).

Accordingly, because the new basic salary increased to 1,390,000 VND from July 1, 2018, the salary of officer ranks will also be increased accordingly.

Some officer ranks have salary increase of over 700,000 VND from July 1, 2018 including:

The General has a salary of 14,456,000 VND (an increase of 936,000 VND).

Senior Lieutenant General has a salary of 13,622,000 VND (increase of 882,000 VND).

Lieutenant General has a salary of 12,788,000 VND (increase of 828,000 VND).

Major General has a salary of 11,954,000 VND (increase of 774,000 VND).

The salary of a colonel is 11,120,000 VND (an increase of 720,000 VND), a lieutenant colonel is 10,147,000 VND (an increase of 657,000 VND), a lieutenant colonel is 9,174,000 VND (an increase of 594,000 VND), a major is 8,340,000 VND (an increase of 540,000 VND) and a captain is 7,506,000 VND (an increase of 486,000 VND)...

The regimes in this circular are implemented from July 1, 2018.

Salary increase for retired commune officials

According to Circular 08/2018 of the Ministry of Home Affairs, the monthly allowance for retired old communal officials (rounded) from July 1, 2018 will be adjusted to the following increase:

For former Party Committee Secretaries and Commune People's Committee Chairmen: 1,846,000 VND/month x 1.0692 = 1,974,000 VND/month.

Former deputy secretary, vice chairman, standing member of the Party Committee, secretary of the People's Committee, secretary of the People's Council, commune militia leader, commune police chief: 1,786,000 VND/month x 1.0692 = 1,910,000 VND/month.

For the remaining positions: 1,653,000 VND/month x 1.0692 = 1,768,000 VND/month. Circular 08 takes effect from August 15, 2018 and replaces Circular 04/2017/TT-BNV. The regimes prescribed in this Circular are implemented from July 1, 2018.