Full text: Government draft decree regulating base salary and bonus regime for civil servants, public employees and armed forces

The Ministry of Home Affairs is soliciting public comments on a Government draft decree regulating the base salary and the bonus regime for officials, civil servants, public employees and the armed forces. The draft aims to codify adjustments to the base salary in line with Conclusion No. 206-KL/TW, maintain the existing bonus policy, and revise and supplement the subjects covered to align with current law.

Purpose and scope of the draft decree

The decree is designed to regulate the base salary applicable to people receiving salary, allowances, and bonus regimes in agencies, state-funded units of the Party, State, the Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and public service units funded by the state budget (collectively referred to as agencies/units) at central, provincial and local levels, including communes and wards, as well as the armed forces.

Who will be covered

The recipients of salary and allowances under the base salary as prescribed by the draft include:

• Officials and civil servants from central to commune levels as defined in Article 1 of the Civil Service Law.
• Public employees in public service units as defined in Article 1 of the Law on Public Employees.
• People employed under the contract regime as defined in Decree No. 111/2022/NĐ-CP dated 30 December 2022, covering contracts for certain jobs in administrative agencies and public-service units subject to salary classification under Decree No. 204/2004/NĐ-CP dated 14 December 2004 on the wage regime for civil servants and armed forces.
• People working in staffing quotas in associations funded by the state budget.
• Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers and civil staff of the People’s Army.
• Officers, enlisted personnel of the Public Security and Police and contracted workers.
• People working in the cipher organization.
• Non-commissioned officers and soldiers of the People’s Army.

The draft states that recipients referred to in points a, b, c, d, e and g (excluding allowances and living allowances) are subject to the bonus regime.

Base salary adjustment

The Ministry of Home Affairs proposes adjusting the base salary to 2,530,000 dong per month effective from 01 July 2026.

The draft also reviews and amends regulations for agencies that are currently applying financial and income regimes with special treatment at the central level.

Bonus regime

On bonuses, the Ministry of Home Affairs proposes maintaining the policy in Decree No. 73/2024/NĐ-CP. It also proposes revising and finalizing provisions on handling year-end bonus fund surpluses to ensure the principle that the year’s bonus fund is tied to that year’s performance and to avoid multiple interpretations during implementation.