(kontumtv.vn) – According to the program of the 7th Session, on the morning of June 26, the National Assembly voted to pass: Resolution of the National Assembly on piloting the addition of a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Nghe An province; Resolution of the National Assembly on the organization of urban government and piloting a number of specific mechanisms and policies for the development of Da Nang city.

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Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra, authorized by the Prime Minister, presented the Government's Report on salary reform; adjustment of pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits from July 1, 2024. Photo: Doan Tan/VNA

The National Assembly then discussed the draft Law on Cultural Heritage (amended).

In the afternoon session, the National Assembly discussed in the hall: the draft Law amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Law on Pharmacy; salary reform contents; adjustment of pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits from July 1, 2024; Plan to extend debt repayment for refinancing loans according to Resolution No. 135/2020/QH14 dated November 17, 2020 of the National Assembly.

The Government proposes that during the time when conditions are not yet met, the basic salary and salary coefficient should be abolished to implement the solution of increasing public sector salaries from July 1, 2024 with the following 3 contents: Adjusting the basic salary from the current 1.8 million VND to 2.34 million VND/month (an increase of 30%); for researching, amending and supplementing the allowance regime and some special regimes of the armed forces and of cadres, civil servants and public employees in some specialized fields that arise unreasonable during the implementation process; reserving salaries and incomes for agencies and units that are currently applying special financial and income mechanisms.

In addition, the pension and social insurance allowances will be adjusted to increase by 15%; at the same time, for those receiving pensions before 1995, after adjustment, if the benefit level is lower than 3.2 million VND/month, the adjustment will increase by 0.3 million VND/month; if the benefit level is from 3.2 million VND/month to less than 3.5 million VND/month, the adjustment will be 3.5 million VND/month. The preferential allowance for meritorious people according to the standard allowance level will increase from 2,055,000 VND to 2,789,000 VND/month (an increase of 35.7%). Social allowance according to the standard social assistance level will increase from 360,000 VND to 500,000 VND/month (an increase of 38.9%).

VNA/Tin Tuc Newspaper