Many problems arise?
Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that in the process of implementing and developing 6 specific contents on public sector salary reform according to Resolution No. 27/2018 of the Party Central Committee, especially the development of new salary tables (salary tables for positions, professional and technical salary tables for cadres, civil servants, public employees and 3 salary tables for the armed forces) and allowance regimes, the Government realized that many problems and shortcomings arose. Specifically, the development of new salary tables; rearrangement of allowance regimes; development and completion of job positions; implementation of Resolutions of the 6th Conference of the 12th Central Committee and innovation and reform projects in sectors and fields.
For more information, Ms. Tra said that the Government has reported to the Politburo and the Politburo has issued Conclusion No. 83 on June 21, agreeing on the policy for the Government to report to the National Assembly (NA) for implementation. At this session, the Government proposed to the NA to implement 2 contents of salary reform in the enterprise sector, specifically: adjusting the regional minimum wage according to the provisions of the Labor Code (increased by 6%, effective from July 1); regulating the salary mechanism for state-owned enterprises (effective from January 1, 2025).
Salary reform in the public sector still has many problems. In the photo : Officials of the Ho Chi Minh City Department of Justice handle administrative procedures for people.
The Government also proposed implementing 4/6 contents of Resolution 27 on salary reform. The remaining two contents, including the construction of a new salary table according to job positions and the arrangement of 9 new allowance regimes, have not been implemented due to many shortcomings and need to be further studied and perfected.
Accordingly, the Government proposes that during the time when the conditions for abolishing the basic salary and salary coefficient are not yet met, the Government will be assigned to increase the salary, adjusting the basic salary from the current VND 1.8 million to VND 2.34 million/month (an increase of 30%) from July 1.
For agencies and units that are applying special financial and income mechanisms at the Central level, the Government will continue to direct the review of the entire legal framework to submit to competent authorities for consideration and decision on amending or abolishing the special financial and income mechanisms of agencies and units that are being implemented appropriately. At the same time, the difference between the salary and additional income in June 2024 of cadres, civil servants and public employees and the salary from July 1 after amending or abolishing the special financial and income mechanisms will be retained.
According to Ms. Tra, during the period of not amending or abolishing these mechanisms, the monthly salary and additional income will be calculated based on the basic salary of 2.34 million VND/month according to the special mechanism from July 1, ensuring that it does not exceed the salary and additional income received in June 2024 (excluding the salary and additional income due to adjusting the salary coefficient of the salary scale and grade when upgrading the grade or grade).
In addition, the Government also proposed to adjust pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for meritorious people and social benefits from July 1. Specifically, increase 15% of pensions and social insurance benefits, and 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 equal to 3.5 million VND/month.
Preferential allowance for meritorious people according to the standard allowance level from 2,055 million VND to 2,789 million VND/month (increase of 35.7%); maintain the current correlation of preferential allowance levels for meritorious people compared to the standard allowance level. Social allowance according to the social assistance standard level from 360,000 VND to 500,000 VND/month (increase of 38.9%).
A bit half-hearted, unclear
In her report on the review of this content, Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Social Affairs Committee Nguyen Thuy Anh said that the review agency agreed with the view that it is necessary to implement salary reform and related policies in a suitable, step-by-step, cautious and certain manner, ensuring feasibility, efficiency and suitability with the state budget's ability to pay. However, the review agency emphasized that the Government should continue to conduct comprehensive research and propose to competent authorities for the policy of perfecting salary tables, allowance regimes, salary increase regimes, bonus regimes, implementation resources, salary and income management mechanisms to ensure that salary policy reform is truly a driving force for promoting socio-economic development.
Discussing in the group afterwards, Deputy Vu Tuan Anh (Phu Tho delegation) said that with the Government's proposals this time, salary reform according to Resolution 27 has not been achieved. According to him, the National Assembly has had a resolution since the end of last year, according to which from July 1, salary reform according to Resolution 27 will be implemented. However, up to now, the Government has reported that it has only implemented 4/6 contents according to Resolution 27.
"We are doing this half-heartedly and unclearly. Resolution 27 requires eliminating all basic salaries and building a new salary table based on job positions. Now we have to continue implementing the basic salary, still according to the old salary coefficient," said the Phu Tho delegate.
Deputy Nguyen Xuan Thang (Quang Ninh delegation), Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Chairman of the Central Theoretical Council, also said that one of the two very important requirements of Resolution 27, which is to abolish the basic salary and build a new salary table according to job positions, has not been implemented yet. According to Mr. Thang, the Government's proposal this time is to reform salaries according to Resolution 27, but in reality it is only to adjust and increase salaries. "I propose to say that, but out of the 6 contents of Resolution 27, only 4 have been implemented, and 2 basic contents have not been implemented yet. I say that reform must be very fundamental. As it is now, it is just to increase salaries, nothing more," Mr. Thang acknowledged.
Explaining this issue at the group discussion, Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that the biggest difficulty of salary reform under Resolution 27 comes from the most basic issue, which is designing salary tables as well as structuring and rearranging 9 groups of allowances. "There are many problems," said Ms. Tra. Another difficulty comes from building job positions, although it has been implemented since 2012, there are still many shortcomings. According to Ms. Tra, recently, the political system "sprinted" to approve the job position project, but in general, the quality has not been guaranteed. The Politburo has not yet issued a list of job positions in the political system, leading to difficulties in building job positions associated with descriptions and competency frameworks.
Reporting further at the group discussion, Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra said that in practice, when the basic salary increases by 20.8% in 2023, the CPI will increase insignificantly, not exceeding the threshold that the National Assembly is currently controlling at 4 - 4.5%. Therefore, the Government has developed detailed scenarios, with solutions to both stimulate the economy and control inflation, ensuring the macro economy. The Government also assigned the Ministry of Finance to develop proactive scenarios early, trying to control inflation.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai received congratulatory flowers from National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai was elected as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly .
On the afternoon of June 25, with 449/450 deputies in favor, the National Assembly passed a Resolution on the election of Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai, Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee, as a member of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly for the 2021-2026 term.
Ms. Nguyen Thanh Hai (54 years old), from Hanoi, has a high level of political theory, and a professional qualification of Associate Professor - Doctor of Physics. Ms. Hai used to be Deputy Head of the Office of the National Assembly, Head of the Committee on Culture - Education - Youth - Adolescents and Children of the National Assembly (now the Committee on Culture - Education), then Head of the Petition Committee of the National Assembly Standing Committee, before being transferred and assigned to be Secretary of the Thai Nguyen Provincial Party Committee in July 2021.
Mr. Dinh Tien Dung ceases to be a National Assembly member
On the afternoon of June 25, with 440/445 deputies participating in the vote in favor, the National Assembly passed a resolution to dismiss Mr. Dinh Tien Dung, former Politburo member and former Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee, from his duties as a deputy of the 15th National Assembly.
Previously, at the extraordinary meeting on June 21, the Party Central Committee agreed to let Mr. Dinh Tien Dung cease to hold the position of Politburo member, member of the 13th Party Central Committee Executive Committee. On June 19, the Politburo also agreed to let Mr. Dinh Tien Dung cease to participate in the Executive Committee, the Standing Committee of the City Party Committee, cease to hold the position of Secretary of the Hanoi Party Committee for the 2020-2025 term, Head of the 15th National Assembly Delegation of Hanoi City, and report to the Party Central Committee to let Mr. Dinh Tien Dung cease to hold the positions according to the Party's regulations and the State's laws.
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