From today, talented civil servants can receive a salary of more than 58 million VND/month.

Excellent students who become civil servants receive a starting salary of 13.7 million VND, while scientists and leading experts appointed as senior specialists or equivalent receive a salary of more than 58 million VND/month.

Head of the Department of Civil Servants and Public Employees, Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyen Tuan Ninh - Photo: GIA HAN

The Government has issued Decree 179/2024 regulating policies to attract and promote talented people to work in agencies, organizations, and units of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations. The Decree takes effect from January 1, 2025. Nguyen Tuan Ninh, Director of the Department of Civil Servants and Public Employees, Ministry of Home Affairs, said that the Decree applies to 3 subjects: Talented cadres, civil servants, and public employees, excellent graduates, talented young scientists and experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists who are Vietnamese or foreigners. The Decree clearly states 6 policies to attract talented people to the public sector, including: preferential recruitment policies for civil servants and public employees; initial recruitment subsidies; post-recruitment training and development. Regarding working conditions, working equipment; priority arrangement and use; Support for experts, managers, business administrators, leading scientists who are Vietnamese living abroad or foreigners.

First-time recruitment incentive policies

Excellent students and talented young scientists, when recruited as civil servants and public employees, in addition to receiving 100% of their salary during the probationary period, will also receive an additional allowance of 150% of their salary according to the current salary coefficient within 5 years from the date of recruitment. Accordingly, the basic salary (excluding the 25% public service allowance for civil servants, allowances according to industry and field, if any) for those with a university degree will receive a salary of 13,700,000 VND/month; those with a master's degree will receive a salary of 15,620,000 VND/month; those with a doctoral degree will receive a salary of 17,550,000 VND/month. For experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists who are Vietnamese when recruited as civil servants and public employees   appointed, ranked in salary scale, professional title corresponding to the assigned job position (including main specialist, senior specialist and equivalent) and enjoy an additional allowance equal to 300% of the current salary. Accordingly, the lowest basic salary (excluding 25% public service allowance for civil servants, allowances according to industry and field, if any) for the case of being appointed as main specialist or equivalent is 41,184,000 VND/month. The case of being appointed as senior specialist or equivalent is 58,032,000 VND/month. In case of experts, managers, business administrators, leading scientists who are Vietnamese or foreigners and sign labor contracts, the head of ministries, branches, central and local agencies is allowed to decide on the remuneration level. This is done on the basis of job requirements, capacity, contributions of experts, leading scientists and funding sources to implement policies for talented people of ministries, branches, central and local agencies. Based on the ability to balance the budget, mobilize resources according to the provisions of law to implement policies for talented people, ministries, branches, central and local agencies are supplemented with other support policies for talented people. In addition, excellent graduates and talented young scientists after recruitment are considered and given priority for planning and appointment to leadership, management or leading expert positions in the fields of work at the central and local levels. Scientific staff with research capacity are focused on training to become scientists, leading experts in the fields assigned to preside over scientific research topics and projects from the ministerial level, provincial level and above.

Many preferential and incentive policies

The Decree stipulates support policies for experts, managers, business administrators, and leading scientists who are Vietnamese people living abroad or foreigners. Specifically, competent authorities will facilitate the simplification of paperwork and the issuance of visas, residence permits, and work permits in Vietnam. Facilitate and support family members in procedures when looking for jobs and enrolling and studying at educational and training institutions in Vietnam. Be granted multiple-entry visas or temporary residence cards with a duration corresponding to the time of signing the labor contract with the agency or unit as prescribed in this Decree (for family members as well).

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