Vietnam Implements New Base Salary Guidelines

The Ministry of Home Affairs in Vietnam has unveiled Circular No. 13/2026/TT-BNV, detailing how salary structures, allowances, and other benefits will be calculated within the framework of a new base salary. This circular is effective from July 1, 2026, impacting numerous public sector employees and those receiving state-funded compensation.

The new base salary is determined at 2,530,000 Vietnamese dong monthly. This updated salary structure will influence civil servants, public workers, officials within Party and State agencies, socio-political organizations, and various government-funded worker categories.

According to the new guidelines, monthly salaries will be calculated by multiplying the appropriate salary coefficient with the established base salary. Moreover, allowances directly associated with this base will be recalibrated while existing percentage-based allowances will continue to follow previously established methods considering salary levels and other benefits.

This regulation also accommodates workers engaged with associations, international organizations, and projects in Vietnam, alongside those who are currently studying, receiving medical care, in internships, or temporarily suspended from their jobs, ensuring adjustments to salary-related calculations where relevant.

Attention has been particularly directed towards workers in villages and residential areas. The state budget allowance for part-time workers in these communities will now reflect the new base salary level of 2.53 million VND per month, stabilizing consistency in local administrative salary structures.

The circular specifies how recalculations of social insurance contributions, salary benefits, allowances for People’s Council representatives, and salary difference coefficients will occur starting July 1. Government agencies are mandated to update payroll systems and benefit regulations before this date.

Officials indicate that these reforms aim to promote transparency and standardization in salary management across Vietnam’s public sector. This new framework will replace Circular No. 07/2024/TT-BNV and will serve as the cornerstone for upcoming salary and allowance calculations aligned with recent wage policy transformations.

The Ministry has reiterated that all deductions, social insurance, and employee benefits connected to the base salary will undergo automatic adjustments from July 1, 2026. This change is poised to impact millions of public sector employees across the nation, marking a significant step in Vietnam's ongoing initiative to modernize its public administration and compensation frameworks.