The restructuring and streamlining of administrative apparatus and preparing the budget for the reformed salary project are key to wage reform.

Deputy Prime Minister Vương Đình Huệ, head of the Central Steering Committee for reform of wage and social insurance policies, made the statement at a meeting held yesterday in Hà Nội to review the implementation of a Party resolution on salary policy reform.

Ngọ Duy Hiểu, Vice President of the Việt Nam Confederation of Trade Union, talks to Thời báo Kinh tế Việt Nam (Việt Nam Economic Times) on the essential elements that must be addressed in the upcoming 2019 salary reform

Monthly minimum wage will increase from VNĐ1.39 million (US$60) to VNĐ1.49 million ($65) at the beginning of July next year, according to the National Assembly’s Resolution 70/2018/QH14.

The monthly basic wage of State employees will increase from VNĐ1.39 million (US$59) to VNĐ1.49 million ($63) from July next month thanks to a resolution on next year’s State budget estimate adopted by the National Assembly yesterday.

 National Wage Council yesterday opened its first meeting of this year, discussing on regional minimum wage to be applied next year.

In a single year, more than 60 public officials and servants working for ward-level agencies of southern Vũng Tàu City have quit their jobs, mostly because they say they aren't making enough to survive.

A minimum wage should be set that it is sufficient to attain a basic standard of living for labourers and their families, a new resolution on wage reform issued by the 12th Party Central Committee said.

The 14th National Assembly (NA) opened its fifth session yesterday in Hà Nội.

The seventh plenary session of the 12th Central Committee of the Communist Party of Việt Nam (CPV) concluded in Hà Nội on Saturday, completing all the agenda contents, focusing on key personnel building, wage reform and renewal of social insurance policies, after six working days.