The
Ministry of Home Affairs will propose an increase in the minimum wage for
public servants and members of the armed forces to help ensure they can meet
basic living needs.
The ministry will also propose changes to the
Government payroll system and to policies involving allowances or other
additional payments made to employees.
The move follows a ministry survey showing
that over 98 per cent of staff in the ministries of Education and Training,
Science and Technology, and Health, as well as local governments in 15 cities
and provinces, said the current minimum wage was too low.
The survey was conducted as part of a
UNDP-funded project to assess the implementation of wage policy reform for
public servants since 2003 and reform plans for 2012-20.
The minimum wage has been increased from
VND210,000 (US$10.50) per month in 2003 to VND830,000 ($41.50) currently, with
periodic increases based on inflation and State budget resources.
Participants in a workshop held yesterday in
the northern city of Hai Phong agreed that high inflation and other economic
difficulties since the global financial crisis in 2008 have increased pressures
on low-paid workers trying to meet basic living conditions.
Participants at the workshop proposed that the
minimum wage for public servants be increased to the same level or higher than
that for workers in the private sector to encourage public servants to perform
their duties more effectively.
Source: VNS
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