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The Government has just issued Decrees 107/2010/NĐ-CP and 108/210/NĐ-CP stipulating minimum salaries of Vietnamese employees working for foreign and domestic enterprises.
The salary benchmarks will be higher than the present ones by VND 100,000-370,000.
The benchmarks are classified in four regions from big cities to remote areas as shown in the following table:
Region |
In SOEs |
In foreign-invested enterprises |
||
Present (VND/month) |
New benchmark (VND/month) |
Present (VND/month) |
New benchmark (VND/month) |
|
I |
980,000 |
1,350,000 |
1,340,000 |
1,550,000 |
II |
880,000 |
1,200,000 |
1,190,000 |
1,350,000 |
III |
810,000 |
1,050,000 |
1,040,000 |
1,170,000 |
IV |
730,000 |
830,000 |
1,000,000 |
1,100,000 |
The Decrees also encourage enterprises to pay minimum wages higher than the above regional benchmarks./.
By Kim Loan