THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No. 03/2006/ND-CP
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Hanoi, January 06, 2006
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DECREE
PROVIDING
MINIMUM WAGE RATES OF VIETNAMESE EMPLOYEES WORKING IN ENTERPRISES WITH FOREIGN
OWNED CAPITAL, FOREIGN BODIES AND ORGANIZATIONS, AND INTERNATIONAL
ORGANIZATIONS AND FOR FOREIGN INDIVIDUALS IN VIETNAM
Pursuant to the Law on Organization
of the Government dated 25 December 2001;
Pursuant to the Labour Code dated 23 June 1994, and the Law on Amendment of the
Labour Code dated 2 April 2002;
On the proposal of the Minister of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs;
DECREES:
Article 1
The minimum wage rate payable for
work by Vietnamese employees doing the most basic work in normal working
conditions for enterprises with foreign owned capital, foreign bodies and organizations,
international organizations and foreign individuals in Vietnam (hereinafter
collectively referred to as enterprises) shall be as follows:
1. Not less than eight hundred and
seventy thousand (870,000) Vietnamese dong per month, applicable to enterprises
operating in inner city districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City.
2. Not less than seven hundred and
ninety thousand (790,000) Vietnamese dong per month, applicable to enterprises
operating in outer city districts of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City; inner city
districts of Hai Phong; the city of Ha Long in the province of Quang Ninh; the
city of Bien Hoa in the province of Dong Nai; the city of Vung Tau in the
province of Ba Ria Vung Tau; the township of Thu Dau Mot and the rural
districts of Thuan An, Di An, Ben Cat and Tan Uyen in the province of Binh
Duong.
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Article 2
1. The minimum wage rates stipulated
in this Decree shall be used as the basis for calculating wage scales, wage
tables and all types of allowances; for calculating wage rates recorded in
labour contracts, and for implementing other regimes formulated by enterprises
and promulgated by them in accordance with authority as provided in the law on
labour.
2. The lowest wage rate payable for
employees who have passed vocational training courses (including courses which
enterprises themselves held) must be at least seven per cent higher than the
minimum wage rates stipulated in article 1 of this Decree.
3. Enterprises are encouraged to pay
higher minimum wage rates than those stipulated in article 1 of this Decree.
Article 3
1. The Government shall amend the
minimum wage rates stipulated in article 1 of this Decree depending on the
economic growth rate, the cost of living index, and labour supply and demand at
any one time.
2. The Ministry of Labour, War
Invalids and Social Affairs shall, after consultation with the Vietnam General
Confederation of Labour, representatives of employers and relevant ministries
and branches, make submissions to the Government for amendment of the minimum
wage rates stipulated in clause 1 of this article.
Article 4
This Decree shall be of full force
and effect as of 1 February 2006.
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Article 5
Ministers, heads of ministerial
equivalent bodies and Government bodies, and chairmen of peoples committees of
provinces and cities under central authority shall be responsible for
implementation of this Decree.
ON
BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
PRIME MINISTER
Phan Van Khai