THE GOVERNMENT
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SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM
Independence - Freedom - Happiness
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No:
175/1999/ND-CP
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Hanoi, December 15, 1999
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DECREE
ON THE
READJUSTMENT OF THE MINIMUM WAGE LEVEL AND THE LEVELS OF SUBSIDY AND
COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE APPLICABLE TO WAGE-EARNERS, AND SUBJECTS ENTITLED TO
ALLOWANCES, SUBSIDIES AND COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE FROM THE STATE BUDGET’S
FUNDING SOURCE
THE GOVERNMENT
Pursuant to the Law on Organization of the
Government of September 30, 1992;
At the proposal of the Minister-Head of the Government Commission for
Organization and Personnel,
DECREE:
Article 1.- As from January 1st, 2000, to readjust the
minimum wage level, and the levels of subsidy and cost-of-living allowance
applicable to subjects entitled to wage, allowance, subsidy and cost-of-living
allowance from the State budget’s funding source as follows:
1. To raise the minimum wage level from 144,000
VND/month as stipulated in the Government’s Decree
No. 06/CP of January 21, 1997 to 180,000 VND/month for subjects enjoying wage
or salary and allowance(s) paid from the State budget’s funding
source;
2. To increase by 25% the monthly cost-of-living
allowance for commune, ward or district township officials who either are in
active service or have retired, over the allowance levels prescribed in the
Government’s Decree No. 09/1998/ND-CP of January 23, 1998;
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4. To increase by 15% the subsidy fund
stipulated in the Government’s Decree No. 28/CP of April
29, 1995 and Decree No. 06/CP of January 21, 1997 for subjects enjoying the
monthly subsidies under the provisions of the "Ordinance on the
preferential treatment of revolutionary activists, fallen heroes and their
families, war invalids, diseased soldiers, resistance war activists and people
with meritorious services to the revolution" passed by the National
Assembly Standing Committee on August 29, 1994 (except for those who have been
paid subsidy in lump-sum).
Article 2.-
1. The Government Commission for Organization
and Personnel shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the Ministry
of Finance, the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs and the
Central Organization Commission in:
a) Guiding the readjustment of minimum wage
level and allowance levels prescribed in Clauses 1 and 2, Article 1 of this
Decree;
b) Guiding the ministries, branches and
localities in setting up and ratifying the increased wage and allowance funds,
ensuring that they shall not exceed the planned amount stated in the approved
2000 State budget and shall not cause sudden changes in prices;
2. The Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and
Social Affair shall assume the prime responsibility and coordinate with the
Government Commission for Organization and Personnel, the Ministry of Finance
and the Central Organization Commission in:
a) Guiding the increase of pension and subsidy
levels for subjects enjoying the monthly allowance under the social insurance
regime as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 1 this Decree;
b) Based on the total increased subsidy fund
stipulated in Clause 4, Article 1 of this Decree, providing detailed guidance
on the increased subsidy levels for each subject being persons with meritorious
services to the revolution on the principle that the highest increased subsidy
level shall not exceed 25% of the current level;
c) Guiding the localities in setting up and
ratifying the increased pension fund and subsidy fund, ensuring that they shall
not exceed the planned amount stated in the approved 2000 State budget;
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4. The Ministry of Finance shall coordinate with
the Government Commission for Organization and Personnel in guiding units with
revenue sources in working out the financial mechanism clearly defining the
revenue sources and the use of revenue sources; in working out policies to
encourage units with high revenue sources to set aside part of their revenue to
cover the wage fund by themselves.
Article 3.- The Ministry of Defense and the Ministry of
Public Security shall, after consulting the Government Commission for
Organization and Personnel, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Labor,
War Invalids and Social Affairs, guide the implementation of this Decree�s provisions for the
armed forces units under their respective management.
Article 4.- The ministers, the heads of the
ministerial-level agencies, the heads of agencies attached to the Government,
the presidents of the People’s Committees of the provinces
and centrally-run cities shall have to map out and synthesize their respective
increased wage fund, allowance fund, subsidy fund and cost-of-living fund, and
send 4 (four) copies to the chairing agencies stipulated in Clauses 1 and 2,
Article 2 of this Decree for approval. The ministries, branches and localities
shall pay wage, allowance, subsidy and cost-of-living allowance at the
prescribed levels only after obtaining the approval from those ministries and
branches, and shall be repaid at the level stipulated in this Decree as from
January 1st, 2000.
Article 5.- This Decree takes effect from January 1st, 2000.
Other deductions and wage-related regime or
cost-of-living allowance for subjects enjoying wage or cost-of-living allowance
from the State budget’s funding source shall be
recalculated correspondingly to the readjustment of the minimum wage level and
cost-of-living allowance levels as prescribed in this Decree.
Article 4.- The ministers, the heads of ministerial-level
agencies, the heads of agencies attached to the Government, the presidents of
the People’s Committees of the provinces and centrally-run
cities shall have to implement this Decree.
ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
FOR THE PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
Nguyen Tan Dung
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