Officials and civil servants IN HANOI, VIETNAM

Vietnam: New points on work-trip allowances for officials

11:30, 19/05/2017

Circular No. 40/2017/TT-BTC of the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam deals with work-trip allowances and conference expenditures applicable to regulatory agencies, public service providers, political organizations, socio-political organizations, other organizations or associations funded by state budget (hereinafter referred to as agencies and units). This Circular amends work-trip allowances for officials on work trips, specifically as follows:

Unit: VND/day

No.	Work-trip allowance	Current regulation (Circular No. 97/2010/TT-BTC)	New regulation (Circular No. 40/2017/TT-BTC)
1	Stay allowance	150.000	200.000
2	Stay allowance in case of work trips at sea or on islands	200.000	250.000
3	Fixed allowance for payment of rents for lodgings in work-trip destinations
3.1	Holders of ministerial, deputy ministerial and leading titles who enjoy a post-based allowance coefficient of 1.25 or higher	900.000	1.000.000
3.2	Work trips to urban districts or urban centers of central-affiliated cities and provincial grade-I urban centers	350.000	450.000
3.3	Work trips to rural districts or towns of central-affiliated cities and other provincial towns or cities	250.000	350.000
3.4	Work trips to other areas	200.000	300.000
4	Invoice-based payment of rents for lodgings in work-trip destinations
4.1	Holders of ministerial and equivalent leading titles	2.500.000	2.500.000
4.1	Work trips to urban districts or urban centers of central-affiliated cities and provincial grade-I urban centers	900.000 - 1.200.000	1.000.000 - 1.200.000
4.3	Work trips to other areas	600.000 - 1.000.000	700.000 - 1.100.000

Therefore, according to Vietnam’s new regulations, work-trip allowances for officials have been adjusted to increase an additional VND 50,000 for accommodation allowance and an additional of VND 100,000 for room rental fees. However, the room rental fees paid based on invoices for Ministerial-level leaders and equivalent positions remain unchanged.

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