How long is the study time to become a doctor? What is the current salary of doctors working in public health facilities in Vietnam?
- Vietnam: How long is the study time to become a doctor?
- What is the current salary of doctors working in public health facilities in Vietnam?
- What is the salary of doctors after the salary reform in Vietnam from July 1, 2024 according to Resolution 27?
- What are the allowances for doctors after the salary reform in Vietnam from July 1, 2024?
Vietnam: How long is the study time to become a doctor?
- Medicine is a special profession. Medical human resources must meet professional and ethical requirements; need to be selected, trained, used and given special treatment. The medical network system must be widespread and close to the people; Directed consistently and consistently in terms of expertise and operations by sector from the Central to localities nationwide, while ensuring the leadership and direction of local party committees and authorities.
Therefore, in terms of medical ethics, medical students must have a high level of expertise in a specific field of medicine. So how many years does it take to become a doctor?
According to the clinical system, medical students who complete 4 years will continue to study for two years as a medical resident. After completing 6 years of clinical university study, in order to be able to practice, you need to have an additional year of practice in a hospital under the guidance of a doctor. In fact, a doctor who wants to practice needs 7 years of study and must pass an exam to obtain a practicing certificate.
After that, doctors can choose either residency or specialty 1. And this time can last from 3 to 5 years depending on the depth of specialty. Thus, there will be a specialty of up to 12 years.
*Note: The above content of how many years to study as a doctor is for reference only
How long is the study time to become a doctor? What is the current salary of doctors working in public health facilities in Vietnam? (Picture from internet)
What is the current salary of doctors working in public health facilities in Vietnam?
Pursuant to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 13 of Joint Circular 10/2015/TTLT-BYT-BNV, regulating the salary coefficient of doctors in public medical facilities.
Clause 2, Article 3 of Decree 24/2023/ND-CP stipulates that the current statutory pay rate is 1,800,000 VND/month.
The current salary calculation formula for doctors working in public medical facilities is as follows:
Salary = Coefficient x Statutory pay rate
Thus, the salary table of doctors working in public health facilities includes:
Coefficients salary | Subject | Salary (Unit: VND) |
From 6,20 to 8,00 | Senior doctor | 11.160.000 to 14.400.000 |
From 4,40 to 6,78 | Primary doctor | 7.920.000 to 12.204.000 |
From 2,34 to 4,98 | Doctor | 4.212.000 to 8.964.000 |
*Note: The above salary table does not include allowances
What is the salary of doctors after the salary reform in Vietnam from July 1, 2024 according to Resolution 27?
(1) For doctors who are officials
Based on subsection 3.1, Section 3, Part II of Resolution 27-NQ/TW 2018, there is reform content on the design of the new salary structure for doctors (public sector) as follows:
3. Reform content
3.1. For officials, public employees and armed forces (public sector)
a) Design a new salary structure including: Base pay (accounting for about 70% of the total salary budget) and allowances (accounting for about 30% of the total salary budget). Additional bonus (bonus fund equals about 10% of the year's total salary fund, excluding allowances).
Accordingly, the salary structure of doctors when implementing salary reform will be as follows:
- Base pay:
Annul the current statutory pay rate and salary coefficient, develop the base salary by a specific amount in the new salary table.
Develop a professional salary table according to the professional title of public employees, applicable generally to public employees who do not hold leadership positions.
- Allowances:
- Additional bonuses.
Thus, according to the above content, when salary reform is implemented from July 1, 2024, the salary of doctors (public sector) will include the following amounts:
- Base pay.
- Allowances (if any).
- Bonus (if any).
(2) For doctors who are not officials
For doctors working in private hospitals who are not public sector officials, in the spirit of Resolution 27-NQ/TW 2018, the doctor's salary will be paid as an employee in the enterprise.
Doctors (employees) and employers will negotiate, negotiate salaries, sign labor contracts and pay salaries linked to productivity and labor results.
What are the allowances for doctors after the salary reform in Vietnam from July 1, 2024?
Based on the spirit of point d, subsection 3.1, Section 3, Part II of Resolution 27-NQ/TW 2018, which stipulates the content of salary reform, after the expected salary reform from July 1, 2024, Doctors will receive the following allowances:
- Continue to enjoy various types of allowances including: regional allowances; work responsibility allowance; extra seniority allowance; mobility allowance.
- Incorporate preferential allowances according to occupation, responsibility allowance according to occupation and toxic and dangerous allowances (collectively referred to as allowances according to occupation).
- Combine special allowances, attraction allowances and long-term work allowances in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions into work allowances in especially difficult areas.
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