Vietnam: What is the statutory minimum wage for primary school teachers in Region I under employment contracts?

What is the statutory minimum statutory minimum wage for primary school teachers in Region I of Vietnam under employment contracts?

Under Decree 74/2024/ND-CP, effective from July 1, 2024, there is an increase of 6% in the monthly and hourly statutory minimum wage for employees working for employers according to the region.

According to the provisions of Clause 1, Article 3 of Decree 74/2024/ND-CP, from July 1, 2024, the new region-based minimum wage will increase by a range of 200,000 to 280,000 VND/month as follows:

Therefore, primary school teachers in Region I of Vietnam under employment contracts are entitled to a monthly statutory minimum wage of 4,960,000 VND.

What is the statutory minimum statutory minimum wage for primary school teachers in Region I of Vietnam under employment contracts? (Image from the Internet)

How many lessons per week must a primary school teacher in Vietnam teach according to regulations?

Under Clause 1, Article 6 of the working regulations for general education teachers issued with Circular 28/2009/TT-BGDDT as amended and supplemented by Clause 5, Article 1 of Circular 15/2017/TT-BGDDT:

Teaching lesson norms

The teaching lesson norm is the number of theoretical or practical lessons each teacher must teach in a week. To be specific:

1. The teaching lesson norm for primary school teachers is 23 lessons; for lower secondary school teachers, it is 19 lessons; and for upper secondary school teachers, it is 17 lessons;

2. The teaching lesson norm for teachers at boarding ethnic secondary schools is 17 lessons at the lower secondary level and 15 lessons at the upper secondary level.

The teaching lesson norm for teachers at semi-boarding ethnic secondary schools is 21 lessons at the primary level, 17 lessons at the lower secondary level.

The teaching lesson norm for teachers at schools or classes for the disabled or handicapped is 21 lessons for primary school teachers and 17 lessons for lower secondary school teachers.

The teaching lesson norm for teachers at pre-university schools is 12 lessons.

3. A teacher acting as the leader of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization of a Grade I school teaches 2 lessons a week, a Grade 2 school teaches 1/3 of the teaching lesson norm, and a Grade 3 school teaches 1/2 of the teaching lesson norm of teachers of the same education level. The classification of schools follows current regulations.

Thus, the teaching lesson norm is the number of theoretical or practical lessons each teacher must teach in a week. Typically, a primary school teacher shall teach 23 lessons/week. If they are teachers at schools or classes for the disabled or handicapped or at semi-boarding ethnic schools, they are reduced to 21 lessons/week.

A teacher acting as the leader of the Ho Chi Minh Young Pioneer Organization of a Grade I school teaches 2 lessons a week, a Grade 2 school teaches 1/3 of the teaching lesson norm, and a Grade 3 school teaches 1/2 of the teaching lesson norm of teachers of the same education level.

The classification of secondary schools follows current regulations.

What are the criteria for a primary school teacher in Vietnam?

Under Article 72 of the Law on Education 2019, the standardized educational qualifications of teachers of teachers are as follows:

Standardized educational qualifications of teachers

1. Standardized educational qualifications of teachers are regulated as follows:

a) Teachers of preschool education teachers must possess at least a pedagogical college diploma;

b) Teachers of primary education, lower secondary education and upper secondary education must possess at least a bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training.

In case a subject is yet to acquire enough teachers with bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training, teachers of this subject must possess a bachelor's degree of suitable specialization and a certificate of pedagogy training;

c) Lecturers of higher education must possess a master’s degree; lecturers teaching or instructing master or doctor’s theses must possess a doctoral degree.

b) Standardized educational qualifications of teachers working in institutions of vocational education shall follow regulations in the Law on Vocational education.

2. The Government shall specify road maps for improving standardized educational qualifications of teachers of preschool education, primary education and lower secondary education as prescribed in point a and point b of clause 1 of this Article. Within the scope of their duties and authorities, the Minister of Education and Training and Minister of Labour - War Invalids and Social Affairs shall stipulate employment of teachers not meeting criteria prescribed in clause 1 of this Article.

Thus, to become a primary school teacher, one must have a bachelor's degree in teacher training or higher.

In case a subject is yet to acquire enough teachers with bachelor’s degree in pedagogy training, teachers of this subject must possess a bachelor's degree of suitable specialization and a certificate of pedagogy training;