How much is the minimum wage per hour of employees working in Go Vap district in Ho Chi Minh City?
How much is the minimum hourly wage of employees working in Go Vap district in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam? What is the minimum wage of employees staying in District 12 but working in Go Vap district in Ho Chi Minh City?
Hello Lawnet. I am the owner of a cafe in Go Vap district, Ho Chi Minh City. Recently, I heard that region-based statutory minimum wages has increased. If I hire employees, how much shall I pay them per hour?
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How much is the minimum hourly wage of employees working in Go Vap District in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam?
Pursuant to Appendix I on the areas to applied statutory minimum wages (takes effect from July 1st 2022) issued together with the Decree 38/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating as follows:
1. Region I includes:
- Districts and Gia Lam, Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Thuong Tin, Hoai Duc, Thach That, Quoc Oai, Thanh Oai, Me Linh, Chuong My and Son Tay of Hanoi;
- Ha Long city of Quang Ninh province;
- Districts and Thuy Nguyen, An Duong, An Lao, Vinh Bao, Tien Lang, Cat Hai, Kien Thuy of Hai Phong city;
- Districts, Thu Duc city and Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh, Nha Be of Ho Chi Minh City;
- The cities of Bien Hoa, Long Khanh and Nhon Trach, Long Thanh, Vinh Cuu, Trang Bom and Xuan Loc districts of Dong Nai province;
- The cities of Thu Dau Mot, Thuan An and Di An; the towns of Ben Cat, Tan Uyen and the districts of Bau Bang, Bac Tan Uyen, Dau Tieng and Phu Giao of Binh Duong province;
- Vung Tau city, Phu My town of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 3 of the Decree 38/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating statutory minimum wages as follows:
1. The region-based statutory minimum wages per month and per hour paid to employees are provided for as follows:
Region |
Statutory minimum wages per month (Unit: VND/month) |
Statutory minimum wages per hour (Unit: VND/hour) |
Region I |
4.680.000 |
22.500 |
Region II |
4.160.000 |
20.000 |
Region III |
3.640.000 |
17.500 |
Region IV |
3.250.000 |
15.600 |
As regulations above, Go Vap district is included in Region I. Therefore, the statutory minimum wage per hour of employee is 22.500 VND/hour
What is the minimum wage of employees staying in District 12 but working in Go Vap district in Ho Chi Minh City?
Pursuant to Clause 3, Article 3 of the Decree 38/2022/NĐ-CP stipulating determination of a subregion as the basis for application of the statutory minimum wages in Vietnam as follows:
3. Determination of a subregion as the basis for application of the statutory minimum wages shall be conducted based on the employer’s place of operation. To be specific:
a) An employer located in a specific subregion shall apply the respective statutory minimum wage applied thereto.
b) In the event that an employer has its affiliates and/or branches located in different subregions to which different statutory minimum wages apply, such affiliates and/or branches must apply the respective statutory minimum wages applied thereto.
c) If an employer is located in an industrial park or export processing zone located in the territory containing two or more subregions to which different statutory minimum wages apply, the highest statutory minimum wage shall apply.
d) If an employer is located in a subregion which is renamed or divided, the statutory minimum wage applied to that subregion before it is renamed or divided shall still apply until new regulations promulgated by the Government come into force.
dd) If an employer is located in a subregion which is converted or established from a subregion or by consolidation of two or more subregions to which different statutory minimum wages apply, it shall apply the highest statutory minimum wage.
e) In case an employer is located in a provincial city which is established from one or more subregions in the region IV, it shall apply the statutory minimum wage applied to the remaining provincial cities as prescribed in Clause 3 of the Appendix enclosed herewith.
As regulations above, employees staying in District 12 but working in Go Vap district shall receive the minimum wage rate of Go Vap district.
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