03 Useful Policies and Regulations that Officials and Public Employees Need to Pay Attention To

1. Increase in actual salaries

From July 01, 2019, the actual salaries of officials and public employees will be increased to correspond with the increment in the statutory pay rate. Currently, the statutory pay rate is 1.39 million VND/month and will be increased to 1.49 million VND/month from July 01, 2019, as stipulated in Decree 38/2019/ND-CP.

Simultaneously, allowances calculated based on the statutory pay rate for officials and public employees will also increase accordingly. The Ministry of Home Affairs is drafting regulations on salary and allowance calculations for officials and public employees, which will be promulgated soon.

Individuals can refer to the draft content on salary calculation in the following article: How are the salaries of officials and public employees calculated from July 01, 2019?

2. Increase in retirement pensions, social insurance allowance, and monthly allowances

The Government of Vietnam has just issued Decree 44/2019/ND-CP detailing a 7.19% increase for retirement pensions, social insurance allowances, and monthly allowances.

Accordingly, the retirement pensions and allowances from July 2019 will see a 7.19% increase compared to the figures from June 2019.

3. List of universities authorized to issue foreign language proficiency certificates

The Quality Management Department under the Ministry of Education and Training has just released Announcement 538/QLCL-QLVBCC listing the entities qualified to organize examinations and issue foreign language certificates according to the 6-level foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam, and IT application certificates.

As of May 15, 2019, the number of qualified universities and entities includes:

- 08 universities authorized to organize examinations and issue 6-level foreign language certificates for Vietnam;- 176 units authorized to organize examinations and issue IT application certificates;- 05 universities authorized to organize examinations and issue training certificates for foreign language examiners, training certificates for foreign language speaking and writing examiners according to the English proficiency assessment framework.

Detailed lists of the aforementioned universities and entities can be found in Announcement 538/QLCL-QLVBCC issued on May 20, 2019.

For cases using foreign language certificates not aligned with the 6-level foreign language proficiency framework for Vietnam, individuals can refer to the guidance on foreign language certificate conversion HERE.

Duy Thinh

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