All Allowances for Persons Working in Extremely Difficult Areas from December 2019 in Vietnam

02:25, 10/07/2024

Recently, the Government of Vietnam issued Decree 76/2019/ND-CP, replacing Decree 116/2010/ND-CP and Decree 64/2009/ND-CP, on benefits for officials, public employees, employees, and salaried personnel in the armed forces working in areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions in Vietnam.

All allowances and subsidies for officials working in extremely difficult areas under the new regulations in Vietnam are summarized in the table below:

No	Type of Allowance, Subsidy	Amount
01	Attraction Allowance (not more than 5 years)	70% (current salary + leadership position allowance, seniority allowance exceeding the framework)
02	Long-term Service Allowance (statutory pay rate of 1,490,000 VND/month)	0.5 x 1,490,000 VND/month for personnel with service from 5 to less than 10 years
		0.7 x 1,490,000 VND/month for personnel with service from 10 to less than 15 years
		1 x 1,490,000 VND/month for personnel with service from 15 years or more
03	Initial Allowance (paid immediately and only once during the entire service period)	Allowance amount = 10 months' statutory pay rate 10 x 1,490,000 VND = 14,900,000 VND
03		If the family moves together, they are additionally entitled to: - Travel fees and luggage costs for family members are calculated based on the actual public transportation fare or paid according to the distance traveled multiplied by the standard fare of public transportation. - Additional 12 months' statutory pay rate for the family (12 x 1,490,000 VND = 17,880,000 VND)
04	Allowance for Purchasing and Transporting Fresh and Clean Water (applied to areas lacking fresh and clean water seasonally)	Monthly allowance: a x (c – d) Annual allowance: a x (c – d) x b Where: a is the standard norm of 6m^3^/person/month b is the actual number of months lacking fresh and clean water in a year c is the cost of purchasing and transporting 1m^3^ of fresh and clean water to the residence and workplace of the beneficiary d is the price of fresh and clean water used in the salary calculation, equivalent to the business price of 1m^3^ of clean water.
05	One-time Allowance when Transferring Work from Especially Difficult Socio-Economic Regions or Retiring (applied to personnel with at least 10 years of service in the region)	½ (current monthly salary + leadership position allowance, seniority allowance exceeding the framework) multiplied by the number of service years.
06	Travel Expenses	Travel expenses for visits to the family during annual leave, public holidays, and personal leave are reimbursed.
07	Allowance for Study, Training, and Professional Development (appleid to cases authorized by competent agencies, organizations, units)	Support for the purchase of study materials and 100% tuition fees, travel costs from the workplace to the study location. For personnel working in ethnic minority areas who self-study the ethnic language to fulfill their duties, support is provided for study materials and self-study allowances. The self-study allowance is equivalent to the allowance for studying in formal schools or classes.
08	Professional Allowance (only applied to subjects under Clauses 1, 2, 3, Article 11 of Decree 76/2019/ND-CP)	70% (current salary + leadership position allowance, seniority allowance exceeding the framework).
09	Allowance for Mobile Work and Teaching Ethnic Minority Languages for Educators, Public Employees in Education Management	Mobile Work Allowance: Applicable to educators and public employees in education management who are specializing in illiteracy eradication and general education and frequently travel to villages. Allowance amount: 0.2 x statutory pay rate = 0.2 x 1,490,000 VND = 298,000 VND.
09		Allowance for Teaching Ethnic Minority Languages: Applicable to educators and public employees in education management teaching ethnic minority languages. Allowance amount: 50% of current salary + leadership position allowance, seniority allowance exceeding the framework.

More details can be found in Decree 76/2019/ND-CP effective from December 1, 2019, replacing Decree 116/2010/ND-CP and Decree 64/2009/ND-CP.

Lan Anh

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