The regular salary step advancement in Vietnam is stipulated in Decree 204/2004/ND-CP (amended and supplemented by Decree 17/2013/ND-CP and Circular 08/2013/TT-BNV). The officials and public employees must meet the conditions for salary step advancement and have sufficient working time depending on each entity. To be specific:
Standards for salary step advancement
For officials:
- Be assessed by competent authorities at the level of task completion or higher but with limited capabilities;
- Not be under any one of disciplinary measures: Reprimand, warning, demotion, or dismissal.
For public employees and workers:
- Be assessed by competent authorities at the level of task completion or higher;
- Not be under any one of disciplinary measures: Reprimand, warning, demotion, or dismissal.
Regarding the working time and method of determining the salary step:
Senior Experts: If not yet placed at the final salary step of the payroll, after 5 years (a full 60 months) of holding the salary step in the payroll applicable to senior experts (Table 1 Decree 204/2004/ND-CP), they are considered for a one-salary-step advancement.
Officials, public employees, and administrative staff in state agencies and public service providers:
- For those in the groups below who have not yet reached the final salary step, after 3 years (a full 36 months) of holding the salary step in the grade, they are considered for a one-salary-step advancement.
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- For those in the groups below who have not yet reached the final salary step, after 2 years (a full 24 months) of holding the salary step in the grade, they are considered for a one-salary-step advancement.
official/public employee grades |
Entity |
Group of officials applying Table 2 of Decree 204 |
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category B official |
Intermediate statistician; Intermediate controllers of product and goods quality; THA intermediate secretary (civil); Intermediate tax inspectors; intermediate rangers; Intermediate preservation technician; Warehouse keeper for preservation; Officers; Intermediate accountant; tax inspectors; Treasurer of money, gold, silver and gems (banks); Customs intermediate inspectors; Animal and plant quarantine technicians; Forest Rangers; dike intermediate controller; Technician testing and preservation; Intermediate market controllers. |
category C official |
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Group 1 |
Treasurers of treasuries and banks; Auditors; Customs officers; Primary rangers; Warehouse keeper for group I; Warehouse keeper of group II; Guard, patrol and guard. |
Group 2 |
Treasurer of agencies and units; Tax Officer. |
Group 3 |
Junior accountant rank. |
Group of public employees applying Table 3 of Decree 204 |
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category B public employee |
Social workers; Intermediate midwifery; Medical intermediate technicians; Intermediate Nursing; Intermediate population; Occupational safety technical inspection technicians; Intermediate geodetic and cartographic maps; Intermediate cadastral officer; Intermediate investigator of natural resources and environment; Hydrometeorological intermediate forecaster; Hydrometeorological intermediate controller; Intermediate observer of natural resources and environment; Intermediate archivists; Storage technicians; Technician diagnosing animal diseases; Plant Protection Forecasting Technicians; Technicians for pesticide – veterinary drug inspection; Plant variety testing technicians; Technicians; Observers; Primary school teachers; preschool teachers; Doctors; Principal Nurse; The main midwife; Principal Medical Technician; Intermediate pharmacist; Pharmacy technicians; Cinematographer; Grade III Actor; Intermediate painter; Conservation and museum technicians; Intermediate librarians; Tour guide (culture and information sector); Propagandists; Instructor (physical education and sports). |
category C public employee |
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Group 1 |
Primary social worker; Primary midwifery; Primary medical technicians; Primary Nursing; Primary population officers; Primary environmental resources monitors; Primary observers; Nurse; Midwife; Medical technicians; Assistants; Pharmacist; Pharmacy technician. |
Group 2 |
Mortuary Staff Rank |
Group 3 |
Medical Rank |
The group of employee ranks applying Table 4 of Decree 204 includes: |
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Agency drivers; Typing technicians; Technical staff; Technical staff; Security guards; Clerical staff; Waitstaff. |
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