Guidance on salary arrangement for information-technology public employees in Vietnam from December 12, 2020

Circular 29 provides guidance on salary arrangement for public employees working in information technology after completing their probation period and being appointed to professional titles in Vietnam. To be specific:

- In cases where recruited public employees have relevant doctoral training for the job position, they are classified at rank 3, with a salary coefficient of 3.00, according to the salary scale for public employees of category A1;

- In cases where recruited public employees have relevant master's training for the job position, they are classified at rank 2, with a salary coefficient of 2.67, according to the salary scale for public employees of category A1;

- In cases where recruited public employees have relevant undergraduate training for the job position, they are classified at rank 1, with a salary coefficient of 2.34, according to the salary scale for public employees of category A1;

- In cases where appointed to the professional title of System Administrator grade IV (code V11.06.15), Software Developer grade IV (code V11.08.22):

•  When  recruited  with  appropriate  college-level  training  for  the  job  position,  they  are  classified  at  rank  2,  with  a  salary  coefficient  of  2.06;
•  When  recruited  with  appropriate  intermediate-level  training  for  the  job  position,  they  are  classified  at  rank  1,  with  a  salary  coefficient  of  1.86,  according  to  the  salary  scale  for  public  employees  of  category  B.

More details can be found in Circular 29/2020/TT-BTTTT, which comes into force in Vietnam from December 12, 2020.

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