The level of preferential allowance for teachers in Vietnam 2023

The level of preferential allowance for teachers in Vietnam 2023 (Internet image)

1. Preferential allowance for teachers in Vietnam 2023

The level of preferential allowance for teachers in 2023 is as follows:

- The allowance of 25% applies to teachers who are directly teaching in universities, colleges, academies, training schools of ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies attached to the government, Party organizations, socio-political organizations at the central level, and political schools of provinces and centrally run cities (except teachers teaching in pedagogical schools, pedagogical faculties, and teachers teaching Marxist-Leninist and Ho Chi Minh ideology);

- The 30% allowance applies to teachers who are directly teaching in junior high schools, high schools, general technical - vocational centers, continuing education centers, vocational training centers in deltas, cities, and towns; professional high schools, vocational schools; political training centers in districts, towns, and cities directly under the province;

- The allowance of 35% applies to teachers who are directly teaching in preschools and primary schools in the delta, cities, and towns; lower secondary schools, upper secondary schools, general technical centers - vocational guidance, continuing education centers, vocational training centers in mountainous, island, deep-lying, and remote areas;

- The 40% allowance applies to teachers who are directly teaching in pedagogical schools, pedagogical faculties (universities, colleges, high schools), schools of education and training administrators, and political teachers in professional secondary schools and vocational schools;

- The allowance of 45% applies to teachers who are directly teaching Marxist-Leninist science subjects, Ho Chi Minh Thought in universities and colleges;

- The 50% allowance applies to teachers who are directly teaching in preschools and primary schools in mountainous, island, deep-lying, and remote areas.

The determination of mountainous areas shall comply with the provisions of the Committee for Ethnic Minorities; the island area shall be determined according to geographical reality; and remote and deep-lying areas, depending on the characteristics of each locality, shall be guided by the provincial People's Committees after obtaining the consensus of the Inter-Ministry.

(Section II.1 of Joint Circular 01/2006/TTLT-BGD&DT-BNV-BTC)

2. Calculation of the preferential allowance for teachers in Vietnam 2023

Preferential allowance level = General minimum salary x [wage coefficient by rank, current rank + coefficient of allowance for leadership positions (if any) + % (according to the coefficient) overtime allowance (if any)] x percentage of preferential allowance.

(Section II.2 of Joint Circular 01/2006/TTLT-BGD&DT-BNV-BTC)

3. Subjects entitled to preferential allowance for teachers' profession in Vietnam

- Teachers (including those during probationary periods, under contract) who are on the payroll, are directly teaching in public educational institutions of the national education system and schools, centers, and academies belonging to state agencies, the Party, and socio-political organizations (hereinafter referred to as public educational institutions) are funded by the State for their operation (including revenues from the state budget and non-business revenues as prescribed by law);

- Teachers (including those during their probationary period, under contract) on the payroll of public educational institutions to be in charge of the team and guide practice at workshops, stations, camps, and laboratories;

- Managers who are on the payroll of public educational institutions and directly teach for a full number of hours as prescribed by competent authorities.

(Section I.1 of Joint Circular 01/2006/TTLT-BGD&DT-BNV-BTC)

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