Minimum Wages in Vietnam with effect from 01-01-2017 to 31-12-2017

Last update: 28-12-2016

Currency: VND (VND Dong)

Region	Minimum Wage per Month
Region I	3,750,000.00
Region II	3,320,000.00
Region III	2,900,000.00
Region IV	2,580,000.00

Source

Decree 153/2016/NĐ-CP, 14/11/2016

Notes / Footnote

Provinces/districts covered under each region

Region	The details of administrative units based on localities
Region I	Region I, covering the following localities:
	- Urban districts and Gia Lam, Dong Anh, Soc Son, Thanh Tri, Tu Liem, Thuong Tin, Hoai Duc, Thach That, Quoc Oai, Me Linh and Chuong My rural districts and Son Tay town of Hanoi;
	- Urban districts and Thuy Nguyen, An Duong, An Lao and Vinh Bao rural districts of Hai Phong city;
	- The urban districts and Cu Chi, Hoc Mon, Binh Chanh, Nha Be rural district of Ho Chi Minh City;
	- Bien Hoa City and Nhon Trach, Long Thanh, Vinh Cuu, Trang Bom rural districts of Dong Nai province;
	- Thu Dau Mot town and the Thuan An, Di An, Ben Cat and Tan Uyen rural districts of Binh Duong province;
	- Vung Tau City of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province.
Region II	Region II, covering the following localities:
	- Remaining districts of Hanoi city;
	- Remaining districts of Hai Phong city;
	- Hung Yen city and My Hao, Van Lam, Van Giang and Yen My rural districts of Hung Yen province;
	- Vinh Yen city, Phuc Yen Town, and Binh Xuyen, Yen Lac rural districts of Vinh Phuc province;
	- Bac Ninh city, Tu Son town and Que Vo, Tien Du, Yen Phong, Thuan Thanh rural districts of Bac Ninh province;
	- Ha Long and Mong Cai cities of Quang Ninh province;
	- Thai Nguyen city of Thai Nguyen province.
	- Viet Tri city of Phu Tho province;
	- Lao Cai city of Lao Cai province;
	- Ninh Binh city of Ninh Binh province;
	- Hue city of Thua Thien Hue province;
	- Districts of Da Nang city;
	- Nha Trang city and Cam Ranh Town of Khanh Hoa province;
	- Da Lat city and Bao Loc city of Lam Dong province;
	- Phan Thiet city of Binh Thuan province;
	- The remaining rural districts of Ho Chi Minh city;
	- Long Khanh town and Dinh Quan, Xuan Loc rural districts of Dong Nai province;
	- Phu Giao and Dau Tieng rural district of Binh Duong Province;
	- Chon Thanh rural district of Binh Phuoc province;
	- Ba Ria town and Tan Thanh rural district of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province;
	- Tan An city and the Duc Hoa, Ben Luc, Can Duoc, Can Giuoc rural districts of Long An province;
	- My Tho city of Tien Giang Province;
	- Urban districts of Can Tho city;
	- Rach Gia city of Kien Giang province;
	- Long Xuyen city of An Giang province;
	- Ca Mau city of Ca Mau province.
Region III	Region III, covering the following localities:
	- Remaining cities of provinces (except the cities mentioned in the Region II);
	- Chi Linh town and Cam Giang, Nam Sach, Kim Thanh, Kinh Mon, Gia Loc, Binh Giang, Tu Ky rural districts of Hai Duong province;
	- Vinh Tuong, Tam Dao, Tam Duong, Lap Thach, Song Lo rural districts of Vinh Phuc province;
	- Phu Tho town and Phu Ninh, Lam Thao, Thanh Ba, Tam Nong rural districts of Phu Tho province;
	- Gia Binh, Luong Tai rural districts of Bac Ninh province;
	- VietYen, Yen Dung, Hiep Hoa, Tan Yen, Lang Giang rural districts of Bac Giang province;
	- Uong Bi town, Cam Pha town and Hoang Bo, Dong Trieu rural districts of Quang Ninh province;
	- Bao Thang, Sa Pa rural districts of Lao Cai Province;
	- The remaining districts of Hung Yen province;
	- Song Cong town and Pho Yen, Phu Binh, Phu Luong, Dong Hy, Dai Tu rural districts of Thai Nguyen province;
	- My Loc rural districts of Nam Dinh province;
	- Duy Tien, Kim Bang rural districts of Ha Nam province;
	- Tam Diep Town and Gia Vien, Yen Khanh, Hoa Lu rural districts of Ninh Binh province;
	- Bim Son Town and Tinh Gia rural districts of Thanh Hoa province;
	- Ky Anh rural districts of Ha Tinh province;
	- Huong Thuy town and Huong Tra, Phu Loc, Phong Dien, Quang Dien, Phu Vang rural districts of Thua Thien – Hue province;
	- Dien Ban, Dai Loc, Duy Xuyen, Nui Thanh rural districts of Quang Nam province;
	- Binh Son, Son Tinh rural districts of Quang Ngai province;
	- Song Cau town of Phu Yen province;
	- Cam Lam, Dien Khanh, Ninh Hoa, Van Ninh rural districts of Khanh Hoa province;
	- Ninh Hai, Thuan Bac rural districts of Ninh Thuan province;
	- Dak Ha rural district of Kon Tum province;
	- Duc Trong, Di Linh rural districts of Lam Dong Province;
	- La Gi town and Ham Thuan Bac, Ham Thuan Nam rural districts of Binh Thuan province;
	- Trang Bang, Go Dau rural districts of Tay Ninh province;
	- Dong Xoai town, Phuoc Long, Binh Long, Dong Phu, Quan Hon rural districts of Binh Phuoc province Hon;
	- Remaining rural districts of Dong Nai province;
	- Remaining rural districts of Binh Duong province;
	- Long Dien, Dat Do, Xuyen Moc, Chau Duc, Con Dao rural districts of Ba Ria - Vung Tau province;
	- Thu Thua, Duc Hue, Chau Thanh, Tan Tru, Thanh Hoa rural districts of Long An province;
	- Go Cong town and Chau Thanh rural districts of Tien Giang province;
	- Chau Thanh rural district of Ben Tre province;
	- Binh Minh, Long Ho rural district of Vinh Long province;
	- Rural districts of Can Tho city;
	- Ha Tien town and Kien Luon, Phu Quoc, Kien Hai, Giang Thanh, Chau Thanh rural districts of Kien Giang province;
	- Tan Chau town of An Giang province
	- Nga Bay Town and Chau Thanh, Chau Thanh A rural district of Hau Giang province;
	- Nam Can, Cai Nuoc, U Minh, Tran Van Thoi rural districts of Ca Mau province.
Region IV	Region IV, covering the remaining localities

Additional information e.g. payments of overtime and working at night, bonuses, holidays, and alike:

Paid annual leave (Article 111 Labour Code 2012)	An employee who has 12 months in full to work for an employer shall be entitled to annual leave fully paid under the labor contract as follows:	a) Twelve (12) working days shall apply to employees working in normal working conditions;
		b) Fourteen (14) working days shall apply to persons working in heavy, dangerous, or toxic jobs, or in places with harsh living conditions and to the employee under the age or the disabled employee
		c) Sixteen (16) working days shall apply to persons working in extremely heavy, dangerous, or toxic jobs, or to the persons working in places with extremely harsh living conditions .
Payments of overtime and working at night (Article 97 Labour Code 2012)	1. Overtime work is paid according to salary unit price or the salary by the job duties as follow:
	Normal days	at least 150%
	Weekly days off	at least 200%
	On holidays and days-off with pay	at least 300% not including the salary of holiday and days-off for employee enjoying daily salary
	2. Working at night	Is additionally paid at least 30% of the salary calculated by the salary unit price or the work salary under a normal working day
	3. Working overtime at night	in addition to the salary as prescribed in Clause 1 and Clause 2, the employee shall also be paid an additional 20% of salary calculated by the salary unit price or the salary of work done in the day time
Payments of holidays (Article 115 Labour Code 2012)	1. An employee shall be entitled to have fully paid days off on the following public holidays:
	Calendar New Year Holiday	one day (the first day of January of each calendar year)
	Lunar New Year Holidays	five days
	Victory Day	one day (the thirtieth day of April of each calendar year)
	International Labour Day	one day (the first day of May of each calendar year)
	National Day	one day (the second day of September of each calendar year)
	Hung Kings Commemoriations	one day (the tenth day of March of each lunar year)
	2. The employees who are foreign citizens working in Vietnam, besides the holidays as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article, they also take an additional day of traditional Tet and 01 day of their country's National Day.
	3. Where the public holidays as prescribed in clause 1 of this Article coincide with a weekly days- off, the employee shall be entitled to take the succeeding compensatory days-off instead.
Payments of bonuses (Article 103 Labour Code 2012)	Is the amount that employer rewards the employee based on the annual business and production results and the level of work completion of the employee. The regulation on bonus shall be decided by the employer and publicly announced at the workplace after consulting the representative organization of the labor collective at the grassroots level.

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