Vietnam public sector workers to get 20.8% pay rise

As many as 40,000 employees in the public sector have quit heir jobs since 2020, the report said.

HANOI (Xinhua): The Vietnamese government is about to raise the base wage for civil servants by 20.8 per cent from July 1 to keep pace with rising consumer prices, Vietnam News Agency reported on Monday (May 15).

The pay review is set to include nine groups of public sector workers, such as civil servants at both state and local levels, teachers, doctors, police, and the armed force, according to a government decree announced on Sunday.