The Ministry of Interior issues guidelines on salary classification for commune-level officials.

The Ministry of Interior responds to readers' questions regarding salary classification for commune-level officials holding vocational secondary or college degrees.

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A reader raised the following issue with the Ministry of Interior: Currently, some commune-level officials hold vocational secondary or college diplomas. To comply with regulations and ensure the rights of these officials, should their salaries be determined based on their vocational secondary or college diplomas? For example, the Chairperson of the Women's Union holds a vocational secondary diploma in social work.

In response to a reader's question, the Ministry of Interior has the following opinion: According to the provisions of the 2019 Education Law, intermediate and college-level qualifications are training levels belonging to the vocational education level of the national education system (point c, clause 1, Article 6).

The 2014 Vocational Education Law stipulates a general vocational education system applicable to all secondary and college-level schools. Simultaneously, this law replaces the 2006 Vocational Training Law, which stipulated that there would be no distinction between training institutions, types of training, and state management agencies for vocational education (the 2006 Vocational Training Law stipulated that secondary vocational schools and colleges fell under the management of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, to distinguish them from professional secondary schools and colleges under the management of the Ministry of Education and Training as stipulated in the 2012 Higher Education Law).

According to Article 5 of Government Decree No. 92/2009/ND-CP dated October 22, 2009, on titles, number, and some regimes and policies for officials and civil servants at the commune, ward, and town levels and non-professional personnel at the commune level (amended and supplemented by Decree No. 34/2019/ND-CP dated April 24, 2019), commune-level officials who have graduated with professional training at the intermediate level or higher shall be paid the same salary as administrative civil servants as stipulated in salary table No. 2 issued with Government Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004, on the salary regime for officials, civil servants, public employees, and armed forces personnel.

Circular No. 13/2019/TT-BNV dated November 6, 2019, issued by the Minister of Home Affairs, provides guidance on several regulations concerning commune-level officials and non-professional personnel at the commune, village, and residential group levels. It stipulates that commune-level officials and civil servants with college-level professional training are classified according to the "cadre" salary scale (applicable to civil servant category A0); those with intermediate-level professional training are classified according to the "employee" salary scale (applicable to civil servant category B), as prescribed in Article 9a of Circular No. 11/2014/TT-BNV dated October 9, 2014, issued by the Minister of Home Affairs, which regulates the titles, code numbers, and professional standards of civil servant categories in the administrative sector, as amended and supplemented by Clause 6, Article 1 of Circular No. 05/2017/TT-BNV dated August 15, 2017, issued by the Minister of Home Affairs.