Ministry of Home Affairs seeks opinions on regional minimum wage plan to increase by 7.2% in 2026

The Ministry of Home Affairs is seeking comments on a draft Decree regulating minimum wages for employees working under labor contracts to finalize it before submitting it to the Government for promulgation.

According to the draft, regional minimum wages will be adjusted to increase from January 1, 2026. Regional minimum wages will be adjusted as follows:

This plan to increase the regional minimum wage in 2026 was previously approved by the National Wage Council. Accordingly, the regional minimum wage will increase by an average of 7.2%, an average increase of VND 300,000/month compared to 2025.

Specifically, the minimum wage in Region I increased from VND 4.96 million/month to VND 5.31 million/month (an increase of VND 350,000, 7.1%); Region II increased from VND 4.41 million/month to VND 4.73 million/month (an increase of VND 320,000, 7.3%); Region III increased from VND 3.86 million/month to VND 4.14 million/month (an increase of VND 280,000, 7.3%); Region IV increased from VND 3.45 million/month to VND 3.7 million/month (an increase of VND 250,000, 7.2%).

The monthly minimum wage is the lowest wage used as a basis for negotiation and payment of wages to employees applying the monthly wage payment method, ensuring that the wage according to the job or position of the employee who works enough normal working hours in the month and completes the agreed labor or work norms must not be lower than the monthly minimum wage.

The minimum hourly wage is the lowest wage used as a basis for negotiation and payment of wages to employees applying the hourly wage payment method, ensuring that the wage according to the job or position of the employee working in one hour and completing the agreed labor norm or work must not be lower than the minimum hourly wage.

For employees who are paid weekly or daily or by product or by piecework, the salary of these forms of payment, if converted to monthly or hourly, must not be lower than the minimum monthly salary or minimum hourly salary. The salary converted to monthly or hourly based on normal working hours is chosen by the employer according to the provisions of the labor law.

The list of regions I, II, III, and IV is specified in the Appendix issued with this Decree as follows:

According to VNA

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