According to the decree, employees on duty 24/7 during working days are entitled to 325,000 VND per person per shift at special-grade and grade I medical facilities, the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry, and the Central Institute of Forensic Psychiatry in Bien Hoa.

The rate of 255,000 VND/person/shift applies to Grade II medical facilities, regional forensic psychiatric centers, the Military Forensic Institute under the Ministry of National Defense, the Forensic Examination Center under the Institute of Criminal Science, Ministry of Public Security , and the National Coordination Center for Organ Transplantation (for coordinating the collection, transportation, and preservation of human tissues and organs).

Other medical facilities, forensic departments under the Criminal Technical Department of the Provincial Police, public outpatient emergency medical facilities (for those on duty at emergency points), commune-level health stations, health station branches under commune health stations, military-civilian health stations, military-civilian infirmaries, infirmaries of the People's Police, and public social assistance facilities under the Ministry of Health are entitled to 185,000 VND/person/shift.

An allowance of 70,000 VND per person per shift is applied to remaining public facilities for the care and rehabilitation of war veterans and social assistance facilities, and is 1.5 times higher if on duty 24/7 in special wards or areas.

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The government has just issued Decree No. 192/2026 stipulating a number of specific allowances in the health sector. (Illustrative image.)

If on duty 24/7 on a weekly rest day, the on-call allowance is calculated at 1.3 times the 700,000 VND rate, while on duty during holidays and Tet (Lunar New Year) the on-call allowance is 1.8 times higher.

The decree also stipulates that employees on duty under the resident system are entitled to an allowance of 35,000-160,000 VND/person/shift depending on the category of the medical facility. In addition, employees on duty 24/7 receive a meal allowance of 40,000 VND/person/shift.