Thousands of teachers have not yet received their salary increase.

TP - Approximately 8,500 officials and teachers in schools across Hanoi are concerned and worried because they have not yet received the salary increase as stipulated in Resolution 46 of Hanoi City.

In 2024, the Hanoi People's Council passed Resolution 46 on additional income for officials and employees working in state agencies, political organizations, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, socio-political organizations, and public service units whose recurrent expenditures are fully covered by the state budget. Accordingly, the amount is 0.8 times the basic salary fund, of which 0.5 times is allocated to monthly salary, with the remainder accumulated at the end of the year. Based on calculations, with the current basic salary coefficient, each official and teacher could receive an additional approximately 2.5 to nearly 8 million VND per month.

The resolution on additional income will take effect from the beginning of 2025. Schools will pay this additional income to their staff and teachers. This is considered a great source of motivation for officials and employees in general, and for the teaching staff in Hanoi in particular.

According to many teachers, Hanoi's Resolution 46 demonstrates the city's leadership's concern for civil servants and public employees in the area regarding income improvement and living standards. However, this policy also has many shortcomings due to its limited scope of eligible civil servants and public employees. Specifically, civil servants and public employees working in public service units that generate revenue (not fully covered by the state budget) are not eligible.

Ms. Vuong, a secondary school teacher in Thach That district (Hanoi), said that after 19 years of teaching, she receives a salary of about 13 million VND, including allowances. When she heard that the city was paying attention to its staff, including teachers, and would provide them with additional income, Ms. Vuong calculated that if she received a coefficient of 0.5 per month, she would have an extra 5 million VND. This would be a significant source of income, ensuring a decent standard of living for teachers, especially in the context of increased regulations on extracurricular tutoring in schools.

Hanoi currently has 119 public high schools classified as having regular autonomy and 250 kindergartens, primary schools, and junior high schools selected for the pilot program of "ordering educational services" that are not eligible for the policy.

Educators argue that partially or fully autonomous public schools are merely changing the funding method from budget allocation to service pricing, while essentially remaining public institutions fully funded by the state budget. Their revenue comes from tuition fees, which are deducted from the budget allocated by higher authorities. Tuition fees collected are used to supplement salaries, educational development, and other expenses, and are not permitted to be used to increase income.

In the petition, 8,500 officials and teachers expressed their concerns and aspirations to the leaders of Hanoi City, requesting adjustments to the eligibility criteria to ensure teachers' rights are protected.

Since mid-January 2025, the Hanoi Department of Education and Training has submitted a proposal to the Hanoi People's Committee requesting an update on the costs of implementing the additional income scheme for teachers. The amount allocated to fund this additional income is 0.8 times the basic salary fund.

TP - Approximately 8,500 officials and teachers in schools across Hanoi are concerned and worried because they have not yet received the salary increase as stipulated in Resolution 46 of Hanoi City.

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