The Capital City Law (amended) stipulates additional income for civil servants and public employees.

Regulations on recruitment, management, and utilization of personnel.

One of the important new points of the amended Capital City Law, recently passed by the 15th National Assembly at its 7th session, is the regulation on the recruitment, management, and use of officials, civil servants, and public employees in Article 15. Accordingly, officials and civil servants working at the commune, ward, and town levels are officials and civil servants as stipulated in the Law on Officials and Civil Servants, belonging to the administrative staff allocated annually to the district level, and are elected, recruited, managed, and used in accordance with the law on officials and civil servants.

According to the amended Capital City Law, officials, civil servants, and public employees in the Capital City are entitled to an additional income of 0.8 times their basic salary fund.

Heads of specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City, and Chairmen of the People's Committees of districts, may sign fixed-term contracts with individuals who meet the professional and technical requirements to fill certain positions within specialized professional fields or common professional fields in specialized agencies and other administrative organizations under the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City or the People's Committees of districts.

Officials, civil servants, and public 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 and are under the management of the city are entitled to additional income based on their competence and work efficiency.

Total expenditure shall not exceed 0.8 times the basic salary fund.

Notably, the amended Capital City Law stipulates that the City People's Council shall decide on the use of surplus funds from salary reform after ensuring sufficient resources to implement salary reform for the entire budget stabilization period as prescribed by competent authorities and ensuring social policies, social security, and social welfare issued by the Central Government to pay additional income to officials, civil servants, and public employees as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 15 of this Law; the total expenditure shall not exceed 0.8 times the basic salary fund of officials, civil servants, and public employees under the city's management.

On the morning of June 28, the National Assembly voted to pass the amended Law on the Capital City with a very high percentage of approval.

The amended Law on the Capital City comprises 7 chapters and 54 articles, ensuring the full and timely institutionalization of the Central Committee 's guidelines, directives, and conclusions on the construction, development, management, and protection of the Capital City; closely adhering to the 9 policy groups decided by the National Assembly when adding the draft Law to the Program for the development of laws and ordinances.

The City People's Council has the authority to decide on the use of surplus salary reform funds from the city budget and to allow lower-level budgets to use surplus salary reform funds to invest in the development of socio-economic infrastructure under the expenditure responsibilities of local budget levels, to provide additional income for officials, civil servants, and employees under the city's management, and to implement social policies, social security, and social welfare after ensuring sufficient funds to implement salary reform for the entire budget stabilization period;

Commune-level officials and civil servants elected or recruited before the effective date of this Law shall be transferred to become officials and civil servants in accordance with the Law on Officials and Civil Servants, within the administrative staff allocated annually to the district level, to continue working in their current positions; in case of transfer to a new position, they must meet the standards and conditions prescribed by law and be consistent with the position approved by the competent authority.

Specific regulations on attracting and utilizing talented individuals.

The amended Capital City Law, which was recently passed, also specifically regulates the attraction and utilization of talented individuals and the development of high-quality human resources. Specifically, Article 16 stipulates that the attraction and utilization of talented individuals shall be carried out as follows:

Vietnamese citizens with outstanding moral character, qualifications, and abilities, possessing practical experience, and currently working domestically or abroad, who have made significant contributions, achievements, merits, or special services to the development of a particular field or sector of the Capital City, may be considered for recruitment and appointment as civil servants or public employees.

Vietnamese citizens who meet the criteria specified in point a of this clause may sign contracts to perform professional or technical work or assume managerial or executive positions at public service units under the management of the City.

Foreigners with high professional qualifications, extensive practical experience, and projects or products that have been successfully completed, recognized, and applied effectively may be contracted to perform tasks related to the construction, development, management, and protection of the Capital City.

Individuals selected, accepted, or hired under the provisions of points a, b, and c of this clause are entitled to the benefits and policies stipulated by the City People's Council.

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