Estimated additional budget of 53,554 billion VND for localities to ensure implementation of basic salary level
National Assembly Chairman Tran Thanh Man signed to certify Resolution No. 246/2025/QH15 on central budget allocation for 2026, which includes the content of allocating resources to adjust salaries, pensions, social insurance benefits, monthly allowances, preferential allowances for people with meritorious services and a number of social policies according to the plan decided by competent authorities.
Accordingly, the National Assembly resolved: Total central budget revenue is 1,225,356 billion VND; total central budget expenditure is 1,809,056 billion VND, of which: Estimated 238,421 billion VND to supplement local budget balance; estimated 53,554 billion VND to supplement localities to ensure the implementation of the basic salary level of 2.34 million VND/month; estimated 187,175 billion VND to supplement targeted local budgets.
The National Assembly resolved to extend the period of stabilizing the state budget for the 2022-2025 period to 2026, dividing revenues between the central and local levels, including revenues from granting water resource exploitation rights and environmental protection taxes on gasoline and oil products as in 2025; and land use fees and land rents as prescribed in the State Budget Law No. 89/2025/QH15.
Continue to implement the principle of support from the central budget for local budgets to implement social security policies issued by the central government for the period 2022 - 2025 according to the Prime Minister 's decision, in which localities receive additional balance from the central budget, and localities have a rate of regulating revenue allocation to the central budget determined on the basis of the 2025 budget estimate after the arrangement of provincial-level administrative units.
Increase the additional balance by 3% compared to the 2025 budget estimate so that localities have more resources to meet important spending tasks arising during the extended year of the budget stabilization period.
Increase 319 billion VND for Khanh Hoa province's budget to implement Resolution No. 227/2025/QH15 of the National Assembly and add 168 billion VND to Quang Ngai province's budget to ensure the regular expenditure estimate for 2026 due to regulating land rent revenue to the central budget.
For central state administrative agencies and units that were previously subject to special financial and income mechanisms according to Resolution No. 104/2023/QH15 and Resolution No. 142/2024/QH15 of the National Assembly, but have not yet been assigned civil servant staffing quotas (except for Vietnam Social Security and the State Bank of Vietnam): Allow the arrangement of salaries, contributions according to prescribed regimes, additional income and regular expenditures according to norms for this staffing number according to Report No. 56/BC-CP dated October 16, 2025 of the Government.
Reserve 15,000 billion VND to ensure national financial safety and security in case of socio-economic fluctuations and state budget revenue does not meet the estimate; assign the Government to proactively manage to limit the impact on estimated spending tasks and ensure financial safety. In case state budget revenue reaches or exceeds the plan, the allocation and use shall be in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law.
Allocate 10,000 billion VND for regular expenditure to implement National Target Programs, ensuring effectiveness, efficiency, feasibility, and no duplication between National Target Programs, no duplication with other programs, projects, regimes, policies, and spending tasks, consistent with implementation progress, disbursement capacity, and state budget balance.
Arrange to ensure a minimum of 3% of total state budget expenditure for science, technology, innovation, digital transformation and allocation plan for each ministry, central agency and locality according to Report No. 56/BC-CP dated October 16, 2025 of the Government.
Allocate resources to make adjustments to salaries, pensions, and allowances
Allocate resources to adjust salaries, pensions, social insurance benefits, monthly allowances, preferential allowances for meritorious people and a number of social policies according to the plan decided by competent authorities.
The National Assembly assigned the Government to organize the implementation of allocation, assignment of state budget revenue and expenditure tasks, and central budget allocation levels for each ministry, central agency, province, and centrally-run city in accordance with the provisions of the State Budget Law, the National Assembly Resolution, and to notify in writing each National Assembly delegation of the province and centrally-run city.
The Government directs ministries, central agencies and provinces and centrally run cities to allocate state budget investment capital in a concentrated, focused and key manner, in compliance with conditions and priority order as prescribed by the Law on Public Investment, Resolutions of the National Assembly, and Resolutions of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
Allocate sufficient capital according to schedule for national target programs, important national projects, special public investment projects, urgent public investment, completed and handed over projects for use but not yet allocated enough capital; allocate sufficient counterpart capital for ODA projects and foreign preferential loans; State investment in PPP projects according to regulations of law on investment under the public-private partnership method; arrange for transitional tasks and projects according to approved schedule, investment preparation tasks, planning tasks, advance capital repayment, payment of outstanding basic construction debts according to regulations (if any); after allocating sufficient capital for the above tasks, the remaining capital is allocated for new projects that have completed investment procedures according to regulations of law.
Tighten financial discipline, strictly handle violations and obstacles that slow down the progress of capital allocation, implementation and disbursement; individualize the responsibility of the head in case of slow implementation and disbursement, associated with the assessment of the level of completion of assigned tasks.
The Government allocates and disburses the 2026 capital plan according to the provisions of the law on public investment. While there is no medium-term public investment plan for the period 2026 - 2030, priority is given to allocating capital to tasks and projects that have completed investment procedures as of December 31, 2025 in the following cases: Tasks and projects that have been assigned by competent authorities with a medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021 - 2025 or have capital allocated from the state budget outside the medium-term public investment plan for the period 2021 - 2025, need to continue to be implemented, transferred to the period 2026 - 2030; investment preparation tasks, planning tasks; important tasks, projects, works for the period 2026 - 2030, with a vision to 2045 in the Documents of the 14th National Party Congress; tasks, science and technology projects, innovation and digital transformation to implement Resolution No. 57-NQ/TW dated December 22, 2024 of the Politburo.
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