Building a new salary scale for the National Assembly, courts, and prosecutors

On the morning of April 1, at the National Assembly House, the National Assembly Standing Committee held a thematic meeting on law-making to give opinions on a number of important contents to be submitted to the National Assembly at the 7th Session of the 15th National Assembly (May 2024).

Speaking at the opening of the meeting, Politburo member and National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue said that it is expected that in two working days, the National Assembly Standing Committee will consider and give opinions on two groups of issues.

In the first group of issues, the National Assembly Standing Committee will give its opinions on draft laws expected to be submitted to the National Assembly at the 7th Session for initial consideration. It is expected that at the 7th Session, 10 draft laws will be given their first opinions by the National Assembly.

Based on the results and preparation progress, the National Assembly Standing Committee will have documents to consider 5 draft laws in this session.

In this group, there are 4 draft laws to be amended and supplemented: Law on Prevention and Combat of Human Trafficking (amended); Law on Notarization (amended); Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Supporting Tools (amended); Law on Trade Unions (amended).

Special session on law making. Photo: Pham Dong

In addition, for the first time, the National Assembly Standing Committee reviewed and commented on the draft Law on People's Air Defense. This is a completely new law to institutionalize the Party's viewpoints and policies on the strategy of protecting the Fatherland in the new situation, approved by Resolution 44 of 2023 at the 8th Central Conference.

According to the National Assembly Chairman , these draft laws generally have to go through the process of submission, review and approval at two sessions.

However, regarding the draft Law on Management and Use of Weapons, Explosives and Support Tools (amended), Resolution 41/2023 of the National Assembly Standing Committee on adjusting the law and ordinance making program in 2024 concluded: In case this draft law is prepared with good quality and the discussion process at the National Assembly has high consensus, the National Assembly Standing Committee will consider coordinating with the Government to submit it to the National Assembly for approval at the 7th Session in May 2024 according to the procedure at 1 session.

In the second group of issues, the National Assembly Standing Committee will give opinions on the draft Resolution of the National Assembly Standing Committee on job positions for full-time National Assembly deputies working at the Central level, and officials and civil servants under the management authority of the National Assembly Standing Committee.

Panorama of the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee. Photo: Pham Dong

The National Assembly Chairman said that starting from July 1, 2024, salary policy reform will be implemented, and the most basic content of this salary policy reform is to pay salaries according to job positions, positions, and titles of leaders.

According to the National Assembly Chairman, to build a salary scale system, the first thing is to build job positions.

In the assignment of the Steering Committee for salary reform, the Standing Committee of the National Assembly must consider and issue this resolution as a basis for building the salary scale.

The scope applies to full-time National Assembly deputies working at the Central level, officials under the management authority of the National Assembly Standing Committee, the National Assembly Office, the Institute for Legislative Studies, the Supreme People's Court, the Supreme People's Procuracy, and the State Audit.

The National Assembly Chairman stated that after this legal session, the National Assembly Standing Committee may meet again to give opinions on a number of draft laws and resolutions of the National Assembly to be submitted to the National Assembly at the next session. Therefore, he requested the National Assembly Secretary General to coordinate with the Ethnic Council and the Committees to strengthen coordination with Government agencies and submitting agencies to have documents ready soon for meetings and comments.

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