Decree No. 122/2015/ND-CP stipulates the minimum wage for workers employed under labor contracts in enterprises, cooperative unions, cooperatives, production cooperatives, farms, households, individuals, and organizations using labor under labor contracts.

DECREE

Prescribing the minimum wage levels for workers under labor contracts

working at enterprises, cooperative unions, cooperatives,

production cooperatives, farms, households, individuals, and agencies,

organizations employing workers under labor contractsg

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Pursuant to the Law on Navigation of Vietnam dated June 14, 2005; lLabor Code on June 18, 2012;

Pursuant to the Enterprise Law dated June 26, 11 year 2014;

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Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Decree stipulates the minimum wage levels applicable to workers employed by enterprises, cooperative unions, cooperatives, production cooperatives, farms, households, individuals, and agencies, organizations employing workers under labor contracts as prescribed by the Labor Code.

Article 2. Applicability

1. Enterprises established, managed, and operated according to the Enterprise Law.

2. Cooperatives, cooperative unions, production cooperatives, farms, households, individuals, and other Vietnamese organizations employing workers under labor contracts.

3. Foreign agencies, international organizations, and foreign individuals in Vietnam employing workers under labor contracts (except where international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a party provide otherwise).

Enterprises, cooperatives, cooperative unions, production cooperatives, farms, households, agencies, organizations, and individuals specified in Clauses 1, 2, and 3 of this Article shall hereinafter be collectively referred to as enterprises.

Article 3. Minimum Wage Levels

1. The minimum wage levels applicable to enterprises are as follows:

a) VND 3,500,000 per month, applicable to enterprises operating in Region I.

b) VND 3,100,000 per month, applicable to enterprises operating in Region II.

c) VND 2,700,000 per month, applicable to enterprises operating in Region III.

d) VND 2,400,000 per month, applicable to enterprises operating in Region IV.

1. Enterprises operating in which area shall apply the minimum wage level prescribed for that area. In cases where an enterprise has branches or subsidiaries operating in areas with different minimum wage levels, the branch or subsidiary operating in which area shall apply the minimum wage level prescribed for that area.

Article 4. Principles for Applying Minimum Wage Levels by Region

1. Enterprises operating in which region shall apply the minimum wage level prescribed for that region. In cases where an enterprise has branches or subsidiaries operating in regions with different minimum wage levels, the branch or subsidiary operating in which region shall apply the minimum wage level prescribed for that region.

2. Enterprises operating within industrial zones, export processing zones, economic zones, and high-tech parks located in regions with different minimum wage levels shall apply the minimum wage level of the region with the highest minimum wage level.

3. Enterprises operating in regions where there has been a name change or division shall temporarily apply the minimum wage level prescribed for the region before the name change or division until the Government issues new regulations.

4. Enterprises operating in newly established regions formed from one or more regions with different minimum wage levels shall apply the minimum wage level of the region with the highest minimum wage level. In cases where an enterprise operates in a newly established provincial-level city formed from regions belonging to Region IV, it shall apply the minimum wage level prescribed for the remaining provincial-level city as set out in Section 3 of the Appendix attached to this Decree.

Article 5. Application of the minimum wage level for regions

1. The minimum wage levels prescribed in Article 3 of this Decree are the lowest basis for enterprises and workers to negotiate and pay wages, ensuring that the wage paid to workers performing work under normal conditions, completing the standard working hours in a month, and fulfilling agreed-upon productivity standards must ensure:

a) Not being lower than the minimum wage level for untrained workers performing the simplest tasks;

b) Being at least 7% higher than the minimum wage level for trained workers as stipulated in Clause 2 of this Article.

2. Trained workers include:

a) Individuals who have been awarded vocational certificates, diplomas, secondary technical school diplomas, vocational secondary school diplomas, college diplomas, general university certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, or doctorate degrees as prescribed in Decree No. 90/CP dated November 24, 1993 of the Government on the structure of the national education system, educational qualifications, and training certificates;

b) Individuals who have been awarded secondary technical school diplomas, vocational training diplomas, college diplomas, university diplomas, master's degrees, doctorate degrees, vocational education certificates, higher education certificates, and regular education certificates as prescribed in the Education Law of 1998 and the Education Law of 2005;

c) Individuals who have been awarded vocational training certificates, primary vocational certificates, intermediate vocational certificates, advanced vocational certificates, or completed vocational training programs as prescribed in the Vocational Training Law;

d) Those who have been issued a national vocational skills certificate according to the provisions of the Labor Law;

d) Individuals who have been awarded vocational education certificates for primary, intermediate, and advanced levels, regular vocational training, and other vocational training programs as prescribed in the Vocational Education Law;

f) Those who have been issued a graduation diploma from higher education training according to the Higher Education Law;

g) Those who have been issued certificates and qualifications from foreign educational institutions;

h) Those who have been trained in vocational skills by enterprises or self-taught and have been tested and assigned to work requiring vocational training by enterprises.

3. Based on the minimum wage levels prescribed in Article 3 of this Decree and the contents agreed upon in the labor contracts with workers, collective labor agreements, or enterprise regulations, enterprises shall cooperate with the grassroots trade union executive committee and workers to negotiate and determine adjustments to salary scales, wage tables, wages stipulated in labor contracts, and wages paid to workers in accordance with labor laws, ensuring reasonable wage relationships between untrained and trained workers, and between workers with high professional and technical skills, and between newly recruited workers and those with long-term service in the enterprise.

4. When implementing the minimum regional wage stipulated in this Decree, enterprises shall not abolish or reduce wage systems for overtime work, night work, work under harsh conditions, toxic conditions, and material allowances for hazardous and toxic job titles, as well as other systems prescribed by labor laws. Other supplementary allowances, subsidies, and bonuses stipulated by the enterprise shall be implemented according to the agreement in the labor contract, collective labor agreement, or the enterprise's regulations.

Article 6. Effective Date

1. This Decree takes effect from January 1, 2016. The Decree No. 103/2014/NĐ-CP dated November 11, 2014 of the Government on the minimum regional wage for workers employed by enterprises, cooperatives, production cooperatives, farms, households, individuals, and organizations hiring labor shall cease to be effective from the date this Decree takes effect.

2. The Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs shall take the lead and coordinate with the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry, the Vietnam Union of Cooperatives, the Vietnam Association of Small and Medium Enterprises, relevant ministries, agencies, and provincial People's Committees to disseminate and popularize information about this Decree to workers and employers, supervise its implementation, and submit proposals to the Government for adjusting the minimum regional wage as prescribed.

3. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government-affiliated agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees directly under the central government, and related agencies and enterprises are responsible for enforcing this Decree./.