THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No. 17/2013/ND-CP dated February 19, 2013 of the Government amending and supplementing some articles of the Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004 on salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed force personnel
Pursuant to the Law on Government organization of December 25, 2001;
At the proposal of the Minister of Home Affairs;
The Government promulgates the Decree on amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP, of December 14, 2004 on salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed force personnel,
Article 1. To amend and supplement a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP, of December 14, 2004 on salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and armed force personnel (hereinafter abbreviated to the Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP) as follows:
1. To amend point a clause 2 Article 7 as follows:
“Cadres, civil servants, public employees with excellent professional performances but yet enjoying the final salary grade within their salary schedule for their category or position shall be considered for one-step salary increment for a maximum of 12 months earlier than described in Point a and b, Item 1 of this Article.  For each year, the proportion of cadres, civil servants, public employees to be entitled to such accelerated salary increment must not exceed 10% of the total number of the staff members on their permanent salary payment list (except for cases listed in Point b, Item 2 of this Article)”.
2. To supplement subjects of application in Table 2 “Profession salary schedule applicable to cadres and civil servants in the State agencies” promulgated together with the Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP as follows:
a) Civil servants of type A3:
Group 1 (A3.1)