Decree No. 28/2010/ND-CP dated March 25, 2010 of the Government prescribing the common minimum wage level

THE GOVERNMENT	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIETNAM Independence – Freedom - Happiness
No.: 28/2010/ND-CP	Hanoi, March 25, 2010

DECREE

PRESCRIBING THE COMMON MINIMUM WAGE LEVEL

THE GOVERNMENT

Pursuant to the December 25, 2001 Law on Organization of the Government;

Pursuant to the June 23, 1994 Labor Code; the April 2, 2002 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Labor Code; the November 29, 2006 Law Amending and Supplementing a Number of Articles of the Labor Code; and the April 2, 2007 Law Amending and Supplementing Article 73 of the Labor Code;

Pursuant to the XI^th National Assembly's Resolution No. 56/2006/NQ-QH11 of June 29, 2006, on the five-year socio-economic development plan in the 2006-2010 period;

At the proposal of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, the Minister of Home Affairs and the Minister of Finance,

DECREES:

Article 1. To prescribe the common minimum wage level of VND 730,000/month, to be applied from May 1, 2010.

Article 2. The common minimum wage level set in this Decree applies to:

1. State agencies, armed forces, political organizations and socio-political organizations;

2. Non-business units of the State; non-business units of political organizations and socio-political organizations; and non-public non-business units established and operating under law;

3. Companies which are established organized and managed and operate under the State Enterprise Law;

4. One-member limited liability companies with 100% state-owned charter capital which are organized and managed and operate under the Enterprise Law.

Article 3. The common minimum wage level set in this Decree is used as a basis for:

1. Calculating wage levels in the system of wage scales, wage tables and wage allowance levels and implementing a number of other regimes under law at agencies, units and organizations specified in Article 2 of this Decree.

2. Calculating allowances from May 1,2010, onward for laid-off laborers under the Government's Decree No. 110/2007/ND-CP of June 26, 2007, on policies applicable to laborers laid-off in the reorganization of state companies.

3. Calculating deductions and entitlements calculated based on the common minimum wage level.