THE GOVERNMENT

Decree No.  66/2013/ND-CP dated  June 27, 2013 of the Government promulgating the basic wage level for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces
Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization dated December 25, 2001;
Pursuant to the Labor Code dated June 18, 2012;
Pursuant to the Resolution No. 32/2012/QH13 dated November 10, 2012 of National Assembly on State budget estimates in 2013;
At the proposal of the Minister of Internal Affairs and the Minister of Finance;
The Government promulgates the Decree providing for the basic wage level for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces,
Article 1. Scope of regulation
This Decree stipulates the basic wage level applied to cadres, civil servants, public employees, persons received wage, allowance and employees (hereinafter referred to as persons received wage, allowance) working in agencies, organizations, non-business units of the Party, State, socio-political organizations and associations with specific characteristics at Central level, in central-affiliated cities and provinces, in districts, towns, cities under province (district level), in communes, wards and townships (communal level) and in armed forces. 
Article 2. Subjects of application
Persons received wage, allowance specified in Article 1 of this Decree include:
1. Cadres, civil servants at from Central level to district level specified in clause 1 and clause 2 Article 4 of the 2008 Law on cadres, civil servants;
2. Cadres, civil servants at communal level specified in clause 3 Article 4 of the 2008 Law on cadres, civil servants;
3. Public employees in public non-business units as prescribed in the 2010 Law on public employees;
4. Employees working under the labor contractual regime in agencies, units of the Party, State, socio-political organizations as prescribed in the Government’s Decree No. 68/2000/ND-CP dated November 17, 2000, on the application of the contractual regime to a number of jobs in the state administrative agencies and public-service units; 
5. Employees working under the labor contractual regime in public non-business units according to decision of the Prime Minister;
6. Employees working within payroll criterion being allocated from the State budget in associations with specific characteristics specified in the Government’s Decree No. 45/2010/ND-CP dated April 21, 2010, providing the organization, operation and state management of associations;
7. Officers, professional military persons, non-commissioned officers, obligation soldiers and workers, public employees of Defense, contractual employees in the Vietnam People’s Army;
8. Officers, non-commissioned officers received wage, non-commissioned officers, soldiers in a term serve; workers, public security personnel and contractual employees under the people's Public Security;
9. Employees working in cipher organizations;
10. Employees operating on a part-time basis at communal level, in hamlet and in residential group.