| THE GOVERNMENT --------- | SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------- |
| No. 33/2009/ND-CP | Hanoi, April 6, 2009 |
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 XIth 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,
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 XIth 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 650,000/month, to be applied from May 1,2009.
Article 2. The common minimum wage level under Article 1 of 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: non-public non-business units established and operating under law.
3. Companies which are established, organize management and operate under the State Enterprise Law.
4. One-member limited liability companies with 100% state-owned charter capital which organize management and operate under the Enterprise Law.
Article 3. The common minimum wage level specified in this Decree is used as a basis for:
1. Determining 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. Determining allowances from May 1, 2009 onward for redundant laborers under the Government's Decree No. 110/2007/ND-CP of June 26, 2007. on policies applicable to redundant laborers in the reorganization of state companies.
