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)
Ordinal number | Categories of Civil servants: |
1 | Senior statistician |
2 | Senior controller of product and goods quality |
3 | Senior law enforcers (civil judgment enforcement) |
4 | Senior examiner (civil judgment enforcement) |
5 | Senior tax inspector |
b) Civil servants of type A2:
Group 1 (A2.1)
Ordinal number | Categories of Civil servants: |
1 | Principal statistician |
2 | Principal controller of product and goods quality |
3 | Intermediate law enforcers (civil judgment enforcement) |
4 | Principal examiner (civil judgment enforcement) |
5 | Principal tax inspector |
6 | Principal forestry inspector |
c) Civil servants of type A1:
Ordinal number | Categories of Civil servants: |
1 | Statistician |
2 | Controller of product and goods quality |
3 | Preserving technician |
4 | Junior law enforcers (civil judgment enforcement) |
5 | Examiner (civil judgment enforcement) |
6 | Clerk of (civil) judgment enforcement |
7 | Tax inspector |
8 | Forestry inspector |
d) Civil servants of type B:
Ordinal number | Categories of Civil servants: |
1 | Intermediate statistician |
2 | Intermediate controller of product and goods quality |
3 | Intermediate clerk of (civil) judgment enforcement |
4 | Intermediate tax inspector |
5 | Intermediate forestry inspector |
6 | Intermediate preserving technician |
7 | Preserving treasurer |
e) Civil servants of type C:
Ordinal number | Categories of Civil servants: |
1 | Guardian of stockpile |
3. To amend name “Categories of public employees” into “Professional titles of public employees” and supplement subjects of application in Table 3 “Profession salary schedules applicable to cadres and public employees in the State non-business units” promulgated together with the Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP as follows:
a) Public employees of type A3:
Group (A3.1)
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | Senior Natural Resources and Environment investigator |
2 | Senior hydrometeorology forecasting officer |
3 | Senior hydrometeorology controller |
b) Public employees of type A2:
Group 1 (A2.1)
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | Principal social work officer |
2 | Principal legal assistant |
3 | Principal midwife |
4 | Principal health technician |
5 | Principal public health officer |
6 | Principal convalescent officer |
7 | Principal population officer |
8 | Principal tester of labor safety technique |
9 | Principal geodetic map officer |
10 | Principal cadastral officer |
11 | Principal Natural Resources and Environment investigator |
12 | Principal Natural Resources and Environment surveyor |
13 | Principal hydrometeorology forecasting officer |
14 | Principal hydrometeorology controller |
c) Public employees of type A1:
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | Social work officer |
2 | Legal assistant |
3 | Midwife |
4 | Health technician |
5 | Public health officer |
6 | Convalescent officer |
7 | Population officer |
8 | Senior primary education teacher |
9 | Senior early childhood education teacher |
10 | Principal lower secondary education teacher |
11 | Tester of labor safety technique |
12 | Geodetic map officer |
13 | Cadastral officer |
14 | Natural Resources and Environment investigator |
15 | Natural Resources and Environment surveyor |
16 | Hydrometeorology forecasting officer |
17 | Hydrometeorology controller |
d) Public employees of type Ao:
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | College - level social work officer |
2 | College - level midwife |
3 | Health college - level technician |
4 | College - level convalescent officer |
5 | College - level population officer |
6 | College – level geodetic map officer |
7 | College - level cadastral officer |
8 | College – level Natural Resources and Environment investigator |
9 | College – level Natural Resources and Environment surveyor |
10 | College – level hydrometeorology controller |
11 | College – level hydrometeorology forecasting officer |
dd) Public employees of type B:
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | Social work staff |
2 | Intermediate midwife |
3 | Health Intermediate technician |
4 | Intermediate convalescent officer |
5 | Intermediate population officer |
6 | Technician of labor safety technique testing |
7 | Intermediate geodetic map officer |
8 | Intermediate cadastral officer |
9 | Intermediate Natural Resources and Environment investigator |
10 | Intermediate hydrometeorology forecasting officer |
11 | Intermediate hydrometeorology controller |
12 | Intermediate Natural Resources and Environment surveyor |
e) Public employees of type C: Group 1 (C1)
Ordinal number | Professional titles of public employees |
1 | Junior social work officer |
2 | Junior midwife |
3 | Health junior technician |
4 | Junior convalescent officer |
5 | Junior population officer |
6 | Junior Natural Resources and Environment surveyor |
4. To supplement the salary increment table for officers of the general level in the people’s army and the people’s public security force at the Table 6 “Salary increment schedule applicable to officers in the people’s army, and officers and non-commissioned officers in the people’s public security forces” promulgated together with the Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP as follows:
Number | Army Ranks | Salary increment coefficient (once) |
1 | General | 11.00 |
2 | Senior lieutenant-general | 10.40 |
3 | Lieutenant general | 9.80 |
4 | Brigadier | 9.20 |
Time limit of salary increment for Brigadier, Lieutenant general, Senior lieutenant-general and general shall be 4 years.
Article 2. Effect
1. This Decree takes effect on April 10, 2013.
2. The regime specified in clause 1 Article 1 of this Decree shall be entitled to raise salary grade before time limit due to excellent professional performances from 2012.
Article 3. Implementation responsibilities
1. The ministry of Home Affairs shall assume the prime responsibility for, and coordinate with Ministries, relevant agencies in guiding implementation of the salary-grade increment regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees.
2. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of Governmental agencies, the President of the People’s Committee of central-affiliated cities and provinces shall implement this Decree.
For the Government
The Prime Minister
Nguyen Tan Dung
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