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QUESTION 1: KEEP THE MONTH OF SALARIES CHANGE FIXED

Looking ahead, if salaries continue to surge, the normal operation of business in Vietnam becomes difficult. Therefore, we hope relevant authorities be careful in changing the minimum wage. Besides, we suggest sincerely: Keep the month of salaries change fixed i.e. on January each year and not to make changes several times a year.
Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.

Since 2008 the government has set up route for increasing the salary and trying to increase wages one times per year. However, because CPI increased minimum salary in 2011 was changed 3 months in advance and in 2012 there was no more time for salaries increase. Every time decide to increase wages, the government will consult the Association of Enterprise and Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is the organization in charge for reconciling the interests between enterprise and labor, for example in this time of minimum salary level changing, the government plans to increase the minimum wage up to 2.5 million or 2.7 million depends on the industry or trade. However, after collecting ideas from the business community, the Government decided to increase the minimum wage to 2.35 million.