BASIC COST-OF-LIVING ALLOWANCE FOR OVERSEAS VIETNAMESE MISSIONS IS USD 650/PERSON/MONTH
Decree No. 08/2019/ND-CP on providing a number of regimes for members of overseas Vietnamese missions is issued by the Government on January 23, 2019.
Accordingly, regimes for members of overseas Vietnamese missions include:
- Cost-of-living allowance: the basic cost-of-living allowance level applicable to overseas Vietnamese missions is USD 650/person/month and may be adjusted when the consumer price index in the area where an overseas Vietnamese mission is based increases by 10% or more or depending on Vietnam’s socio-economic development conditions;
- Allowances: Ambassadors and heads of overseas Vietnamese missions who are assigned by competent authorities to perform part-time tasks in other countries or at international organizations in other countries are entitled to workplace-based part-time allowances. An allowance equal to 15% or 20% of the basic cost-of-living allowance level multiplied by the workplace coefficient shall apply to those performing part-time tasks in one or two countries or at one or two international organizations in other countries…
This Decree takes effect on March 11, 2019.
