Prime Minister Nguyen Tan Dung has urged a comprehensive check on the implementation of labour and salary policies of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), including the salaries of leaders, between 2010 and 2012.
The salary scam in HCM City stirs public outrage
According to the document, signed by the PM on September 10, the government has issued many labour and salary policy regulations in line with the SOEs restructure. However, a number of SOEs still do not obey the regulations, for instance, the recent cases in HCM City in which the leaders of four public interest companies were accused of embezzlement from employees' salaries. They received an annual salary of VND 2.6 billion (USD123,809). They are now suspended and awaiting punishment for their actions.
The PM has ordered ministries, agencies and localities to check the regulation implementation at SOEs nationwide, to detect violations promptly . He also asked them to examine wholly state-owned companies which perform public services.
The inspection results must be reported to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, along with agencies’ proposals on labour, salary and public service policies, before November 30. The ministry will collect the reports for submission to the government leader before December 31 this year.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs is also required to remind SOEs to conform to labour, salary and bonus regulations, particularly payments for leader positions, such as: chairman, general director, deputy general director and some others.
