Subjects entitled to enjoy wages and salaries under the provisions of this Circular are laborers working under labor contracts in the following organizations:

- Enterprises established and operating under the Law on State Enterprises.

- One-member limited liability companies with 100% of their charter capital held by the State.

- Enterprises of political organizations or socio-political organizations; and economic organizations of the armed forces.

- Joint-stock companies with over 50% of their total capital held by the State; and joint-stock companies comprising of shareholders being State enterprises.

- State corporations and State enterprises shifting to operate after the parent company-affiliate company model.

- Organizations and units attached to administrative agencies or non-business units of the State, the Party, associations and societies allowed to conduct production and/or business activities, which are not yet assigned payroll by the State.

This Circular provides guidance on the minimum wages; the wage scale, wage table and wage-based allowances; the labor norms; the wage payment regime; and the regime for wage scale promotion.- (Summary)