Hiếu Mạnh wrote this article in Vietnamese, published in Luat Khoa Magazine on April 10, 2025. Đàm Vĩnh Hằng translated it into English for The Vietnamese Magazine.

As Việt Nam moves through its post-pandemic economic recovery, the disparity in earnings across different sectors remains a central concern for the nation’s workforce. Despite the economic shocks of the COVID-19 pandemic, wages in both the public and foreign-invested (FDI) sectors have remained relatively stable, thanks to state-set salary formulas and annually adjusted minimum wages.