According to the Hanoi Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, this was the highest monthly salary level in Hanoi last year.

The foreign-invested sector topped Hanoi’s salaries in 2018 with VND233 million (USD10,130) per month.

The department received salary reports from 5,025 local enterprises.

Wages were 7-9% higher than those in 2017.

Foreign-invested firms paid the highest salaries with the average level of VND5.85 million per person per month, up 9.1%. Among those, one firm topped with VND233 million per month. Meanwhile, foreign-owned firms’ lowest payment was VND4.25 million per month.

The runner-up were firms which had majority state capital stakes with VND5.3 million per month, up 4.9% on-year. The highest payment of this group was VND123 million, while the lowest was VND4.4 million.