Spending more than 400 billion VND for 425 full-time union officials who quit before November 1

According to the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, about 425 full-time union officials working under labor contracts who have resigned will enjoy benefits and policies according to Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP.

Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP clearly states that the payment of policies and regimes for full-time trade union officials must be made no later than November 1.

The Government has just issued Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP on policies and regimes for subjects affected by the implementation of organizational restructuring of administrative units at all levels according to Conclusion 183-KL/TW dated August 1, 2025 of the Politburo and Secretariat. Accordingly, full-time trade union officials working under labor contracts (receiving salaries and allowances from trade union financial sources) are one of the 5 groups of people who quit their jobs due to the impact of organizational restructuring and are entitled to policies.

5 policies and regimes when leaving work

According to Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP, full-time union officials working under labor contracts before January 15, 2019, who immediately quit their jobs due to restructuring the apparatus and implementing the 2-level local government organization model, are entitled to 5 policies and regimes.

The first policy group is people who are under 2 years old and reach retirement age, they will receive a one-time pension benefit equal to 0.8 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the date of retirement. People who meet the working time requirements and pay compulsory social insurance to receive pension will receive pension according to the provisions of law and will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement.

The second policy group is people with 2 to 5 years left until retirement age. This group is entitled to a one-time pension benefit equal to 0.8 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the retirement date.

In the second policy group, in case of meeting the conditions on working time with compulsory social insurance payment to receive pension, in addition to enjoying the pension regime according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, the pension rate will not be deducted due to early retirement. This group is subsidized 4 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the retirement age; subsidized 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of working with compulsory social insurance payment. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of working with compulsory social insurance payment, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary is subsidized.

The third policy group is for people with more than 5 years to 10 years of retirement age, they will receive a one-time pension benefit equal to 0.7 months of current salary multiplied by 60 months.

People in the 23rd group who meet the requirements on working time and have paid compulsory social insurance to receive pensions according to regulations, in addition to receiving pensions according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement. This group is also subsidized 3 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the prescribed retirement age; and subsidized 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of working with compulsory social insurance. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of working with compulsory social insurance, they will be subsidized 0.5 months of current salary.

The fourth group is the case where the conditions for early retirement policy are not met and they are entitled to the severance policy. This group will receive a one-time severance allowance equal to 0.6 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months for which severance allowance is calculated; receive a subsidy of 1.5 months of current salary for each year of work with compulsory social insurance; have their social insurance payment period reserved or receive a one-time social insurance payment according to the provisions of the law on social insurance; receive unemployment insurance according to the provisions of the law on unemployment insurance.

The fifth group is people who have reached retirement age according to regulations and will enjoy the same policies and regimes as those for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces who have reached retirement age according to regulations in Appendix II issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP.

The policy will be paid off before November 1st.

At the press conference of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on September 19, Ms. Ho Thi Kim Ngan, Deputy Head of the Labor Relations Department / (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor) said that according to preliminary statistics, there were 425 full-time union officials working under labor contracts before January 15, 2019 who were eligible for benefits under Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP.

Ms. Ngan also emphasized that Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP clearly states that the payment of policies and regimes for full-time trade union officials must be made no later than November 1. During the 2 months of implementation, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will review records and procedures to determine the subjects in accordance with the spirit of the Government Resolution.

"Since this is a worker's right, the General Confederation will soon issue implementation guidelines. After that, the units will issue decisions on early retirement or resignation in October 2025," Ms. Ngan said.

The representative of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor added that with the number of full-time contract union officials who quit their jobs due to the above-mentioned organizational arrangement, the total estimated expenditure will be more than 400 billion VND.

The funding source for paying allowances to employees working outside the payroll quota at Associations assigned by the Party and State at the provincial or district level before July 1 is taken from the trade union's financial source.

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