The Ministry of National Defense proposes that cases working in agencies and units that are not directly affected by the organizational arrangement but must implement streamlining, restructuring, and improving the quality of the team will enjoy the policy of subsidies for the number of years of early retirement, subsidies based on working time with compulsory social insurance and one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement.
This proposal is made in Article 7 of the Draft Circular on policies and regimes when arranging and streamlining the organizational apparatus in the Army.
In case of having to streamline staff and restructure
Cases of working at agencies and units that are not directly affected by the organizational arrangement but must implement streamlining, restructuring, and improving the quality of the team include: Subjects specified in clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 Article 2 of this Circular has 5 years or less remaining of the highest service age or reaches retirement age according to the instructions at Point a, Point b, Clause 5 Article 5 of this Circular, if the competent authority resolves early retirement due to streamlining of staff, restructuring, and improving the quality of the team, they will enjoy the policies and regimes prescribed in Clause 7, Article 1 of Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP.
Early retirement allowance and allowance based on working time with compulsory social insurance
The allowance regime for the number of years of early retirement and the allowance regime according to the working time with compulsory social insurance payment are implemented according to the instructions at Point b, Point c, Clause 1 and Clause 3, Article 6 of this Circular. Specifically as follows:
- The allowance for the number of years of early retirement is calculated as follows:
Benefit level for years of early retirement | = | Current monthly salary as guided in Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular | x 05 x | Number of years of early retirement as guided in Clause 2, Article 5 of this Circular |
- Allowance based on working time with compulsory social insurance is calculated as follows:
- Subsidized 5 months of current salary for the first 20 years of work with compulsory social insurance. From the 21st year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance, a subsidy equal to 0.5 months of current salary will be provided.
Subsidy level based on working time with compulsory social insurance | = | Current monthly salary as guided in Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular | x | 5 (for the first 20 years of work with compulsory social insurance) | + | 0.5 x | Number of years of work with compulsory social insurance from the 21st year onwards |
- In case of 15 years of work or more, paying compulsory social insurance and being eligible for pension according to the provisions of the law on social insurance at the time of early retirement, the allowance is 4 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work; from the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance payment, the allowance is 0.5 months of current salary.
Subsidy level based on working time with compulsory social insurance | = | Current monthly salary as guided in Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular | x | 4 (for the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance) | + | 0.5 x | Number of years of work with compulsory social insurance from the 16th year onwards |
Lump-sum retirement benefits for months of early retirement are as follows:
- Retirement within the first 12 months, from March 15, 2025 to March 14, 2026:
One-time pension benefit level | = | Current monthly salary as guided in Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular | x 1.0 x | Number of months of early retirement as guided in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular |
- Retired from March 15, 2026 onwards (retired from the 13th month onwards, from March 15, 2025):
One-time pension benefit level | = | Current monthly salary as guided in Clause 3, Article 4 of this Circular | x 0.5 x | Number of months of early retirement as guided in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Circular |
Example 01: Comrade Tran Van Long, born in May 1971, enlisted in February 1990, with the rank of Colonel, working as an Assistant at Department A, General Staff Agency. According to current regulations, by the end of May 2029, Comrade Long will be 58 years old, the highest age limit for the rank of Colonel. Assuming that Comrade Long's agency is not subject to merger or dissolution but must streamline the payroll, restructure, and improve the quality of the team; is approved by the competent authority for early retirement, the pre-retirement leave period is 12 months, from June 1, 2025 to May 31, 2026, receiving monthly pension from June 1, 2026.
In case Comrade Long retires after the above mentioned period, he will enjoy the policies and regimes of retirees from the 13th month onwards (from March 15, 2025).
Comrade Long wishes to retire before the end of his retirement period and receive a monthly pension from January 1, 2026, and the competent authority will resolve his early retirement; accordingly, Comrade Long is eligible to enjoy the policies and regimes of retirees within the first 12 months from March 15, 2025 (the number of months of early retirement is 41 months; the number of years of early retirement is 3 years and 5 months; the working period with compulsory social insurance payment is 35 years and 11 months).
The Ministry of National Defense is organizing to collect opinions on the second draft of the Circular on policies and regimes when arranging and streamlining the organizational apparatus in the Army to continue to edit and perfect the document.
This draft Circular has 18 articles, an increase of 6 articles compared to the previous draft circular; expands the subjects of application to guide the implementation of policies and regimes for subjects under the management of the Ministry of National Defense in implementing organizational arrangement; streamlining payroll, restructuring, improving the quality of staff; cadres who are not old enough to be re-elected, re-appointed or are eligible for re-election, re-appointed; cadres participating in Party committees in Party organizations must end their activities according to the provisions of Articles 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 and 14 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP, Clauses 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11, Article 1 of Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP; responsibilities of relevant agencies, units and individuals.
Please send your comments and contributions to the Ministry of National Defense via email: info@mod.gov.vn or to the Military Policy Sector Electronic Information Portal http://chinhsachquandoi.gov.vn or in writing to the Department of Social Policy, General Department of Politics of the Vietnam People's Army (address: No. 34C Tran Phu, Dien Bien Ward, Ba Dinh District, Hanoi City).
The People's Army Newspaper will publish the full contents of this Draft Circular.
Source: https://baolangson.vn/de-xuat-chinh-sach-tro-cap-voi-truong-hop-phai-tinh-gian-bien-che-co-cau-lai-5042470.html
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