Expected to spend about 400 billion for 425 union officials to transfer their responsibilities and resign to reorganize the apparatus.

At the press conference of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor on the morning of September 19, Deputy Head of the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Ho Thi Kim Ngan said that according to preliminary statistics, there are 511 union officials working under a contract regime, but only 425 full-time union officials working under a labor contract regime before January 15, 2019 are eligible for the regime under Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP.

Photo caption — Scene of the information session on policies for full-time union officials who are on leave due to organizational restructuring.

The payment of policies and regimes for full-time 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 correct beneficiaries in accordance with the spirit of the Government's resolution.

"Because 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," Ms. Ngan informed.

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.

According to Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP, full-time union officials working under labor contracts (receiving salaries and allowances from union financial resources) are one of the five groups that will quit their jobs due to the impact of organizational restructuring and will enjoy the policy.

Accordingly, 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 model, will enjoy 5 policies and regimes.

People under 2 years of age who reach retirement age will receive a one-time pension equal to 0.8 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the retirement date.

People who meet the working time requirements and pay compulsory social insurance to receive pensions are entitled to pensions according to the provisions of law and will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement.

People with 2 to 5 years left until retirement age 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 retirement date.

In case of meeting the working time requirement with compulsory social insurance payment to receive pension, in addition to enjoying retirement regime according to the provisions of law on social insurance, the pension rate will not be deducted due to early retirement.

At the same time, this group is subsidized 4 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to retirement age; subsidized 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance, they are subsidized 0.5 months of current salary.

People with more than 5 years to 10 years of retirement age are entitled to a one-time pension benefit equal to 0.7 months of current salary multiplied by 60 months.

In addition, those who meet the working time requirements and pay compulsory social insurance to receive pension according to regulations, in addition to receiving pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement;

At the same time, this group is also subsidized 3 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the prescribed retirement age; subsidized 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary is provided.

In case of not meeting the conditions for early retirement policy, the severance policy is applied.

This group will receive a one-time severance allowance equal to 0.6 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of severance allowance.

At the same time, they will also receive a subsidy of 1.5 months of current salary for each year of work with compulsory social insurance; reserve the time to pay social insurance or receive one-time social insurance according to the provisions of the law on social insurance; and receive unemployment insurance according to the provisions of the law on unemployment insurance.

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

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.

Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, added: The number of these specialized union officials is mainly in the provinces and cities. Because November 1, 2025 is the final payment deadline according to Resolution 07, the provincial labor federations are focusing on handling it. The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor wants the payment deadline to be the end of December 2025, but the Ministry of Home Affairs requires the payment to be completed soon.

"The benefit level of this policy group is estimated to be about 80% compared to policy 178," Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung added.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/du-kien-chi-khoang-400-ty-cho-425-can-bo-cong-doan-chuyen-trach-nghi-viec-sap-xep-bo-may-20250919115748370.htm