3 allowances for female commune officials who retire 5-10 years early
From January 1, 2025, female commune cadres and civil servants who retire 5-10 years early will receive 3 allowances.
The Ministry of Home Affairs has issued Circular 002/2025 on amending and supplementing a number of articles of Circular 01/2025 dated January 17, 2025 of the Minister of Home Affairs.
Circular 002 clearly states that cadres, civil servants, public employees and workers specified in Article 2 of Circular 01 (amended and supplemented in Clause 2, Article 1 of this Circular) who are eligible and decided by competent authorities to retire early compared to the retirement age specified in Appendix I or Appendix II issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP, will immediately receive pension according to the provisions of the law on social insurance (SI) without having the pension rate deducted due to early retirement;
At the same time, they are entitled to a one-time pension; a subsidy according to the number of years of early retirement and a subsidy according to the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions as prescribed in Articles 7, 7a and 7b of Decree No. 178/2024 (amended and supplemented in Clause 6, Clause 7 and Clause 8, Article 1 of Decree No. 67/2025).
According to the Ministry of Home Affairs, in cases where there is a retirement age of more than 5 years to 10 years as prescribed in Point b, Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP, the following 3 allowances will be enjoyed:
One-time pension for months of early retirement
For those who retire within the first 12 months:
For those who retire from the 13th month onwards:
Allowance for years of early retirement
For each year of early retirement (12-month) they are entitled to 4 months of current salary.
Allowances according to the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions
For those who retire before the effective date of the Social Insurance Law 2024 (except for female commune-level cadres and civil servants), the allowance level is calculated as follows: For the first 20 years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions, they will receive a subsidy of 5 months of current salary; for the remaining years (from the 21st year onwards), each year will be subsidized with 0.5 months of current salary.
For female commune-level cadres and civil servants who retire from January 1, 2025 onwards and those who retire from the effective date of the Social Insurance Law 2024, the allowance level is calculated as follows: For the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions, they will receive a subsidy of 4 months of current salary; for the remaining years (from the 16th year onwards), each year will be subsidized with 0.5 months of current salary.
Point b, Clause 2, Article 7 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP clearly states:
b) In case of having more than 5 years to 10 years left until the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP and having enough time to pay compulsory social insurance to receive pension according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, in addition to receiving pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, they will also receive the following benefits:
No deduction of pension rate due to early retirement;
Receive a subsidy of 4 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP;
Receive a subsidy of 5 months of current salary for the first 20 years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions. From the 21st year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance contributions, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary will be granted.
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