Policy for retired military officers, transferring sectors
The policy for retired and transferred officers is stated in the Decree detailing and guiding the implementation of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.
The consolidated document No. 09/VBHN-BQP The Decree detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army (VPA) on regimes and policies for officers who stop serving in the army; officers in active service who died or passed away; officers in active service who are transferred to professional soldiers or defense civil servants has stipulated regimes and policies for officers who retire or change jobs.
Article 2 of this Decree stipulates the regime and policies for retired officers:
Retired officers specified in Article 36, Point a, Clause 1, Article 37 of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army are entitled to social insurance benefits according to current regulations of the law on social insurance.
The one-time subsidy regime for officers who retire early according to military rank is stipulated in Clause 1, Article 13 of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.
Subjects entitled to the one-time subsidy regime include:
Officers are redundant due to changes in organization or organization and staffing according to the decision of the competent authority.
Officers who have reached the age of holding the position of commander or manager of a unit as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 13 of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army and are no longer required by the army to be arranged or used.
The one-time subsidy regime includes:
Receive a subsidy of 3 months' salary for each year of early retirement.
Receive a subsidy of 5 months' salary for the first 20 years of work. From 21 onwards, for each year of work, a subsidy of 1/2 month's salary will be granted.
When there is a retirement decision, officers who have been promoted to military rank, have had their salary increased for 2/3 of the term or more and are assessed to have completed their tasks or more will be promoted to military rank, have their salary increased (except for cases of promotion to general rank).
Article 4 stipulates the regime and policies for officers transferred to work at agencies, units, and enterprises that do not receive salaries from the State budget:
Reserve social insurance payment period according to current social insurance law.
Receive a one-time subsidy, for each year of work, a subsidy equal to 1 month's salary of the month immediately preceding the transfer, paid by the agency, unit, or enterprise under the Ministry of National Defense under the management of the officer before the transfer.
Officers who have transferred fields and are eligible for pension, are entitled to social insurance regimes according to the provisions of current laws on social insurance but are not allowed to apply the method of calculating the average monthly salary for social insurance contributions as a basis for calculating pensions according to the provisions of Point d, Clause 1, Article 3, Decree 21/2009/ND-CP, amended and supplemented at Point c, Clause 2, Article 1 of this Decree.
