Army colonel who retires 4 years early receives 2.4 billion VND

Accordingly, Article 6 of Circular No. 19/2025/TT-BQP of the Ministry of National Defense guiding the implementation of policies and regimes for subjects under the management of the Ministry of National Defense has stated how to calculate the policy for cases of work at agencies and units directly affected by the reorganization of the apparatus.

These cases include subjects specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, 4 and Clause 5, Article 2 of this Circular who are eligible for early retirement due to organizational arrangement to enjoy the policies and regimes specified in Article 7 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP, amended and supplemented with a number of points in Clause 6, Article 1 of Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP; Including a one-time pension subsidy for the number of months of early retirement, a subsidy for the number of years of early retirement and a subsidy according to the working period with compulsory social insurance (SI).

The regime for those who are 2 years old or older to 5 years old until the age limit according to the instructions in Point a, Point b, Clause 5, Article 5 of this Circular is instructed to implement according to Clause 1, Article 6 as follows:

One-time pension for the number of months of early retirement:

The allowance for the number of years of early retirement is implemented as follows:

The allowance for the period of work with compulsory social insurance contributions is implemented as follows:

- Receive pension according to the percentage corresponding to the working period with social insurance contributions according to the provisions of the law on social insurance and will not have the pension percentage deducted due to early retirement compared to the prescribed age.

- 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.

- In case of having paid compulsory social insurance for 15 years or more and being eligible for pension according to the provisions of the law on social insurance at the time of early retirement, they will be subsidized with 04 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, they will be subsidized with 0.5 months of current salary.

Circular 19 of the Ministry of National Defense gives a specific example: Comrade Tran Van Long (born in May 1971, enlisted in February 1990), Colonel rank, position of Assistant to work 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 according to the rank of Colonel. In March 2025, Comrade Long's unit merged with another unit; Comrade Long was decided by competent authorities to retire early (without retirement preparation), receiving pension from June 1, 2025 (five years old).

Comrade Long is eligible for retirement within the first 12 months from the effective date of the merger decision of the competent authority; the retirement period before the age limit is 4 years (48 months) and has 35 years and 4 months of work with compulsory social insurance contributions (35.5 years will be completed according to the instructions in Clause 4, Article 5 of this Circular).

Suppose the current salary before retirement (May 2025) of comrade Long is 30 million VND:

The one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement is: VND 30,000,000 x 1.0 month x 48 months of early retirement = VND 1,440,000,000;

The one-time allowance for the number of years of early retirement is: 30,000,000 VND x 5 months x 4 years of early retirement = 600,000,000 VND.

The one-time allowance for the number of years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions is: VND 30,000,000 X {5 months + (0.5 X 15.5 years)} = VND 382,500,000.

In this case, the Ministry of National Defense said that the total allowance that Comrade Long received was VND 2,422,500,000.

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