Subsidy level for Army Lieutenant Colonel who retires less than 2 years early

The Ministry of National Defense has just issued Circular No. 19/2025/TT-BQP guiding the implementation of policies and regimes for subjects under the management of the Ministry of National Defense in implementing the organizational arrangement of the apparatus.

Article 6 of Circular No. 19 details how to calculate policies for cases of work at agencies and units directly affected by the restructuring of the apparatus.

In which, in cases where there is less than 2 years left until the retirement age according to the instructions in Point a, Point b, Clause 5, Article 5 of the Circular, they will receive a one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement; the method of calculating a one-time pension allowance is implemented according to the instructions in Point a, Clause 1, Article 6.

The one-time pension subsidy is calculated according to the formula = current monthly salary x 0.5 x number of months of early retirement.

In this case, in Circular 19, the Ministry of National Defense gave specific evidence to comrade Le Minh Quan, born in April 1971, who enlisted in February 1991, with the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Deputy Commander of the District Military Command.

According to current regulations, by the end of April 2027, comrade Quan will be 56 years old, and the highest service age limit according to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel will expire.

However, in March 2025, the Comrade Quan unit merged with another unit; Comrade Quan was decided by competent authorities to retire early, with a retirement preparation period of 12 months, from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026, receiving a monthly pension from May 1, 2026 (65 years old).

Comrade Quan is therefore eligible for retirement from the 13th month onwards from the effective date of the Merger Decision of the competent authority; the age limit is 1 year (12 months) and has 35 years and 3 months of work with compulsory social insurance contributions (35.5 years will be completed according to the instructions in Clause 4, Article 5 of Circular 19.

The Ministry of National Defense said that, Suppose the current salary before retirement (April 2026) of comrade Quan is 26,000,000 VND; comrade Quan is entitled to policies and regimes according to the provisions of Article 7 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP;

In which, the one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement is calculated as follows:

The one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement is: VND 26,000,000 x 0.5 months x 12 months of early retirement = VND 156,000,000.

However, if he is comrade Le Minh Quan as above; Suppose in March 2026, the Comrade Military unit is merged with another unit; Comrade Military is decided to retire by competent authorities, with a retirement preparation period of 12 months, from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027, receiving a monthly pension from May 1, 2027 (56 years old); Comrade Military is not subject to the instructions in Circular 19.

However, if Comrade Quan wishes to retire immediately (without retirement preparation) to receive a monthly pension from May 1, 2026 (at the age of 55) and is approved by the competent authority according to his wishes; Comrade Quan is eligible for policies and regimes for subjects according to instructions and is eligible for retirement within the first 12 months from the effective date of the Merger Decision of the competent authority.

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