Documents identifying as a veteran to be insured by the State from 2027

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Clause 4, Article 2, Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV of the Ministry of Home Affairs guiding the determination and listing of subjects participating in health insurance under the state management scope of the Ministry of Home Affairs (effective from January 1, 2027) stipulates veterans who are paid health insurance by the State budget, including:

a) Veterans who participated in the resistance war from April 30, 1975 or earlier, as stipulated in Clauses 1, 2, 3 and 4, Article 2 of Decree No. 150/2006/ND-CP of the Government detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on Veterans (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 150/2006/ND-CP), amended and supplemented in Clause 2, Article 1 of Decree No. 157/2016/ND-CP.

b) Veterans who participated in the war to protect the Fatherland, performed international duties in Cambodia, and helped Laos after April 30, 1975, as stipulated in Clause 2, Article 1 of Decree No. 157/2016/ND-CP, including:

Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers in the army, workers and defense officials who have received allowances according to Decision No. 62/2011/QD-TTg on regimes and policies for subjects participating in the war to protect the Fatherland, performing international duties in Cambodia, helping Laos after April 30, 1975 who have been demobilized, discharged from the army, resigned (hereinafter referred to as Decision No. 62/2011/QD-TTg);

Officers, professional soldiers, non-commissioned officers, soldiers in the army, workers and defense officials directly participating in the war to protect the Fatherland, performing international duties in Cambodia, helping Laos after April 30, 1975, transferred to work at agencies, organizations, and businesses (not entitled to allowances according to Decision No. 62/2011/QD-TTg).

Article 5 of Circular 28/2026/TT-BNV stipulates documents as a basis for determining health insurance participants for veterans, including:

Based on the document confirming that they are veterans as prescribed in Clause 7, Article 2 of Decree No. 150/2006/ND-CP attached to one of the following documents:

a) Decision to enjoy allowances according to Decisions of the Prime Minister, including Decision No. 290/2005/QD-TTg, Decision No. 142/2008/QD-TTg, Decision No. 62/2011/QD-TTg.

b) One of the documents showing the time of participating in the resistance war, the war to protect the Fatherland, performing international duties in Cambodia, helping Laos: Official's resume, party member's resume, military personnel's resume, social insurance records, demobilization decisions, discharge decisions, transfers.

Thus, the papers identifying them as veterans are for the State budget to pay health insurance from 2027 according to the above regulations.

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