Clause 5, Article 25 of Decree 178/2024/ND-CP, amended and supplemented by Clause 19, Article 1 of Decree 67/2025/ND-CP, stipulates:
1. In cases where policies and regimes are being resolved due to the reorganization of the apparatus and administrative units at district and commune levels as prescribed in Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP but the competent authority has not yet issued a decision to resolve policies and regimes, the policies and regimes prescribed in this Decree will be applied.
2. In cases where policies and regimes are being resolved due to the arrangement of district and commune-level administrative units, and have been resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP, but the time of resignation after January 1, 2025 will be subject to the policies and regimes prescribed in this Decree.
3. The cases specified in Clause 4, Article 2 of this Decree have been resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 177/2024/ND-CP. If the policies and regimes are lower than the policies and regimes specified in this Decree, the policies and regimes specified in this Decree will be applied.
4. In cases where policies and regimes have been resolved by competent authorities according to the provisions of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP, if the policies and regimes are lower than the policies and regimes prescribed in this Decree, they will be supplemented according to the policies and regimes prescribed in this Decree.
5. In cases where the organizational arrangement or changes in organization or staffing have been decided by competent authorities to retire before the age limit before January 1, 2025 according to the Government's regulations guiding the implementation of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army, the Law on Professional Soldiers, Workers and National Defense Officials and the Basic Law, but by January 1, 2025, the competent authority has not issued a decision to resolve policies and regimes, the policies and regimes prescribed in this Decree will be applied.
6. Cases that have been approved by competent authorities to implement additional support policies from local budgets as prescribed in Clause 6, Article 19 of Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP before March 15, 2025 will still enjoy this additional support policy.
Accordingly, Decree 67/2025/ND-CP stipulates that only 1 officer is entitled to receive money under Decree 178 when retiring before the age limit before January 1, 2025, which is:
In cases where the organizational arrangement or changes in organization or staffing have been decided by competent authorities to retire before the retirement date before January 1, 2025 according to the Government's regulations guiding the implementation of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army 1999, the Law on Professional Soldiers, Workers and National Defense Officials 2015 and the Law on Chinatown 2011, but by January 1, 2025, the competent authority has not issued a decision to resolve policies and regimes, the policies and regimes prescribed in Decree 178/2024/ND-CP will be applied, amended and supplemented by Decree 67/2025/ND-CP.
