On September 19, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor organized a press conference on the regime and policies for trade union officials working under labor contracts affected by the organizational arrangement.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor chaired.
The Government has officially issued Resolution 07/2025/NQ-CP, effective from September 17, 2025 and implemented until November 1, 2025.
One of the subjects of application is full-time union officials working under the contract regime (receiving salaries and allowances from union financial resources) before the time of immediate retirement on January 15, 2019 due to the reorganization of the apparatus and implementation of the 2-level local government organization model.
Responding to a reporter from Lao Dong Newspaper, assigned by Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, Ms. Ho Thi Kim Ngan - Deputy Head of Labor Relations Department said that according to the list compiled from the Provincial Labor Federations, up to now, there are 511 cases eligible for protection under Resolution 07, but because Decree 07 clearly stipulates subjects with labor contracts signed before January 15, 2019, so there are only 425 cases, the rest are not subject to Resolution7.
Regarding the question about the payment period for the regimes according to Resolution 07 at the latest on November 1, 2025, Ms. Ho Thi Kim Ngan said that there will be nearly 2 months to implement.
It is truly a very urgent time because we have to review documents and processes, ensuring the identification of the correct subjects, calculating correctly and fully according to Resolution 7. The General Confederation will issue instructions very soon to implement the calculation, as well as require the Provincial Labor Federations to issue decisions to terminate labor contracts for cases eligible for early retirement or termination of employment in October 2025, with late payment on November 1, 2025", Ms. Ngan said.
Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan - Deputy Head of the Trade Union Work Committee said that according to the summary of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the preliminary amount of money spent on these subjects is about 400 billion VND, calculated with the number of 425 union officials receiving the regime according to Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP of the Government. According to current regulations, in addition to the above regime, these subjects have not enjoyed any other financial support regime.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung - Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor said that the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will issue implementation instructions no later than the morning of September 20. The responsibility for implementation is that the Standing Committees of the Labor Federations of provinces and cities will base on the instructions of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, according to the provisions of Resolution 07, calculate and complete procedures and documents to pay the correct subjects and regulations.
"The progress is very urgent, so the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor requests the Labor Confederations of provinces and cities to focus on resolving it in a timely and final manner for beneficiaries in accordance with regulations" - Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung said.
Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung said that after November 1, 2025, if any cases have not been granted, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will not be responsible; The Standing Committee of the Provincial Labor Federation will be responsible for any cases that do not make payments in accordance with the spirit of the Resolution. After November 1, 2025, the regime will not be resolved for those who have not been resolved.
According to Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP, policies, regimes, calculation methods and benefits for union officials working under labor contracts affected by the organizational arrangement are as follows:
Early retirement policy: As per Article 7 of Decree 178, the one-time subsidy level is equal to 80% of Decree 178/2024/ND-CP amended and supplemented by Decree No. 67/2025/ND-CP
termination policy: In case of not being eligible for early retirement policy, the termination policy is as follows:
a) Receive a one-time severance allowance equal to 0.6 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months for which severance allowance is calculated (maximum 36 months);
b) Receive a subsidy of 1.5 months of current salary for each year of work with compulsory social insurance contributions;
c) Receive social insurance payment period or receive one-time social insurance according to the provisions of the law on social insurance;
d) Receive unemployment insurance according to the provisions of the law on unemployment insurance.
The settlement of policies and regimes, how to determine time and salary to calculate policies and regimes for implementation according to the provisions of Decree 178/2024/ND-CP and guiding documents for implementation
Funding source: taken from trade union finances according to decentralization.
