Answering the question of Lao Dong Newspaper readers, Lawyer Hoang Ha (Ho Chi Minh City Bar Association) said: For principals, vice-principals, or school officials who are redundant after arrangement and are eligible for early retirement according to Article 6 of Decree 154/2025/ND-CP, in addition to monthly pensions, they may also receive one-time allowances.
If there are still 2 years to 5 years compared to the retirement age and are eligible for pension, the retiree is entitled to a 5-month salary allowance for each year of early retirement.
At the same time, if you have 20 years of compulsory social insurance contributions, you will be entitled to a 5-month current salary allowance for the first 20 years, from the 21st year onwards, each year you will receive an additional 0.5 months of salary. In case you have 15 years to less than 20 years of social insurance contributions, you will be entitled to a 5-month current salary allowance.
A very important benefit is not to be deducted from the pension benefit rate due to early retirement. However, not everyone who retires early receives the above allowances.
People who have less than 2 years until retirement age, if they meet the conditions according to Decree 154, are basically entitled to pensions and are not reduced in percentage but do not have allowances calculated according to the number of years of early retirement and working time like the group from 2 to 5 years.
As for the case after school arrangement, some principals and vice-principals may no longer hold management positions and be assigned to teacher positions. In this case, the regime, benefits, especially the preservation of position allowances for management staff are also issues of concern to many people.
According to lawyer Hoang Ha, the fact that the principal or vice-principal no longer holds management positions after the merger does not mean that they immediately lose the rights attached to the previous position.
Clause 3, Article 4 of Resolution 37/2026/NQ-CP stipulates that the surplus principals and vice principals after arrangement are arranged for teaching positions or other job positions suitable to their professional capacity, nghiệp vụ and training majors. If they wish to resign, they may be considered for settlement of staff streamlining policies according to Decree 154/2025/ND-CP.
Notably, Clause 4, Article 4 of Resolution 37/2026/NQ-CP stipulates that people who are relieved of their positions or appointed to new positions have a lower allowance level due to school arrangement, and the leadership position allowance is preserved.
According to Article 11 of Decree 178/2024/ND-CP, amended by Decree 67/2025/ND-CP, the old allowance level is preserved until the end of the appointment term; if the remaining term is less than 6 months, it is preserved for 6 months.
