The Government has just issued Decree 170/2025/ND-CP regulating the recruitment, use and management of civil servants.
The Decree stipulates the regime and policies for civil servants who voluntarily resign or are allowed to resign.
Civil servants who voluntarily resign are entitled to severance pay as follows:
a) Receive a subsidy of 3 months of current salary;
b) Receive a subsidy of 1.5 months of current salary for each year of work with compulsory social insurance contributions;
c) Receive the period of compulsory social insurance payment or receive one-time social insurance according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
The current monthly salary is the salary of the month immediately preceding the termination of employment. Monthly salary is calculated including: salary according to rank and grade; leadership position allowance; seniority allowance beyond the framework, seniority allowance and salary retention difference coefficient (if any) according to the provisions of the law on salary.
The subsidy level equal to 1 month of current salary is implemented for cases with a total working time before leaving work from 6 months to less than 12 months.
Civil servants who have announced their retirement or are subject to staff streamlining or forced to quit according to the provisions of law are not eligible for severance pay according to regulations.
The period to be counted for severance pay is the total period calculated according to the year of compulsory social insurance payment (if the period is interrupted, it will be accumulated) not yet received severance pay or severance pay, including:
Working time in agencies, organizations, and units of the Communist Party of Vietnam, the State, the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations;
Working time in the People's Army and the People's Public Security;
Working time at the association is assigned by the Party and the State, according to the staffing quota assigned by the competent authority;
Time sent for training and fostering by agencies, organizations, and units;
Salary leave according to labor law;
Time off for sick leave, maternity leave, work accidents, occupational diseases, health rehabilitation according to the provisions of the law on social insurance;
The period of disciplinary action or criminal prosecution that has been concluded by competent authorities or organizations as unfair or incorrect;
The period of temporary suspension of work is according to the regulations of competent authorities.
If there are rare months, working time will be calculated as follows: Less than 3 months will not be counted; from 3 months to 6 months will be counted as 1/2 year of work; from more than 6 months to 12 months will be counted as 1 year of work.
This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2025.
