The Government has just issued Decree No. 154/2025/ND-CP regulating the streamlining of staff in agencies, organizations, and public service units of the Party, State, Vietnam Fatherland Front, and socio-political organizations from the Central to the commune level.
Decree No. 154 also details early retirement policies and 4 groups of subjects whose pension rates will not be deducted when retiring early.
Group 1:
Subjects with a remaining age of 02 to 05 years to the prescribed retirement age and having enough working time with compulsory social insurance (SI) contributions to receive pensions according to the provisions of the law onSI), including 15 years or more working in a job or job that is arduous, toxic, dangerous or especially arduous, toxic, dangerous or working for 15 years or more in an area with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions issued by a Government agency performing the function of state management of labor, including working time in a place with a regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or higher before January 1, 2021.
In addition to enjoying the pension regime according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, this group also enjoys the following regimes: No deduction of pension rate due to early retirement; Receive a subsidy of 05 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the prescribed retirement age; Receive a subsidy according to the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions.
Group 2:
Subjects with an age of 02 to 05 years to the prescribed retirement age and having enough working time with compulsory social insurance contributions are entitled to receive pension according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
In addition to enjoying the pension regime according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, this group also enjoys the following regimes: No deduction of pension rate due to early retirement; Receive a subsidy of 05 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the prescribed retirement age; Receive a subsidy according to the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions.
Group 3:
Subjects with less than 02 years of age until the prescribed retirement age and having enough working time with compulsory social insurance contributions to receive pensions according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, including 15 years of working in arduous, toxic, dangerous or especially arduous, toxic, dangerous jobs on the list issued by a Government agency performing the function of state management of labor or having worked for 15 years in an area with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions issued by a Government agency performing the function of state management of labor, including working time in a place with a regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or higher before January 1, 2021.
This group is entitled to pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance and is not entitled to a pension rate deducted due to early retirement.
Group 4:
Subjects with less than 02 years of age until the prescribed retirement age and having enough working time with compulsory social insurance contributions are entitled to receive pensions according to the provisions of the law on social insurance.
This group is entitled to pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance and is not entitled to a pension rate deducted due to early retirement.
