The Ministry of Public Security is seeking opinions on a draft Circular guiding the implementation of compulsory social insurance (SI) for officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the People's Public Security.
The subjects of application in the draft include officers, non-commissioned officers; officers, non-commissioned officers in technical fields; non-commissioned officers, conscripts; students studying at schools inside and outside the People's Public Security who are entitled to living expenses; units under the Ministry of Public Security; provincial and centrally-run city police; enterprises and public service units in the People's Public Security; related organizations and individuals in implementing compulsory social insurance policies and regimes in the People's Public Security.
In particular, the Ministry of Public Security proposes a number of contents related to the one-time social insurance regime for the above subjects, in cases of military discharge or disciplinary stripping of the title of People's Public Security who have not yet enjoyed the pension regime but have a request to receive one-time social insurance according to regulations.
The average monthly salary for social insurance contributions to serve as a basis for calculating one-time social insurance according to the provisions of Article 16 of Decree No. 157/2025/ND-CP and Article 17 of this Circular. In case the period of social insurance payment under the salary regime prescribed by the State is not enough for the last years in Clause 1, Article 17 of this Circular, the average monthly salary of the months of social insurance payment will be calculated.
When calculating the one-time social insurance benefit level, in case the social insurance payment period has odd months, from 1 month to 6 months is counted as half (1/2) of the year, from 7 months to 11 months is counted as one year.
In case there is a period of social insurance payment both before and after January 1, 2014 but the period of social insurance payment before January 1, 2014 has odd months, those odd months will be transferred to the social insurance payment period from January 1, 2014 onwards to serve as a basis for calculating one-time social insurance benefits.
The one-time social insurance benefit level of employees with less than one year of social insurance contributions is calculated by the amount of social insurance contributions to the pension and death fund, but at most 2 months is equal to the average monthly salary for social insurance contributions.
The Ministry of Public Security gave an example of the case of Major Nguyen Dang Huy, who joined the People's Public Security in August 2025; salary coefficient 4.20; was discharged from the army from December 1, 2025; the period of participating in social insurance from August 2025 to November 31, 2025 is 4 months.
Comrade Huy's one-time social insurance benefit level is: VND 2,340,000 x 4.2 x 22 % x 4 months = VND 8,648,640.
Also in the case of Major Nguyen Dang Huy mentioned in the above example, let's say that Comrade Huy was discharged from the army from July 4, 2026; the time to participate in social insurance from August 2025 to June 30, 2026 is 11 months. The one-time insurance benefit level of comrade Huy is calculated as follows: VND 2,340,000 x 4.20 x 22,2% x 11 months = VND 23,783,760.
However, comrade Huy has paid social insurance for less than 1 year (11 months); therefore, the maximum one-time social insurance benefit level is equal to 2 months of the average monthly salary for social insurance contributions: VND 2,340,000 x 4.2 x 02 months = VND 19,656,000.
