Minister of Public Security Luong Tam Quang has signed and issued Circular No. 88/2025 guiding the implementation of compulsory social insurance (SI) for officers, non-commissioned officers, and soldiers of the People's Public Security (CAND).
Regarding pension regimes, Articles 11 to 17 of the Circular stipulate the subjects and conditions for receiving monthly pensions; monthly pensions; pension receiving times; one-time pension upon retirement; one-time social insurance; reservation of social insurance payment period; average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment to calculate pensions and one-time allowances.
The monthly pension level is specifically guided by the Ministry of Public Security in Article 13 of the Circular.
Accordingly, the monthly pension of employees prescribed in Clause 1, Article 2 of this Circular is implemented according to the provisions of Article 66 of the Law on Social Insurance and Article 13 of Decree No. 157/2025, in which:
When calculating the pension rate if the social insurance payment period has odd months, from 1 month to 6 months is counted as half (1/2 years), from 7 months to 11 months is counted as a year.
The mark to calculate the number of years of early retirement for cases of retirement due to reduced working capacity as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 66 of the Law on Social Insurance is implemented according to the provisions of Clause 4, Article 13 of Decree No. 157/2025.
The Ministry of Public Security gave an example: Male officer, Lieutenant Colonel Dang Xuan T, born on June 15, 1969, joined the People's Public Security in September 1987, and retired with a pension from July 1, 2030, with 42 years and 10 months of social insurance contributions.
The monthly pension rate of Comrade T is calculated as follows: The first 20 years are calculated at 45%; from the 21st year to the end of the 35th year is 15 years, calculated by adding 15 x 2% = 30%. The total rate above is: 45% + 30% = 75%.
Thus, the monthly pension rate of comrade T is: 75%.
This Circular takes effect from October 1, 2025.
