The Government has issued Decree 67/2025 amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree 178/2024 of the Government on policies and regimes for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces in implementing the reorganization of the apparatus of the political system.
According to the new decree, in cases where there are still 2 to 5 years left until retirement age and there is enough time working on social insurance to receive a pension, in addition to receiving a pension, the pension rate will not be deducted due to early retirement.
These cases are also entitled to a subsidy of 5 months of current salary for each year of early retirement and a subsidy of 5 months of current salary for the first 20 years of work with social insurance contributions.
From the 21st year onwards, for each year of social insurance contributions, they will receive 0.5 months of current salary.
In case of 15 years of work or more with compulsory social insurance contributions and are eligible for pensions, they will be subsidized with 4 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work; from the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with social insurance contributions, they will receive 0.5 months of current salary.
For those who have worked for 15 years or more in a job that is arduous, toxic, dangerous, or especially arduous, toxic, dangerous, or have worked for 15 years in an area with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions, including working time in a place with a regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or higher before January 1, 2021, in addition to receiving pensions, the pension rate due to early retirement will not be deducted.
Along with that, there is also a subsidy of 5 months of current salary for each year of early retirement; a subsidy of 5 months of current salary for the first 20 years of work with social insurance contributions; from the age of 21 onwards, for each year of work, 0.5 months of current salary will be received.
In case of 15 years of work or more with social insurance contributions, a subsidy of 4 months of current salary will be granted for the first 15 years of work; from the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with social insurance contributions, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary will be granted.
People who retire early due to staff streamlining, if they retire within 12 months from March 15, 2025, in addition to the above allowances, will receive a subsidy of one month's current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement.
Those who retire from 13 months onwards from 15.3.2025 will receive 0.5 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement.
Decree 67/2025 removes the regulation that the People's Committees of provinces and cities, based on the ability to balance local budgets, submit to the People's Councils at the same level to issue additional support policies for subjects under their management.
At the same time, it also stipulates that cases that have been granted additional support policies from local budgets by competent authorities according to the provisions of Decree No. 178/2024 before March 15, 2025 will still enjoy this additional support policy.
