On September 18, the Government Office announced that the Government had just issued Resolution No. 07/2025/NQ-CP on policies and regimes for subjects affected by the implementation of the reorganization of the apparatus and administrative units at all levels according to Conclusion No. 183-KL/TW dated August 1, 2025 of the Politburo and the Secretariat.
In the resolution, the Government decided to issue policies for 5 groups of subjects, including trade union officials.
The Resolution clearly states that full-time trade union officials working under labor contracts (receiving salaries and allowances from trade union financial resources) before January 15, 2019 will immediately quit their jobs due to organizational arrangement, implementing the model of organizing local government at 2 levels to enjoy the following policies and regimes:
1. In case of less than 2 years old until the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I, Appendix II issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP, they will enjoy the early retirement policy:
Receive a one-time pension of 0.8 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the time of retirement;
In case of eligibility for the working period with compulsory social insurance (SI) to receive pension as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 64 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024, they will enjoy pension benefits according to the provisions of law and will not have their pension rate deducted due to early retirement.
2. In case of remaining aged from 2 years to 5 years to the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I, Appendix II issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP, the following early retirement policy is enjoyed:
Receive a one-time pension of 0.8 months of current salary multiplied by the number of months of early retirement compared to the time of retirement;
In case of eligibility for the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions to receive pensions as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 64 of the Social Insurance Law 2024, in addition to receiving pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, they will also receive the following benefits:
- No deduction of pension rate due to early retirement;
- Receive a subsidy of 4 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to retirement age;
- Receive a subsidy of 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance contributions, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary will be granted.
3. In case of having more than 5 years but 10 years to the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP, they are entitled to the following early retirement policy:
Receive a one-time pension subsidy equal to 0.7 months of current salary multiplied by 60 months;
In case of eligibility for the working period with compulsory social insurance contributions to receive pensions as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 64 of the Social Insurance Law 2024, in addition to receiving pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, they will also receive the following benefits:
- No deduction of pension rate due to early retirement;
- Receive a subsidy of 3 months of current salary for each year of early retirement compared to the retirement age prescribed in Appendix I issued with Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP;
- Receive a subsidy of 3 months of current salary for the first 15 years of work with compulsory social insurance contributions. From the 16th year onwards, for each year of work with compulsory social insurance contributions, a subsidy of 0.5 months of current salary will be granted.
The Decree also stipulates cases that are not eligible for early retirement policies; cases that are old enough to retire.
The funding source for paying subsidies to people working outside the payroll quota at Associations assigned by the Party and State at the provincial or district levels before July 1, 2025 is taken from the trade union financial source.
The Resolution requires the payment of policies and regimes to full-time trade union officials no later than November 1, 2025.
