The Government has recently issued Decree No. 52/2025/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of Decree No. 21/2009/ND-CP dated February 23, 2009 detailing and guiding the implementation of a number of articles of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army.
The Decree stipulates the regime and policies for officers who stop serving in the army; officers in the army who sacrifice, pass away; officers in the army who transfer to professional soldiers or defense civil servants.
Decree No. 52/2025/ND-CP amends and supplements Article 4 on the regime and policies for officers transferred to work at agencies, units and enterprises who do not receive salaries from the state budget.
Accordingly, officers who transfer to work at agencies, units, and enterprises without salaries from the state budget are entitled to the following regimes and policies:
- Receive the time of social insurance payment according to the provisions of current social insurance law.
- Receive a one-time subsidy, for each year of work, a subsidy equal to 1 month's salary of the month immediately preceding the transfer, paid by the agency, unit, or enterprise under the Ministry of National Defense under the management of the officer before the transfer.
- Officers who have changed careers and are eligible for pension, are eligible for social insurance regimes according to current social insurance laws, but are not allowed to apply the method of calculating the average monthly salary for social insurance contributions as a basis for calculating pensions according to regulations.
Compared to Decree 21/2009/ND-CP, Decree 52/2025/ND-CP has stipulated more regimes and policies for officers transferred to work at enterprises, agencies and units that do not receive salaries from the state budget.
Previously, Decree 21/2009/ND-CP stipulated that officers who transfer to work at enterprises, agencies and units without receiving salaries from the state budget are entitled to a one-time reform allowance according to regulations and the social insurance regime according to the provisions of the law on social insurance; when retiring, pensions will not be calculated.
