Decree No. 178/2024/ND-CP dated December 31, 2024 of the Government on regimes and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, workers and armed forces in implementing the organizational arrangement of the political system takes effect from January 1, 2025.
Decree 178 consists of 3 chapters and 27 articles; it stipulates policies and regimes from Article 7 to Article 16.
The content of Decree 178 has 8 important policies, including: Policies and regimes for subjects belonging to the armed forces during the process of implementing organizational restructuring (Article 15).
Clause 2, Article 15 clearly states the retirement age for calculating policies and regimes for each subject in the armed forces as follows:
For officers of the Vietnam People's Army, retirement age is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Officers of the Vietnam People's Army and guiding documents.
For professional soldiers, workers and defense officials, retirement age is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Professional Soldiers, Workers and Defense Officials and guiding documents.
For officers, non-commissioned officers receiving salaries and police workers, the retirement age is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on People's Public Security and guiding documents.
For those working in key organizations; contract workers receiving salaries from the state budget in the People's Public Security, the retirement age is implemented according to the provisions of the Law on Social Insurance and Decree No. 135/2020/ND-CP.
Director, Chief of Office of the Party Committee of the Ministry of Home Affairs Nguyen Quang Dung clearly stated the three purposes of issuing the decree.
Accordingly, this decree aims to have good policies, ensuring the rights of cadres, civil servants and public employees who quit their jobs due to organizational restructuring, contributing to the goal of streamlining the organizational structure, restructuring and improving the quality of cadres, civil servants and public employees.
Retain and promote cadres with outstanding qualities and abilities.
Increase the number of cadres, civil servants and public employees at the central and provincial levels going on business trips to the grassroots (expected 2 cadres/commune) to increase human resources and create momentum for local socio-economic development.
