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).
The regulations on one-time retirement benefits are specifically guided by the Ministry of Public Security in Article 14 of the Circular.
Accordingly, employees specified in Clause 1, Article 2 of this Circular who are eligible for pension according to the provisions of Article 12 of Decree No. 157/2025 but have a higher social insurance payment period than the provisions of Clause 1, Article 68 of the Law on Social Insurance, Clause 1, Article 14 of Decree No. 157/2025, when they retire, will receive a one-time allowance equal to 0.5 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment for each year of social insurance payment of more than 35 years for men and more than 30 years for women, up to the time of retirement eligibility according to the provisions of law.
In case the employee specified in Clause 1, Article 2 of this Circular is eligible for pension according to the provisions of Article 12 of Decree No. 157/2025 and continues to pay social insurance, the one-time pension upon retirement shall be implemented according to the provisions of Clause 2, Article 14 of Decree No. 157/2025.
The one-time pension upon retirement is equal to 0.5 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance contributions for each year of contributions higher than 35 years for men, 30 years for women, calculated from the time of eligibility for retirement according to the provisions of law to the time of retirement.
The Ministry of Public Security gave an example: Male officer, Lieutenant Colonel Hoang X, Deputy Head of Department C, born on July 10, 1972, participated in social insurance since October 1993, joined the People's Public Security in September 2017 (Comrade X's working process all work and work under normal conditions).
Comrade Hoang X will be decided to retire from September 1, 2032, and enjoy the pension regime from June 1, 2033.
As of the time comrade X is 57 years old and eligible for pension according to the provisions of Point a, Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree No. 157/2025 (July 2029), comrade X has 35 years and 10 months of social insurance contributions; as of the time of pension (June 1, 2033), comrade X has 39 years and 8 months of social insurance contributions.
The one-time pension upon retirement of comrade Hoang X is calculated as follows:
One-time allowance for social insurance payment period higher than 35 years up to the time of retirement eligibility as prescribed in Point a, Clause 1, Article 12 of Decree No. 157/2025 (July 2029 is enough for 57 years), is 10 months (to be rounded up to 1 year) is: 1 year X 0.5 times = 0.5 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment;
The one-time allowance for the period of social insurance payment of more than 35 years, calculated from after the time of retirement eligibility (July 2029) to the retirement date (June 1, 2033) is 3 years and 10 months (to be rounded to 4 years), is: 4 years X 2 times = 8 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment;
Thus, the total one-time pension upon retirement of comrade X is: 0.5 + 8 = 8.5 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance contributions.
