Ms. Nguyen Thi Nhu Thuy (name of the character changed) asked: According to Article 19 of Decree 154/2025/ND-CP effective from June 16, 2025, in case the streamlined staff have been considered and resolved according to Decree 29/2023/ND-CP but by the time the new decree takes effect, they still "have not received benefits", they will be recalculated and supplemented with the difference according to the new policy.
She wondered whether the phrase "not yet receiving benefits" is understood as the time when the actual employee receives money (receiving cash or money transferred to a bank account) or the time when the competent authority approves the funding.
Regarding Ms. Thuy's question, the Ministry of Home Affairs has responded on the Electronic Information Portal.
Article 19 of Decree No. 154/2025/ND-CP dated June 15, 2025 of the Government stipulating staff streamlining stipulates: Subjects of staff streamlining that are being considered and resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP or have been resolved by competent authorities according to Decree No. 29/2023/ND-CP but have not yet received benefits by the date this Decree takes effect, they will be recalculated and supplemented with the difference according to the policies specified in this Decree.
Therefore, the time to determine regimes and policies for staff streamlining subjects is the time when the competent authority decides to let the subjects retire and enjoy regimes and policies for staff streamlining" - the Ministry of Home Affairs guided.
Articles 12 and 14 of this Decree have decentralized to local authorities in resolving the policy of streamlining staff for cadres, civil servants, public employees and employees under their management authority.
Accordingly, the Ministry of Home Affairs requested her to contact the competent authority in the locality for resolution.
