The Ministry of National Defense is seeking opinions on the 2nd Draft of the Circular on policies and regimes when reorganizing and streamlining the military apparatus.
Clauses 3 and 4, Article 6 propose policies for people with less than 2 years of retirement age working at agencies and units directly affected by the reorganization of the apparatus; in cases where officers, professional soldiers, workers and defense officials are rewarded for their contributions.
In which, Clause 3, Article 6 of the Draft Circular proposes that cases with less than 2 years of age until the retirement age according to the instructions in Point a, Point b, Clause 5, Article 5 of the Circular are entitled to receive a one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement; how to calculate a one-time pension allowance according to the instructions in Point a, Clause 1 of this Article.
One-time pension benefits for the number of months of early retirement are implemented as follows
- Retirement within the first 12 months from the effective date of the decision to reorganize the apparatus by the competent authority:
- Retirement from the 13th month onwards from the effective date of the decision to reorganize the apparatus by the competent authority:
Subsidy level for early retirement Lieutenant Colonel
When drafting the Circular, the Ministry of National Defense gave an example of Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan, born in April 1971, who enlisted in February 1991, and held the position of Deputy Commander of the District Military Command.
According to current regulations, by the end of April 2027, Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan will be 56 years old, and the highest service age limit according to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel will expire.
In March 2025, Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan's unit merged with another unit; and this military officer was decided by competent authorities to retire early, with a retirement preparation period of 12 months, from May 1, 2025 to April 30, 2026, receiving a monthly pension from May 1, 2026 (65 years old).
Accordingly, Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan is eligible for retirement from the 13th month onwards from the effective date of the merger decision of the competent authority; the early retirement period is 1 year (12 months) and has 35 years and 3 months of work with compulsory social insurance (SI).
Suppose the current salary before retirement (April 2026) is 26,000,000 VND; in addition to receiving pension benefits according to the provisions of the law on social insurance, Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan also benefits the following benefits:
The one-time pension for the number of months of early retirement is: VND 26,000,000 x 0.5 months x 12 months of early retirement = VND 156,000,000.
Also with the above example, Suppose in March 2026, Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan's unit is merged with another unit and this officer is allowed by competent authorities to decide on retirement, with a 12-month pre-retirement leave, from May 1, 2026 to April 30, 2027, receiving a monthly pension from May 1, 2027 (56 years old); Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan will not be subject to the instructions in this Circular.
However, if this officer wishes to retire immediately (not preparing to prepare) to enjoy the monthly pension from 1.5.2026 (full 55 years old) and agreed by the competent authority according to aspirations; Senior Lieutenant Colonel Le Minh Quan is eligible for policies and regimes for the subjects according to the guidance in this Clause and in the case of retirement within the first 12 months from the date of the merger decision of the competent authority.
