8 groups of retired military officers enjoy security and nursing benefits from 2026

Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 2, Decree 343/2025/ND-CP Regulating the regime of security, nursing, and care when suffering from dangerous diseases, the regime of information, and funeral support upon death for retired army officers (effective from January 1, 2026), stipulates the subjects of application as follows:

1. Retired General-level Officers.

2. Senior Lieutenant-Colonel officers who have retired, including:

a) Senior Colonel-level officers enjoy a salary of 668 VND according to the provisions of Decree No. 235/HDBT dated September 18, 1985 of the Council of Ministers on improving the salary regime of workers, civil servants and armed forces;

b) Officers before retirement holding positions or having held positions of Commander, Political Commissar (Army Corps, Corps, Naval Region, Coast Guard Region and equivalent); Directors of Departments with the function of directing the entire army. Officers before retirement holding positions or having held positions with a position allowance coefficient of 0.9 or higher as prescribed in Decree No. 25/CP dated May 23, 1993 of the Government temporarily stipulating the new salary regime for civil servants, public employees of administrative, non-business and armed forces or with a position allowance coefficient of 1.1 or higher as prescribed in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004 of the Government on the salary regime for cadres, civil servants, public employees and armed forces;

c) Senior Colonel-level officers receive a second salary increase; officers before retirement hold positions or have held positions of Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Commissar (Army Corps, Corps, Naval Region, Coast Guard Region and equivalent); Deputy Directors of Departments with the function of directing the entire army. Officers before retirement hold positions or have held positions with a position allowance coefficient of 0.8 as prescribed in Decree No. 25/CP or hold positions with a position allowance coefficient of 1.0 as prescribed in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP;

d) Colonel-level officers enjoy a salary of 655 VND according to the provisions of Decree No. 235/HDBT; Colonel-level officers have their salaries increased for the first time; officers before retirement hold positions or have held positions of commander of Divisions or Military Commands of provinces and centrally-run cities (hereinafter referred to as provincial levels) and equivalent. Officers before retirement hold positions or have held positions with a position allowance coefficient of 0.7 as prescribed in Decree No. 25/CP or have a position allowance coefficient of 0.9 as prescribed in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP;

e) Officers of the rank of Colonel, Senior Colonel; officers who held positions or have held command positions of Brigades, Regiments and equivalents before retirement. Officers who held positions or have held positions before retirement have a position allowance coefficient of 0.5 as prescribed in Decree No. 25/CP or have a position allowance coefficient of 0.7 as prescribed in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP;

e) Officers of the rank of Lieutenant Colonel, Major; officers who held positions or have held command positions of Battalions and equivalents before retirement. Officers who held positions or have held positions before retirement have a position allowance coefficient of 0.35 as prescribed in Decree No. 25/CP or have a position allowance coefficient of 0.5 as prescribed in Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP;

g) Second-class Officer.

3. Agencies, units, organizations, and individuals related to the implementation of regimes and policies for retired Army officers.

Thus, from January 1, 2026, the above-mentioned retired military officer groups will enjoy security and nursing benefits from 2026.