Retired military officers are issued certificates inviting their families to vacation every 2 years

Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Point b, Clause 2, Article 4, Decree 343/2025/ND-CP (effective from January 1, 2026), stipulates as follows:

b) Subjects specified in points a, b and c, Clause 2, Article 2 of this Decree, are issued tickets to invite their families to vacation at the Military Nursing and Social Security Teams every 2 years.

Points a, b and c Clause 2, Article 2 of Decree 343/2025/ND-CP stipulate:

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;

Thus, from January 1, 2026, the above-mentioned retired military officer groups will be issued certificates inviting families to vacation once every 2 years at the Army's Nursing and Social Security Teams.