New regulations on one-time retirement benefits for military personnel

Lawyer Nguyen Thi Thuy, YouMe Law Firm LLC, replied:

Article 14 of Decree No. 157/2025/ND-CP detailing and measures to implement a number of articles of the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance for soldiers, People's Public Security, standing militia and people working in secret service who receive salaries as for soldiers stipulates the one-time pension upon retirement as follows:

1. The one-time pension upon retirement is calculated according to the provisions of Article 68 of the Law on Social Insurance, for each year of social insurance payment higher than the corresponding number of years corresponding to the maximum monthly pension percentage of 75%, a one-time pension is calculated at 0.5 months of the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment for each year of payment higher than the retirement age according to the provisions of law.

2. In case the employee is eligible for pension according to the provisions of Article 12 of this Decree but continues to pay social insurance, the subsidy level is 02 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment prescribed in Article 72 of the Law on Social Insurance for each year of payment higher than the number of years prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article from the time of retirement eligibility prescribed by law to the time of retirement.

Article 68 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 stipulates the one-time pension upon retirement as follows:

1. Male workers with a social insurance payment period of more than 35 years, female workers with a social insurance payment period of more than 30 years will also receive a one-time allowance in addition to pension when retiring.

2. The one-time allowance for each year of contributions is 0.5 times higher than the average salary used as the basis for social insurance contributions prescribed in Article 72 of this Law for each year of contributions higher than the retirement age prescribed by law.

In case the employee is eligible for pension according to the provisions of Articles 64 and 65 of this Law but continues to pay social insurance, the subsidy level is 02 times the average salary used as the basis for social insurance payment prescribed in Article 72 of this Law for each year of payment higher than the number of years prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article from the time of reaching the retirement age prescribed by law to the time of retirement.

Thus, the one-time pension upon retirement for soldiers is implemented according to the above regulations.