Which retired military officer is allocated money to buy daily newspapers

Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Point a, Clause 1, Article 6, Decree 343/2025/ND-CP (effective from January 1, 2026), stipulates the press regime as follows:

a) Subjects specified in Clause 1; points a, b and c, Clause 2, Article 2 of this Decree are allocated money to buy People's Army newspapers, including: Daily newspapers, Weekend newspapers, Events and witnesses;

Subjects specified in point d, clause 2, Article 2 of this Decree are allocated money to buy People's Army newspapers daily.

Clause 1 and points a, b, c, d, clause 2, Article 2 of Decree Decree 343/2025/ND-CP stipulate as follows:

1. Retired General-level Officers.

2. Retired Senior Lieutenant-Colonel, 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;

Thus, from January 1, 2026, the above-mentioned retired military officers will be allocated money to buy People's Army Newspaper daily.