Vietnam: Beneficiaries of policies related to the care of retired military officials

Vietnam: Beneficiaries of policies related to the care of retired military officials (Illustration)

According to Circular 158/2011/TT-BQP, beneficiaries of policies related to the care of retired military officials in Vietnam include:

1. Entity 1:

- Officers holding the rank of Major General or higher;

- Officers holding the rank of Colonel with a salary level of 668 dongs according to Decree No. 235/HDBT dated September 18, 1985, by the Council of Ministers (now the Government of Vietnam) on salary policy improvements for workers, public employees, and armed forces (hereinafter abbreviated as Decree No. 235/HDBT);

- Officers holding the rank of Colonel who received a second pay rise with a coefficient of 7.2 according to Decree No. 25/CP dated May 23, 1993, by the Government of Vietnam on temporary salary policies applicable to administrative officials and public employees and armed forces (hereinafter abbreviated as Decree No. 25/CP); or a coefficient of 8.6 according to Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP dated December 14, 2004, by the Government of Vietnam on salary policies applicable to officials and armed forces (hereinafter abbreviated as Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP);

- Officers who were formerly Commanders or Political Commissars of the Army Corps; Commanders or Political Commissars of branches; Directors of departments with functions overseeing the entire army and equivalents or higher; or with a leader allowance coefficient of 0.9 or higher according to Decree No. 25/CP or 1.1 or higher according to Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP.

2. Entity 2:

- Officers holding the rank of Colonel with a salary level of 655 dongs according to Decree No. 235/HDBT; Colonels who received a first pay rise with a coefficient of 6.85 according to Decree No. 25/CP or 8.4 according to Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP;

- Officers who were formerly Deputy Commanders or Deputy Political Commissars of Army Corps; Deputy Commanders or Deputy Political Commissars of branches and equivalents; or have a leader allowance coefficient of 0.8 according to Decree No. 25/CP or 1.0 according to Decree No. 204/2004/ND-CP.

3. Entity 3

Officers holding the rank of Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel or former officers who held the positions of Division Commander or Provincial Military Command and equivalent ranks.

4. Entity 4

Officers holding the rank of Major, Lieutenant or former officers who held the positions of Regiment Commander, District Military Command (district) and equivalent ranks.

5. Entity 5

Officers holding the rank of Captain and other equivalent titles.

6. Other entities

Professional servicemen, defense workers and public employees with military ranks, or salary levels, or leader allowance coefficients equivalent to the military ranks, salary levels, or leader allowance coefficients of officers of any rank are entitled to the policies stipulated in this Circular as applicable to that rank of officers.

In case of resigning from leading positions, the officers shall be registered and entitled to the policies and benefits corresponding to the highest leading position held.

Additionally, these policies do not apply to the following entities:

- Entities who have benefited from policies stipulated in Decision No. 205/2004/QD-TTg dated December 10, 2004 by the Prime Minister of Vietnam on the implementation of certain policies for high-ranking officials.

- Retired military officials falling under the scope mentioned in Article 2 of Circular 158/2011/TT-BQP who are serving prison sentences; have surrendered to the enemy; have been convicted of crimes against national security.

More details can be found in Circular 158/2011/TT-BQP effective on September 29, 2011.

Thuy Tram

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