Vietnam: Interests of officers discharged from active service

According to Article 37 of the Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999, officers discharged from active service shall enjoy the following interests:

* Retired officers:

- Pensions calculated based on statutory pay rate;

- Using military uniforms, shoulder straps and insignia on public holidays, conferences, meetings for the army’s traditional exchanges;

- Being provided with civic status registration and given conditions to live and work by the administration in localities where the officers reside lawfully; where officers have no dwelling houses, they shall be provided with dwelling houses or residential land according to the Government’s regulations;

- Being provided with medical examination and treatment under the medical insurance regime at military and civil medical establishments.

* Transferred officers:

- The State shall provide necessary professional training for transferred officers at the request of organizations;

- To have their salary scales at the time of transfer reserved for a minimum period of 18 months;

- When retiring, to enjoy the seniority allowances calculated according to the duration on active service in the army and their officers’ grades at the time of transfer; where their current salary scales are lower than their officers’ salary scales at the time of transfer, the latter shall be used for calculation of their pensions;

- The interests prescribed at Point b and Point c, Clause 1, this Article.

* Demobilized officers:

- Employment allowances and lump-sum demobilization allowance;

- If having full 15 or more years on active service in the army, when falling sick, they shall be given medical examination and treatment with hospital fees being exempt or reduced at military medical establishments as prescribed by the Minister of Defense;

- The interests prescribed at Point b and Point c, Clause 1, this Article.

* Officers who have had periods of time directly engaged in combat, combat service or working in particular localities, branches and trades shall be entitled to have such periods of time calculated according to preferential coefficient for enjoyment of interests when they are discharged from active service in the army.

View more: The Law on Vietnam People’s Army Officers 1999 was promulgated on December 21, 2999 and effective from April 01, 2000.

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