Adjustment of allowance rates for militia and self-defense members and commune military commanders in Vietnam from March 23, 2025

Adjustment of allowance rates for militia and self-defense members and commune military commanders in Vietnam from March 23, 2025

The revision supplements certain provisions of Decree 72/2020/ND-CP regarding the allowance levels for militia and commune military commanders as follows:

- Commander, Political Officer of the Commune Military Command; Commander, Political Officer, Military Command of agencies, organizations: 561,600 VND (currently 357,600 VND);

- Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Officer of the Commune Military Command; Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Officer of the Military Command of agencies, organizations; Battalion Commander, Battalion Political Officer; Marine Battalion Commander, Marine Battalion Political Officer; Marine Company Commander, Marine Company Political Officer of standing militia forces; Company Commander, Mobile Militia and Self-Defense Battalion Political Officer: 514,800 VND (currently 327,800 VND);

- Deputy Battalion Commander, Deputy Battalion Political Officer; Deputy Marine Battalion Commander, Deputy Marine Battalion Political Officer; Deputy Marine Company Commander, Deputy Marine Company Political Officer of standing militia forces; Deputy Company Commander, Mobile Militia and Self-Defense Company Political Officer: 491,400 VND (currently 312,900 VND);

- Company Commander, Company Political Officer; Marine Company Commander, Marine Company Political Officer; Mobile Militia Platoon Leader, Standing Militia Platoon Leader: 468,000 VND (currently 298,000 VND);

- Hamlet Army Leader: 280,800 VND (currently 178,800 VND) and entitled to an additional 100% of the squad leader allowance when concurrently serving as a platoon leader of local militia, or 100% of the platoon leader allowance when concurrently serving as a platoon leader of local militia. In cases where the hamlet organizes a local militia squad, an additional 100% of the squad leader's allowance is provided;*

- Deputy Company Commander, Deputy Company Political Officer; Deputy Marine Company Commander, Deputy Marine Company Political Officer: 351,000 VND (currently 223,500 VND);

- Platoon Leader; Regular Militia Squad Leader: 280,800 VND (currently 178,800 VND);

- Squad Leader, Captain, Fire Team Leader: 234,000 VND (currently 149,000 VND).

More details can be found in Decree 16/2025/ND-CP effective from March 23, 2025.

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