Allowance for the position of commander of the Militia and Self-Defense Force in Vietnam according to Decree 72/2020

Allowance for the position of commander of the Militia and Self-Defense Force in Vietnam according to Decree 72/2020 (Internet image)

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1. Allowance for the position of commander of the Militia and Self-Defense Force in Vietnam according to Decree 72/2020

The allowance regime for the position of Militia and Self-Defense Force commander according to Article 7 of Decree 72/2020/ND-CP is as follows:

- Militia and self-defense commander position allowances are paid monthly, with the following benefits:

+ Commander, Political Commissar of the commune-level military command; Commander, Political Commissar, Military Command of agencies and organizations: 357,600 VND;

+ Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Commissar of the Commune-level Military Command; Deputy Commander, Deputy Political Commissar of the Military Command of agencies and organizations; Battalion Commander, Battalion Political Commissar; Squadron Leader, Naval Political Commissar; Squadron Leader, Political Commissar of the standing militia squadron; Company Commander, Commissar of Mobile Militia and Self-Defense Company: 327,800 VND;

+ Deputy Battalion Commander, Deputy Battalion Political Commissar; Deputy Squadron Commander, Deputy Political Commissar of the Squadron; Deputy Squadron Commander, Deputy Political Commissar of the Standing Militia Squadron; Deputy Company Commander, Deputy Commissar of Mobile Militia and Self-Defense Company: 312,900 VND;

+ Company commander, company political officer; Squadron Leader, Squadron Political Commissar; Mobile militia platoon leader, standing militia platoon leader: 298,000 VND;

+ Village Captain: 178,800 VND and receive an additional 29,800 VND when concurrently holding the position of squad leader, or 35,760 VND when concurrently holding the position of on-site militia platoon leader. In the event that the village only organizes an on-site militia group, it will receive an additional 29,800 VND;

+ Deputy Company Commander, Deputy Company Commissar; Deputy Squadron Leader, Deputy Squadron Political Commissar: 223,500 VND;

+ Platoon leader; Standing militia squad leader: 178,800 VND;

+ Platoon leader, Captain, Battery leader: 149,000 VND.

- The period of entitlement to position allowances is calculated from the date of the appointment and implementation decision until the date of the decision to resign from that position; If you hold a position for 15 days or more in a month, you will receive an allowance for the entire month. If you hold a position for less than 15 days in a month, you will receive 50% of that month's position allowance.

2. Seniority allowance for commanders of commune-level military commands in Vietnam

The seniority allowance regime for commanders of commune-level military commands according to Article 10 of Decree 72/2020/ND-CP is as follows:

- Commanders, Political Commissars, Deputy Commanders, and Deputy Political Officers of the Commune-level Military Command who have worked for 60 months or more are entitled to seniority allowances. The allowance levels are as follows:

After 05 years (full 60 months) of work, you will receive a seniority allowance equal to 5% of your current salary and position allowance, extra seniority allowance (if any) or your current monthly allowance; From the sixth year onwards, each year (full 12 months) is charged an additional 1%.

- Commander, Political Commissar, Deputy Commander, and Deputy Political Commissar of the Commune-level Military Command who have time working in other professions and are entitled to seniority allowances will have that time added with time holding command positions of the commune-level Military Command to calculate seniority allowances. If there is an interruption, the period for calculating long service allowances specified in Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree 72/2020/ND-CP will be accumulated.

- Long service allowances are calculated and paid during the same salary period as monthly allowances and social and health insurance benefits.

- Time not counted for long service allowance:

+ Period of suspension from work or temporary detention to serve the investigation, prosecution, and trial; time of serving prison sentence; time of voluntary leave;

+ Continuous leave from personal work without salary or allowance for 01 month or more;

+ The period of sick leave and maternity leave exceeds the period prescribed by the law on social insurance.

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