Circular
23/2016/TT-BLDTBXH
Circular 23/2016/TT-BLDTBXH guiding adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances and monthly allowances under Decree 55/2016/ND-CP of June 15, 2016
Ministry of Home Affairs
The ministry for public administration and the civil service: government organisation and staffing, administrative boundaries, local government, salaries, and state records and archives. In 2025 it became the primary successor of the former MOLISA, taking on labour, employment, wages and social-affairs functions.
Document Type | Document Number | Status | Date Effective | Issuing Body | Official Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Circular | 23/2016/TT-BLDTBXH | In effect | 01/09/2016 | Ministry of Home Affairs | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/117824 |
Summary
Circular 23/2016/TT-BLDTBXH, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on 15 July 2016, guides the adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances, and monthly allowances under Decree 55/2016/ND-CP dated 15 June 2016. It sets out concrete formulas and worked examples that pension calculators can follow directly. Article 1 defines three groups. Group one is people who began drawing a pension or monthly allowance between 1 January 2015 and before 1 May 2016 under points a and b of Decree 55/2016/ND-CP. Group two is people drawing pensions, loss-of-working-capacity allowances, or monthly allowances before 1 January 2016, plus those who began between 1 January and 31 December 2016, whose benefit is below 2,000,000 dong per month. Group three is preschool…