Circular 17/2008/TT-BLDTBXH guiding adjustment of wages already paid into social insurance for workers under employer-decided wage regimes under Decree 83/2008/ND-CP of July 31, 2008

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	17/2008/TT-BLDTBXH	In effect	10/03/2008	Ministry of Home Affairs	https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/123013

Summary

Circular 17/2008/TT-BLDTBXH, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on 28 August 2008, guides the adjustment of wages and pay already used as the social insurance contribution base, for workers under the employer-decided pay scheme, implementing Decree 83/2008/ND-CP. The indexation applies to workers participating in or preserving their social insurance period who, from 1 January 2007 onward, draw a pension, a one-time retirement allowance, a one-time social insurance payment, or whose survivors receive a one-time death benefit, with contribution time under the employer-decided pay scheme. Coefficients are derived from the average annual consumer price index under Article 3 of the decree and provided in two tables by settlement year. For benefits settled between 1 January and…