Decree
159/2006/ND-CP
Decree 159/2006/ND-CP on retirement benefits for soldiers directly involved in the anti-US resistance before April 30, 1975 with 20 or more years of army service who were demobilized or discharged
Ministry of National Defence
The ministry responsible for national defence and the Vietnam People's Army. It manages the armed forces, defence policy and the defence industry, border and maritime defence, and military contributions to disaster response and economic development.
Document Type | Document Number | Status | Date Effective | Issuing Body | Official Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Decree | 159/2006/ND-CP | In effect | 16/01/2007 | Ministry of National Defence | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/14788 |
Summary
Decree 159/2006/ND-CP (28 December 2006) grants a monthly pension to military personnel who directly took part in the resistance war before 30 April 1975 and who served 20 or more years in the army before being demobilized or discharged before 1 April 2000. Eligible groups are those already demobilized or discharged, and war invalids with a working-capacity loss of 81% or more who are in convalescence centers or have returned home without yet receiving a pension. People serving prison sentences, those who left the country illegally, deserters, defectors, or persons declared missing by a court are excluded. The monthly pension is calculated from actual years of service (treated as social-insurance contribution years) and the average monthly salary used as…