Circular
26/2005/TT-BLDTBXH
Circular 26/2005/TT-BLDTBXH guiding adjustment of pensions and social insurance allowances under Decree 117/2005/ND-CP of September 15, 2005
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 | 26/2005/TT-BLDTBXH | In effect | 29/10/2005 | Ministry of Home Affairs | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/17370 |
Summary
Circular 26/2005/TT-BLDTBXH, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, guides how to apply the pension and social-insurance benefit adjustment set out in Decree 117/2005/ND-CP. It is directly relevant to pension calculations because it fixes the exact multipliers used to recompute monthly benefits from October 2005. For people already drawing a pension or monthly social-insurance benefit before 1 October 2005, the new amount equals the September 2005 amount multiplied by either 1.10 or 1.08. The 1.10 factor applies to lower-paid recipients, defined as civil servants, officials and workers whose pre-retirement pay was under 390 dong per month under Decree 235/HDBT, whose old coefficient was below 3.06 under Decrees 25/CP and 26/CP, or whose new coefficient was below…