Circular 13/2011/TT-BLDTBXH guiding adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances and monthly allowances under Decree 23/2011/ND-CP of April 4, 2011 and Decree 22/2011/ND-CP of April 4, 2011

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	13/2011/TT-BLDTBXH	In effect	11/06/2011	Ministry of Home Affairs	https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/26360

Summary

Circular 13/2011/TT-BLDTBXH, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on 27 April 2011, guides the adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances, and monthly allowances under Decree 23/2011/ND-CP and Decree 22/2011/ND-CP, the latter setting the common minimum wage. The adjustments apply from 1 May 2011. The core provision raises existing benefits by a uniform factor: the pension or monthly allowance from 1 May 2011 equals the April 2011 amount multiplied by 1.137, an increase of 13.7 percent. This headline coefficient feeds directly into pension-adjustment calculations for anyone already drawing a benefit. The covered groups include cadres, civil servants, workers, and employees (including farmers transferred from the Nghe An farmers social insurance fund under Decision 41/2009/QD-TTg), military and…