Circular
13/2013/TT-BLDTBXH
Circular 13/2013/TT-BLDTBXH guiding adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances and monthly allowances under Decree 73/2013/ND-CP of July 15, 2013
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 | 13/2013/TT-BLDTBXH | In effect | 04/10/2013 | Ministry of Home Affairs | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/43815 |
Summary
Circular 13/2013/TT-BLDTBXH, issued by the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs on 21 August 2013, guides the adjustment of pensions, social insurance allowances and monthly allowances under Government Decree 73/2013/ND-CP of 15 July 2013. It takes effect on 4 October 2013, but the adjusted benefits apply retroactively from 1 July 2013. The circular covers people who were already drawing a pension or monthly allowance before 1 July 2013, including cadres, civil servants, workers, voluntary social insurance participants, military and public security personnel, cipher staff, commune-level officials under earlier decrees, and recipients of loss-of-working-capacity and other monthly allowances. The central calculation rule is a uniform uplift coefficient: the benefit from 1 July 2013 equals the June 2013 benefit multiplied…