The union is trying to negotiate and support 425 officials who want to resign.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor requires that by November 1, 2025, it must pay and complete all support for 425 redundant full-time union officials or those who voluntarily resign.

On the afternoon of September 19, in Hanoi , the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor held a press conference to provide information on support policies for full-time union officials working under contracts, receiving salaries and allowances from union financial resources, and affected by organizational restructuring.

Scene of the information meeting at noon on September 19

Enjoy 80% of the support level of Decree 178

According to the General Confederation of Labor, since the Government issued Decree 178/2024/ND-CP stipulating the regime and policies for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and workers in the process of restructuring the apparatus, many grassroots unions have proposed adding a group of specialized union officials working under contracts to the list of those eligible for this policy.

Therefore, the General Confederation has continuously sent written recommendations to the Ministry of Home Affairs and reported to the Politburo. On July 4, 2025, the Politburo issued Conclusion 174-KL/TW, assigning the General Confederation to preside over and work with the Ministry of Home Affairs to research and advise on policies for this group of subjects. After many inter-sectoral meetings, consulting with the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Justice and relevant agencies, on September 17, the Government approved Resolution No. 07/NQ-CP on policies and regimes for subjects affected by the implementation of organizational restructuring of administrative apparatus and units at all levels according to Conclusion No. 183-KL/TW of the Politburo and the Secretariat.

According to Article 5 of Resolution 07/2025/NQ-CP, which specifically regulates the policy for full-time union officials working under contracts, the subjects of application are full-time union officials working under contracts, receiving salaries and allowances from union finances, having worked before January 15, 2019, and now resigning due to organizational restructuring.

The press asked questions to the representative of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, noon September 19

This group enjoys two main regimes:

One is the early retirement policy: if eligible, they will receive a one-time subsidy equal to 80% of the level prescribed in Decree 178/2024/ND-CP (amended and supplemented by Decree 67/2025/ND-CP).

Second is the severance policy: if not eligible for early retirement, one will receive a one-time severance allowance equal to 0.6 months of current salary for each month of calculation (maximum 36 months); plus 1.5 months of salary for each year of work with compulsory social insurance; at the same time, one-time social insurance and unemployment insurance will be retained or enjoyed according to current regulations.

According to Ms. Ho Thi Kim Ngan, Deputy Head of the Labor Relations Department of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, the funding source for this group of subjects is taken from the union's finances according to decentralization (not from the state budget).

Notably, union officials working under contracts after January 15, 2019 will not be eligible for this special policy. When these subjects leave their jobs, they will be resolved according to the general provisions of the Labor Code, the Social Insurance Law and the Employment Law, including basic severance pay, unemployment insurance and social insurance contribution retention.

425 cases supported

Speaking further to the press, Ms. Ho Thi Kim Ngan said that there are currently a total of 511 people with applications for support under Resolution No. 07. However, according to the provisions of this resolution, only 425 cases eligible for support (working before January 15, 2019) will be resolved.

According to information from Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan, Deputy Head of the Trade Union Affairs Department (Vietnam General Confederation of Labor), with 425 union officials redundant after reorganization or voluntarily resigning, the total estimated amount of support (payment) is more than 400 billion VND. "In addition to the support level according to Resolution No. 07, the union's finances will not (or have not) had any other support regimes," Ms. Nguyen Thi Ngoc Lan said.

In addition to 425 cases supported at 80% of the support level of Decree 178, the representative of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor also said that as of June 30, 2026, 399 trade union officials (managed by provincial or city Party Committees) had been considered for support according to the policy of Decree 178.

At the level managed by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, as of August 30, 88/89 cases were considered and resolved after receiving voluntary applications for early retirement (1 case did not meet the requirements).

Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor Nguyen Xuan Hung speaks and provides press information

Chairing the meeting, Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung, Vice President of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor, said that this was a great effort by the Vietnam Trade Union organization in the process of negotiating and working with the Ministry of Home Affairs and relevant parties to have a satisfactory support policy for full-time trade union officials who have worked for many years, worked responsibly or have difficult circumstances... These officials are mainly redundant workers in the process of restructuring the apparatus, implementing the 2-level local government model (no district level organization) and merging administrative units.

Because the resolution's duration is very short (until November 1, 2025), the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor requires that payments be completed for cases in need of support by November 1, 2025 at the latest.

“No later than September 20, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor will issue a document with detailed instructions for implementing Resolution No. 07/NQ-CP, to ensure reasonable benefits for full-time union officials working under contracts who voluntarily resign. Localities will base on the resolution and instructions to ensure payment is completed before November 1, 2025. Any unit that fails to complete the payment must take responsibility,” informed Mr. Nguyen Xuan Hung.

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Source: https://www.sggp.org.vn/cong-doan-no-luc-thuong-thao-ho-tro-425-can-bo-xin-nghi-post813724.html