Decree 29/CP

The appointed or elected officials of the Communist Party, the Fatherland Front agencies or mass organizations in the provinces and cities directly under the Central Government, provincial cities, districts or towns, who, through the organizational and personnel rearrangement in 1996, meet the following conditions shall be eligible for a monthly pension for the rest of their life as provided for in Point a, Item 1, Article 27 of the Regulation on Social Insurance issued together with Decree No.12-CP of January 26, 1995 of the Government:

- Men who are full 55 years of age and women who are full 50 years of age, and who have paid social insurance premiums for 20 years or more.

- Men who are full 50 years of age and women who are full 45 years of age, and who have paid social insurance premiums for 20 years or more, during which time they have met the following conditions: full 15 years performing heavy or health hazardous work; full 15 years working in an area or areas with the regional allowance coefficient of 0.7 or more; full 10 years working in Southern Vietnam or in Laos prior to April 30, 1975 or in Cambodia prior to August 31, 1989.- (Summary)