Vietnam: Roadmap for adjusting employee's retirement age to 2028 and to 2035

From 2021, the retirement age of employees will have many changes compared to the previous retirement age. So, how will the roadmap for adjusting the retirement age of employees change in Vietnam?

1. Roadmap to adjust the retirement age of employees under ordinary working conditions

According to Article 4 of the Decree No. 135/2020/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam Government, since January 1, 2021, the retirement age of employees under ordinary working conditions are 60 years 3 months for male employees and 55 years 4 months for female employees; and the age increases by 3 months for male employees each successive year until he reaches 62 in 2028 and increases by 4 months for female employees each successive year until she reaches 60 in 2035.

The roadmap to adjust the retirement ages of employees is specified as following:

Male employees

Female employees

Retirement year

Retirement age

Retirement year

Retirement age

2021

60 years 3 months

2021

55 years 4 months

2022

60 years 6 months

2022

55 years 8 months

2023

60 years 9 months

2023

56 years

2024

61 years

2024

56 years 4 months

2025

61 years 3 months

2025

56 years 8 months

2026

61 years 6 months

2026

57 years

2027

61 years 9 months

2027

57 years 4 months

From 2028

62 years

2028

57 years 8 months

 

 

2029

58 years

 

 

2030

58 years 4 months

 

 

2031

58 years 8 months

 

 

2032

59 years

 

 

2033

59 years 4 months

 

 

2034

59 years 8 months

 

 

From 2035

60 years

2. Roadmap to adjust early retirement (before the retirement age under ordinary working conditions)

According to Article 5 of the Decree No. 135/2020/NĐ-CP of the Vietnam Government, an employee, in any of the following circumstances, may retire at the age earlier but not exceeding 5 years before the statutory retirement age of employees under ordinary working conditions, determined until the retirement date, unless otherwise prescribed by law:

- Employee has at least 15 years’ doing laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations or highly laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations on the lists of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam;

- Employee has at least 15 years’ working in highly disadvantaged areas, including the period he/she works in areas with the region-based allowance of at least 0.7 (allowance for those working in disadvantaged areas) before January 01, 2021 on the list of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam;

- Employee’s work capacity reduction is at least 61%;

- He/she has at least total 15 years’ doing laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations or highly laborious, toxic and dangerous occupations on the lists of the Minister of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs of Vietnam and has at least 15 years’ working in highly disadvantaged areas, including the period he/she works in areas with the region-based allowance of at least 0.7 (allowance for those working in disadvantaged areas) before January 01, 2021.

Thus, roadmap to adjust early retirement (before the retirement age under ordinary working conditions) to 2028 and to 2035 is as following:

Male employees

Female employees

Retirement year

Lowest retirement age

Retirement year

Lowest retirement age

2021

55 years 3 months

2021

50 years 4 months

2022

55 years 6 months

2022

50 years 8 months

2023

55 years 9 months

2023

51 years

2024

56 years

2024

51 years 4 months

2025

56 years 3 months

2025

51 years 8 months

2026

56 years 6 months

2026

52 years

2027

56 years 9 months

2027

52 years 4 months

From 2028

57 years

2028

52 years 8 months

 

 

2029

53 years

 

 

2030

53 years 4 months

 

 

2031

53 years 8 months

 

 

2032

54 years

 

 

2033

54 years 4 months

 

 

2034

54 years 8 months

 

 

From 2035

55 years

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