The 2019 Labor Code stipulates that employees are entitled to pension when they are guaranteed social insurance payment period and have reached retirement age according to regulations.
The retirement age of employees in normal working conditions is adjusted according to the roadmap until reaching 62 years old for male employees in 2028 and 60 years old for female employees in 2035.
From 2021, the retirement age of employees will be 60 years and 3 months for male employees and 55 years and 4 months for female employees; then, increase by 3 months each year for male employees and 4 months for female employees.
Thus, the retirement age for male workers in 2026 is 61 years and 6 months, and for female workers is 57 years old.
In addition, workers with reduced working capacity; working in particularly arduous, toxic, or dangerous occupations or jobs; working in areas with particularly difficult socio-economic conditions can retire at a lower age but not more than 5 years compared to regulations.
As for workers with high professional and technical qualifications and some special cases, they can retire at a higher age but not more than 5 years compared to the regulations.
Based on Appendix 1 of the roadmap for retirement age under normal working conditions associated with the corresponding months and years of birth issued with Decree 135/2020/ND-CP, the pension age calculation table by year of birth is regulated as follows:
