Article 4 of Decree 135/2020/ND-CP stipulates as follows:
Article 4. Retirement age under normal working conditions
The retirement age of employees under normal working conditions according to Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code is specifically regulated as follows:
1. From January 1, 2021, the retirement age of employees in normal working conditions is 60 years and 3 months for male employees and 55 years and 4 months for female employees; then, it increases by 3 months each year for male employees until reaching 62 years old in 2028 and by 4 months each year for female employees until reaching 60 years old in 2035.
Accordingly, from 2025, the retirement age of female workers in normal working conditions is 56 years and 8 months. After that, it will increase by 4 months each year until reaching 60 years old in 2035.
The roadmap to increase the retirement age of female workers from 2025 according to Decree 135 is as follows:
2025: 56 years and 8 months; 2026: 57 years; 2027: 57 years and 4 months; 2028: 57 years and 8 months; 2029: 58 years; 2030: 58 years and 4 months; 2031: 58 years and 8 months; 2032: 59 years; 2033: 59 years and 4 months; 2034: 59 years and 8 months; from 2035 onwards: 60 years.
