Article 26 of the 2025 Law on Teachers (effective from January 1, 2026) stipulates the retirement regime for teachers.
Accordingly, the retirement age of teachers will be implemented according to the provisions of the 2019 Labor Code and other relevant legal provisions, except for the following cases:
- Teachers in preschool education institutions, if they wish, can retire at a lower age than the retirement age of workers under normal conditions but not more than 5 years old. In case of having paid social insurance for 15 years or more, the pension percentage due to early retirement will not be reduced.
- cases specified in Article 27 of the 2025 Law on Teachers.
At the same time, Article 40 of the 2025 Law on Teachers also stipulates as follows:
Amending and supplementing Article 66 of the Law on Social Insurance No. 41/2024/QH15
Supplement Clause 3a after Clause 3, Article 66 as follows:
3a. The monthly pension level of the subject specified in Clause 2, Article 26 of the Law on Teachers is calculated as prescribed in Clause 1 of this Article. The retirement period at a lower age does not reduce the pension percentage as prescribed in Clause 3 of this Article.
Thus, according to the above content, from January 1, 2026, teachers who retire early will not have their pensions deducted in the following cases:
- Preschool teachers with 15 years or more of social insurance contributions who wish to retire early. In this case, teachers can retire up to 5 years earlier than the retirement age of employees under normal conditions without having their pension percentage reduced.
- In case teachers have an early retirement period of less than 6 months, the pension percentage will not be reduced, however, if there is an early retirement period of less than 6 months to less than 12 months, it will be reduced by 1%.
