Conditions for receiving pensions when reducing working capacity from July 2025

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 2, Article 65 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (effective from July 2025) stipulates the conditions for receiving pensions when reducing working capacity as follows:

Subjects specified in Points d, d and e, Clause 1, Article 2 of this Law, when on leave with a period of compulsory social insurance payment of 20 years or more and having a reduced working capacity of 61% or more, will receive a pension at a lower level than those eligible for pension specified in Point a and Point b, Clause 2, Article 64 of this Law if they fall into one of the following cases:

a) At least 10 years younger than the age specified in Point a, Clause 1, Article 64 of this Law;

b) Having worked for 15 years or more in a particularly arduous, toxic, or dangerous profession or job on the list of particularly arduous, toxic, or dangerous jobs issued by the Minister of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs.

Thus, from July 2025, the conditions for receiving pensions when reducing working capacity are regulated as above.