It tells you at what age and in which month a person in Vietnam reaches the retirement age, from the sex and the date of birth. It shows the age (for example 61 years 9 months), the retirement time (the end of the last day of that month), the day the pension starts (the first of the next month) and how long is left from today. A timeline runs from age 18 to the retirement age with a marker where you are now, the "How it is worked out" list names the roadmap row that applies so you can check it, and two tables show the whole roadmap and the retirement age for every birth year from 1961 to 2000. The calculation runs in your browser and the date of birth is never stored or sent.
How to use it
- Choose Male or Female.
- Type the day, month and year of birth. Impossible dates (31 April, 29 February in a common year) and future dates are refused. If you only remember the year, tick "I only remember the year of birth": the tool then uses 1 January of that year.
- Leave the working conditions on Normal, or choose Heavy, hazardous or dangerous work to see the earliest possible date, from 0 to 5 years earlier.
The result updates as you type. The tool remembers your sex and working conditions on this device, never the date of birth.
The roadmap (checked 15 October 2026)
The Labour Code 2019 (article 169) and Decree 135/2020/ND-CP (articles 4 and 7, appendix I) raise the retirement age in normal working conditions a little every year, by year of retirement: men by 3 months a year until 62 in 2028, women by 4 months a year until 60 in 2035.
| Year of retirement | Men | Women |
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| 2021 | 60 years 3 months | 55 years 4 months |
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| 2022 | 60 years 6 months | 55 years 8 months |
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| 2023 | 60 years 9 months | 56 years |
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| 2024 | 61 years | 56 years 4 months |
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| 2025 | 61 years 3 months | 56 years 8 months |
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| 2026 | 61 years 6 months | 57 years |
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| 2027 | 61 years 9 months | 57 years 4 months |
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| 2028 | 62 years | 57 years 8 months |
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| 2029 | 62 years | 58 years |
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| 2030 | 62 years | 58 years 4 months |
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| 2031 | 62 years | 58 years 8 months |
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| 2032 | 62 years | 59 years |
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| 2033 | 62 years | 59 years 4 months |
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| 2034 | 62 years | 59 years 8 months |
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| 2035 and later | 62 years | 60 years |
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Before 2021 the age was 60 for men and 55 for women. Under the transition rule, men born in December 1960 and women born in December 1965 retire at the end of 31 December 2020, with the pension from 1 January 2021.
How the birth month decides the row
The age of the table applies in the year of retirement, so the tool looks for the year whose age puts your retirement month inside that same year. Take a man born in March 1966. With the 2027 age of 61 years 9 months, March 1966 plus 61 years 9 months is December 2027, inside 2027: that row fits. The 2028 age of 62 years would give March 2028, inside 2028 as well, but he has already reached the earlier age, so the earlier month counts. He retires at the end of 31 December 2027 and the pension starts on 1 January 2028. A man born in April 1966 or later reaches the 2027 age only in 2028, so he retires at exactly 62.
Only the month matters, never the day: a birth on 29 February or on the 31st counts as that month. The same rule gives women born in May 1975 or later exactly 60 years and women born in January 1975 the age of 59 years 8 months (September 2034).
Heavy, hazardous or dangerous work
People who work in heavy, hazardous or dangerous jobs, in especially hazardous conditions, or in areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions can retire up to 5 years earlier than the normal age (Labour Code 2019, article 169, clause 3; Decree 135/2020, article 5), with at least 15 years in such work. The tool shows this as the earliest possible date: the normal retirement month minus the years you choose, from 0 to 5. Which jobs count is set by an official list and the exact age is confirmed by your employer and the social insurance office, so use the result as a lower bound, not a promise.
What it does not cover
It does not cover groups with their own rules (the armed forces, public officials and similar), nor special cases of retiring later or earlier under separate regulations. It does not state how many years of social insurance contributions you need, nor any pension amount: those rules changed with the 2024 Social Insurance Law, so ask the social insurance office what applies to you. For a salary calculation use the salary calculator. For exact ages and date gaps see the age calculator and the date calculator; the article Retirement age 2026-2035: the roadmap and how the birth month works has the full tables.
