Circular
26/2025/TT-BNV
Circular 26/2025/TT-BNV promulgating the list of areas with extremely difficult socio-economic conditions as a basis for determining cases eligible to retire at an age lower than the normal retirement age
Ministry of Home Affairs
The ministry for public administration and the civil service: government organisation and staffing, administrative boundaries, local government, salaries, and state records and archives. In 2025 it became the primary successor of the former MOLISA, taking on labour, employment, wages and social-affairs functions.
Document Type | Document Number | Status | Date Effective | Issuing Body | Official Source URL |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Circular | 26/2025/TT-BNV | In effect | 01/01/2026 | Ministry of Home Affairs | https://phapluat.gov.vn/legal-documents/185557 |
Summary
Circular 26/2025/TT-BNV, issued by the Ministry of Home Affairs on 29 December 2025 and effective 1 January 2026, promulgates the List of Areas with Especially Difficult Socio-Economic Conditions. This list is the basis for identifying workers who may retire at an age lower than the normal retirement age. It is grounded in the 2019 Labour Code (Code 45/2019/QH14), the 2024 Social Insurance Law (Law 41/2024/QH15), Decree 135/2020/ND-CP on retirement age, and Decree 25/2025/ND-CP on the ministry's organisation. For retirement and pension calculations, the calculation-relevant point is eligibility timing rather than rates: working in a listed especially-difficult area can qualify a worker for early retirement under Clause 3, Article 169 of the Labour Code and Article 5 of Decree 135/2020/ND-CP, which…