What is the Retirement Age for Civil Servants in Leadership Positions?

The Minister of Home Affairs, Pham Thi Thanh Tra, has recently signed a consolidated decree outlining regulations for retirement at an older age for leaders and managers in the public sector.

According to the decree, public servants appointed as judges of the Supreme People’s Court or prosecutors of the Supreme People’s Procuracy can retire at a later age, up to 65 years for men and 60 years for women.

For women, the following positions are eligible for retirement at a later age, up to 60 years:

– Deputy Head of Central Party agencies; Deputy Director of the Ho Chi Minh National Academy of Politics, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Nhan Dan Newspaper, Deputy Editor-in-Chief of Communist Magazine;

– Vice President of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front;

– Vice Chairman of the Council for Ethnic Affairs, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly’s Committees, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly Office;

– Deputy Chief Judge of the Supreme People’s Court, Deputy Chief Prosecutor of the Supreme People’s Procuracy;

– Deputy Minister, Deputy Head of Ministerial-level agencies;

– Deputy Head of the Presidential Office, Deputy Auditor General of the State Audit Office;

– Deputy Head of socio-political organizations at the central level;

– Deputy Secretary of Provincial/Municipal Party Committees, Party Committees of central-affiliated blocks; Chairman of the Provincial/Municipal People’s Council, Chairman of the Provincial/Municipal People’s Committee;

– Member of the Central Inspection Commission;

– Director of the National Political Publishing House of Truth;

– Director of the Institute for Legislative Studies under the Standing Committee of the National Assembly;

– Director of Hanoi National University, Director of Ho Chi Minh City National University, General Director of Vietnam Social Security, Head of the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum Management Board, Chairman of the National Financial Supervision Committee; Deputy Chairman of the State Capital Management Committee at enterprises;

– Vice Chairman of the People’s Council, Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City;

– Standing Member of the Council for Ethnic Affairs and the Committees of the National Assembly;

– Standing Member of the Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City Party Committee;

– Standing Member of the Provincial/Municipal Party Committee who is an ethnic minority.

The document also outlines principles for implementing retirement at an older age, ensuring objectivity, fairness, transparency, and compliance with regulations. The competent authority decides on the retirement of officials and civil servants according to this Decree, ensuring that the retirement age does not exceed 65 years for men and 60 years for women.

Officials and civil servants who are granted retirement at an older age by the competent authority will continue to hold their leadership or management positions.

During the implementation of the policy of retirement at an older age, if officials or civil servants wish to stop working, they will be entitled to retirement benefits in accordance with the law.

This Decree does not apply to the following subjects:

– Officials holding the position of Minister or equivalent and above; Female officials and civil servants holding the above positions who are members of the Central Party Committee; Assistants and secretaries of the General Secretary, President, Prime Minister, Chairman of the National Assembly, Permanent Member of the Secretariat, Politburo Member, Secretariat Member, Vice President, Deputy Prime Minister, Vice Chairman of the National Assembly.