Good news: Workers doing these 24 jobs can retire 10 years early and still enjoy full benefits.

On June 25, 2025, the Government issued Decree 158/2025/ND-CP, providing detailed guidance on the Law on Social Insurance on compulsory social insurance, effective from July 1, 2025.

Accordingly, one of the outstanding new points is the regulation in Point c, Clause 1, Article 64 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024. Employees who have paid compulsory social insurance for 15 years or more and worked for 15 years in underground coal mining will be able to retire 10 years earlier than the normal retirement age, while still ensuring full pension benefits.

Appendix I of Decree 158/2025/ND-CP specifically lists 24 jobs in the field of underground coal mining, including:

1. Underground mining.
2. Drilling rock with a hand-held hammer in a mine.
3. Mine rescue team.
4. Electromechanical repairs in mines.
5. Operate pneumatic fan stations, electricity, diesel, battery charging stations in mines.
6. Iron worker, mine drainage worker.
7. Coal transport in underground mines.
8. Gas measurement, wind measurement, air vent monitoring, surveying, KCS in mines.
9. Workers operate and repair equipment in the mine.
10. Operate and assist electric trains and battery trains in mines.
11. Operation, repair, battery charging in mine.
12. Acceptance of products in the mine.
13. Warehouse keeper of all kinds in the mine.
14. Protect the warehouse in the mine.
15. Cleaning septic tanks and dredging mud in mines.
16. Transport of materials in the mine.
17. Signal guard in the mine.
18. Serve nourishment in the mine.
19. Installation and repair of communication systems in mines.
20. Operate network station in mine.
21. On duty at the air vent in the mine.
22. Direct technical guidance in the mine.
23. Direct production management in the mine (foreman, deputy foreman, furnace team leader, furnace manager).
24. Employees, workers monitor safety in the mine.

This regulation is considered an important support policy for workers working in dangerous and toxic environments such as underground coal mining, giving them the opportunity to retire earlier without losing their pension benefits.

This is a new step forward in protecting the health and lives of the workforce in the coal mining industry, which often faces high occupational risks.