According to Hanoi Social Insurance, if an employee is a Vietnamese citizen who dies or is declared dead by the Court in one of the following cases, the relatives are eligible for monthly pension:
- Having paid compulsory social insurance for 15 years or more;
- Currently receiving pension or temporarily suspending pension but previously paid compulsory social insurance for 15 years or more;
- Death due to occupational accidents or diseases as prescribed by law on occupational safety and hygiene;
- Currently receiving or temporarily suspending monthly allowances for work-related accidents and occupational diseases with a working capacity reduction of 61% or more.
Relatives subject to monthly death benefits:
Relatives of employees who are Vietnamese citizens as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 86 of the Law on Social Insurance are entitled to monthly allowances, including:
- Children, including children whose mother is pregnant but the father dies, children whose female surrogate mother is pregnant but the father or mother who asked to be surrogate mother dies, are entitled to receive benefits until they are 18 years old;
- Children with a reduced working capacity of 81% or more;
- Husband and wife are of the age prescribed in Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code. Husband and wife who are not old as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code and have a reduced working capacity of 81% or more;
- Biological father, biological mother; biological father, biological mother of the wife or husband; other family members of the age prescribed in Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code that the above-mentioned employee is obliged to raise according to the provisions of the law on marriage and family;
- Biological father, biological mother; biological father, biological mother of the wife or husband; other family members who are not old enough as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 169 of the Labor Code and have a reduced working capacity of 81% or more, and the social insurance participant is obliged to support them according to the provisions of the law on marriage and family.
Monthly death benefits will not be applied to relatives who are receiving salaries and participating in compulsory social insurance or are receiving monthly pensions, allowances for loss of working capacity, monthly allowances whose benefits are equal to or higher than the reference level, excluding allowances according to the provisions of law on preferential treatment for people with revolutionary contributions.
