Vietnam Social Security said that, implementing Directive No. 45/CT-TTg dated December 18, 2024 of the Prime Minister on strengthening measures to ensure a joyful, healthy, safe and economical Lunar New Year 2025; in order to promote the tradition of great solidarity, the spirit of "mutual love and affection" of the nation and well implement social security policies, care for the material and spiritual life of the people, create conditions for pensioners and social insurance beneficiaries to happily celebrate the Lunar New Year, Vietnam Social Security has just issued an official dispatch guiding the payment of pensions and allowances for January and February 2025.
Accordingly, Vietnam Social Security will provide funds to pay pensions and social insurance benefits for January and February 2025 to social insurance agencies of provinces and cities at the same time as paying salaries and social insurance benefits for January 2025 (including beneficiaries receiving in cash and through personal accounts).
In addition, the provincial Social Insurance agencies need to coordinate with the post office to notify beneficiaries of the pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule for January and February 2025 at the same payment period as January 2025. Strengthen inspection and supervision of the payment process for beneficiaries, coordinate, resolve, and thoroughly handle arising issues, and promptly report problems during the implementation process.
Vietnam Social Security also requested Vietnam Post Corporation to direct its affiliated units to coordinate with the Social Security agency to develop a plan to pay monthly pensions and social insurance benefits for January and February 2025 during the January 2025 payment period, creating the most favorable conditions for beneficiaries during the Lunar New Year; organize payments at home for beneficiaries who are elderly, lonely, sick, or ill and unable to come to receive them at the payment point...
Thus, more than 3.4 million people will receive monthly pensions and social insurance benefits for January and February 2025 before the Lunar New Year, through flexible payment methods such as cash payment at payment points; payment at home; payment via personal accounts.
Continuously in recent years, Vietnam Social Security has made lump sum payments of pensions and monthly social insurance benefits for January and February in the same payment period for January at the beginning of each year, before the Lunar New Year. This concern of the industry aims to ensure full and timely benefits for beneficiaries, helping beneficiaries to have more joy on the occasion of Tet and Spring.
