On June 17, Ms. Duong Thi Minh Chau - Head of the Department of Propaganda and Support for Social Insurance participants in Region I (Hanoi) said that currently, implementing the direction of Vietnam Social Insurance on the Social Insurance agency directly transferring monthly pension and social insurance allowance payments to the beneficiary's personal account, therefore, Region I Social Insurance will pay pensions and social insurance allowances to the beneficiary's personal account on the 2nd of each month.
If the 2nd falls on a holiday, the payment schedule will start from the first working day after the holiday. For those who receive pensions and social insurance benefits in cash, the Social Insurance agency will coordinate with the Post Office to pay after the payment date via personal accounts.
Regarding people's questions about whether Hanoi's implementation of the 2-level local government model from July 1, 2025 will affect the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits, Ms. Duong Thi Minh Chau said: Currently, Area I Social Insurance directly pays pensions and social insurance benefits to people. Of which, payment by transfer to personal accounts is 99.31% of the total number of people received on the 2nd of each month and nearly 6,000 people receiving cash will be paid by Area I Social Insurance in coordination with the Post Office after the 2nd of each month...
Therefore, Hanoi's implementation of the 2-level local government model from July 1, 2025 will not greatly affect the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits because nearly 100% of beneficiaries have received money through their accounts. Regarding cash payments to nearly 6,000 people, the Social Insurance agency continues to coordinate with the Post Office to develop a plan to promptly pay beneficiaries.
Regarding the pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule for July 2025, the representative of Social Insurance Region I informed: The Social Insurance Agency plans to pay the beneficiary through personal accounts on July 2; the Social Insurance Agency will coordinate with the Post Office to pay cash to the beneficiary after July 2.
It is known that in June 2025, Social Insurance Region I prepared more than VND 4,025 billion to pay pensions and social insurance benefits to more than 595,080 people.
Currently, the Social Insurance agency and related units are actively focusing on coordinating the handling so that pensioners, social insurance beneficiaries, etc. can receive full benefits as soon as possible.
In case the beneficiary has declared and registered to receive pensions, social insurance benefits... with the correct bank account number, leading to not receiving the payment period's money, the beneficiary must immediately prepare a notice of change of beneficiary information according to form No. 2-CBH to re-declare the bank account number to the Social Insurance agency so that the Social Insurance agency has a basis to transfer the regime money to the personal account as soon as possible, ensuring the rights of the beneficiary.
Beneficiaries download form 02-CBH via the link: 02-CBH.pdf (baohiemxahoi.gov.vn); fill in information and choose to submit documents in one of the following 3 forms:
Through electronic transactions: Beneficiaries register to receive the authentication code and send the electronic file to the Vietnam Social Insurance Public Service Portal or via the I-VAN Organization (if registered to use the I-VAN service); in case they do not convert the paper file to electronic format, send the paper file to the Social Insurance agency by post; send the file by post; submit directly to the dossier receiving department of the provincial or district social insurance agency or the Payment Points of the postal agency.
