In order to ensure full and timely payment of pensions and social insurance (SI) benefits to beneficiaries, Vietnam Social Insurance has a specific payment schedule for 34 provinces and cities. The specific pension payment schedule for December 2025 is as follows:
Payment via personal account
Organize monthly pension and social insurance allowance payments through personal accounts at the regional social insurance agency. No later than the 5th of each month, the KHTC Department transfers money to the beneficiary's personal account.
Payment at payment point
From Tuesday, December 2, 2025 to Wednesday, December 10, 2025 of the month, payment is organized at least 6 hours/day at all payment points;
Only end the payment before the 10th for points that have paid all beneficiaries according to the list sent by the Social Insurance agency.
Payment at transaction points of payment service organizations
From the 11th of the month, pension payments will continue at payment points that are transaction points of payment service organizations until the 25th of the month.
Note that in case the payment date falls on a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the payment date will be the next working day.
Regarding the form of pension and social insurance allowance payment via personal account, Vietnam Social Insurance requires social insurance agencies of provinces and cities to strictly implement the preparation, control, and approval of electronic payment orders before the 1st of the payment month.
Coordinate with banking systems to review, compare and authenticate beneficiary information between the database of Vietnam Social Insurance and beneficiary information at banking systems to ensure the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits is accurate, complete, timely, and uninterrupted.
Regarding the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits in cash, local social insurance agencies coordinate with provincial and municipal post offices in their areas in charge of organizing payment according to the agreed pension and monthly social insurance benefits payment schedule between the regional social insurance agency and the provincial post office.
Notably, the social insurance agency has officially decided to pay a combined of 3 months of pension and social insurance allowance (December 2025, January and February 2026) in special cases.
Accordingly, Vietnam Social Security said that the Government has just issued Resolution No. 380/NQ-CP dated November 25, 2025 on solutions to overcome the consequences of natural disasters and restore production in localities in the Central region.
In the field of social security, the Government assigned the Ministry of Finance to direct the Vietnam Social Insurance (VSS) to pay a combined payment of 3 months of pensions and social insurance benefits (December 2025, January and February 2026) in the payment period of December 2025 for 4 provinces of Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong to create conditions for policy beneficiaries in areas affected by storms, floods, and floods to overcome the consequences and celebrate the Lunar New Year 2026.
Thus, people in the four provinces of Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong will receive a pension and social insurance allowance of 3 months in the payment period of December 2025. The remaining provinces and cities will have a payment schedule according to regulations.
