According to Clause 1, Article 39 of the 2025 Law on Employment (effective from January 1, 2026), the monthly unemployment benefit is equal to 60% of the average monthly salary for unemployment insurance contributions of the 6 most recent months of unemployment insurance contributions before terminating the labor contract, employment contract or termination of employment.
Note: The maximum monthly unemployment benefit level does not exceed 5 times the regional minimum monthly salary announced by the Government, applied in the last month of unemployment insurance payment.
In addition, Clause 2, Article 39 of the 2025 Law on Employment guides the calculation of unemployment benefits as follows:
- The period of unemployment benefits is calculated based on the number of months of unemployment insurance contributions, for every 12 months to 36 months of contributions, the unemployment benefit will be received for 3 months, then for every additional 12 months of contributions, the unemployment benefit will be received for 1 month but the maximum unemployment benefit period is 12 months.
- The time to receive unemployment benefits is the 11th working day from the date of submitting a complete application for unemployment benefits.
