Pursuant to Article 88 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024, it is stipulated as follows:
Cases of receiving one-time death benefits
1. The following subjects who die or are declared dead by the Court will have their relatives considered for a one-time death benefit:
a) People participating in social insurance or reserving social insurance payment period;
b) People who are receiving or temporarily suspended from receiving pensions; people who are receiving or temporarily suspended from receiving monthly occupational accident or disease benefits who have quit their jobs.
2. When a subject specified in Clause 1 of this Article dies, a relative is entitled to receive a lump sum in one of the following cases:
a) Not meeting the conditions specified in Point a, Clause 1, Article 86 of this Law;
b) fallen into one of the cases specified in Clause 1, Article 86 of this Law but do not have relatives receiving monthly pension as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 86 of this Law;
c) Relatives who are subject to monthly pension benefits as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 86 of this Law but wish to receive a one-time pension;
d) In case there are no relatives specified in Clause 7, Article 3 of this Law, the lump-sum death benefit shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the law on inheritance.
Accordingly, relatives of people who are reserving social insurance payment period are entitled to a one-time death benefit.
