Social insurance regimes have been supplemented in Article 4 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024, effective from July 1, 2025:
Social pension benefits include the following regimes: Monthly social pension benefits; Support for funeral expenses; Receive health insurance paid by the state budget.
Compulsory social insurance has the following regimes: Sickness; Maternity; Retirement; Death; Insurance for occupational accidents and diseases according to the provisions of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene.
Voluntary social insurance has the following regimes: Maternity allowance; Retirement; Death; Occupational accident insurance according to the provisions of the Law on Labor Safety and Hygiene.
Unemployment insurance according to the provisions of the Law on Employment.
Supplementary pension insurance.
Policies to support elderly citizens stipulated in Article 21 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 include:
Subjects and conditions for receiving social pension benefits
1. Vietnamese citizens are entitled to social pension benefits when they meet the following conditions: Being 75 years of age or older; Not receiving monthly pension or social insurance benefits, except in other cases as prescribed by the Government; Having a written request to receive social pension benefits.
2. Vietnamese citizens aged 70 to under 75 who are poor or near-poor households and meet the conditions specified in Point b and Point c, Clause 1 of this Article are entitled to social pension benefits.
3. The National Assembly Standing Committee decided to gradually reduce the age of receiving social pension benefits based on the Government's proposal in accordance with socio-economic development conditions and the capacity of the State budget in each period.
4. The Government shall detail Clause 2 of this Article.
Thus, there will be 2 cases:
If Vietnamese people over 70 to under 75 years old are poor households, near-poor households and are not receiving monthly pensions or social insurance benefits, and have a written request to receive social pension benefits, they will receive social benefits.
If Vietnamese citizens over 75 years old are not receiving monthly pension or social insurance benefits, and have a written request to receive social pension benefits, they will receive social benefits and will receive social pension benefits.
