Time to settle one-time social insurance benefits from July 2025

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 79 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (effective from July 2025) stipulates the settlement of pension and social insurance (SI) benefits at one time as follows:

1. Within 20 days before the employee is eligible for pension, the employer shall submit the dossier prescribed in Article 77 of this Law to the Social Insurance agency.

Within 20 days before the time limit for pension eligibility, the person who is reserving the compulsory social insurance payment period must submit the dossier prescribed in Article 77 of this Law to the social insurance agency.

2. Employees who are eligible for one-time social insurance payment shall submit the documents specified in Article 78 of this Law to the social insurance agency.

3. Within 20 days, excluding holidays and Tet, from the date of receiving a complete dossier as prescribed for pension claimants or within 07 working days from the date of receiving a complete dossier as prescribed for one-time social insurance claimants, the social insurance agency is responsible for handling the matter; in case of not being resolved, a written response must be given with a clear reason.

Thus, from July 2025, within 07 working days from the date of receiving the complete application as prescribed, the Social Insurance agency is responsible for handling the receipt of one-time social insurance. In case of not resolving the issue, a written response must be provided stating the reason.