Beneficiaries of one-time bereavement allowance from July 2025

Legal Advice Office of Lao Dong Newspaper replies:

Article 88 of the Social Insurance Law 2024 (effective from 1.7.2025) stipulates the following cases for receiving one-time tuất allowance:

1. The following individuals who have died or been declared dead by a court shall have their relatives considered for one-time tuất allowance:

a) Individuals who are currently participating in social insurance or have preserved their social insurance contribution time;

b) Individuals who are currently receiving or have temporarily stopped receiving a pension; individuals who are currently receiving or have temporarily stopped receiving a monthly compensation for occupational accidents and occupational diseases.

2. The individual specified in clause 1 of this Article shall have their relatives receive a one-time tuất allowance in the following cases:

a) Do not meet the requirements specified in point a, clause 1, Article 86 of this Law;

b) Fall under one of the cases specified in clause 1, Article 86 of this Law but do not have relatives receiving a monthly tuất allowance as specified in clause 2, Article 86 of this Law;

c) Relatives who are eligible for a monthly tuất allowance as specified in clause 2, Article 86 of this Law but wish to receive a one-time tuất allowance;

d) In cases where there are no relatives as specified in clause 7, Article 3 of this Law, the one-time tuất allowance shall be implemented in accordance with the regulations of the Inheritance Law.

Thus, from 1.7.2025, the cases for receiving tuất allowance one time shall be governed as above.