Which elderly people receive monthly social benefits?

Office of Legal Consulting of Lao Dong Newspaper replied:

According to the provisions of Clause 5, Article 5 of Decree 20/2021/ND-CP, the elderly falling into one of the following cases will receive monthly allowances:

a) Elderly people who are poor households and have no one with the obligation and right to support them, or have someone with the obligation and right to support them but this person is receiving monthly social allowance;

b) Elderly people from 75 to 80 years old who are poor or near-poor households and are not subject to the provisions of Point a of this Clause and are living in communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas with special difficulties;

c) People aged 80 years or older who are not subject to the provisions of Point a of this Clause and do not have a pension, monthly social insurance allowance, or monthly social allowance;

d) Elderly people from poor households, without anyone with the obligation and right to support them, without conditions to live in the community, eligible for admission to social assistance facilities but have someone to raise and care for them in the community.

Thus, the above elderly people will receive monthly social benefits.