Which elderly people are supported with funeral expenses when they die?

Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

According to the provisions of Point a, Clause 1, Article 11 of Decree 20/2021/ND-CP, the subjects specified in Article 5 of Decree 20/2021/ND-CP who are receiving monthly social allowances when they die will be supported with funeral expenses.

Clause 5, Article 5 of Decree 20/2021/ND-CP stipulates that elderly people in one of the following cases are eligible for social protection and receive monthly social 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, belonging to poor households or near-poor households not specified in Point a of this Clause, 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, elderly people in the above cases who are receiving monthly social benefits will be supported with funeral expenses when they die.