Foreigners enjoy one-time social insurance from July 2025

The Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper responded:

Clause 2, Article 70 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates:

Subjects specified in Clause 2, Article 2 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (Foreign workers working under labor contracts of 12 months or more) who have stopped participating in social insurance and have requested, are entitled to one-time social insurance if they belong to one of the following groups: in the following cases:

- Enough age to enjoy pension but less than 15 years of paying social insurance;

- People suffering from one of the following diseases: cancer, polio, decompensated cirrhosis, severe tuberculosis, AIDS;

- People with a working capacity decline of 81% or more; people with particularly severe disabilities;

- Employees are eligible to receive pension according to regulations but do not continue to reside in Vietnam;

- When the employee terminates the labor contract or the work permit, practice certificate, or practice license expires without being renewed.

Thus, from July 1, 2025, foreign workers according to the above regulations will be entitled to one-time social insurance .