Regulations on application for death benefits

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Article 90 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 stipulates the application for death benefits as follows:

1. The application for death benefits for relatives of people participating in social insurance or reserving social insurance payment period includes:

a) Social insurance book;

b) A copy of the death certificate or execution record or a copy of the death certificate or a copy of the decision of the Court declaring him/her dead;

c) Statement of a relative;

d) Original or copy of the record of the investigation of occupational accidents for cases of death due to occupational accidents; copy of the medical record for occupational disease treatment for cases of death due to occupational diseases;

dd) Minutes of assessment of the level of reduced working capacity of the Medical Assessment Council or a copy of the certificate of the level of severe disability that shows the conclusion of the Medical Assessment Council clearly stating the rate of reduced working capacity for relatives with reduced working capacity of 81% or more.

2. The application for death benefits for relatives of people who are receiving pensions or temporarily suspended from receiving pensions or monthly occupational accident and disease benefits who have quit their jobs includes:

a) Certificate of death or excerpt of the death certificate or a copy of the death certificate or a copy of the decision of the Court declaring him/her dead;

b) Statement of a relative;

c) Minutes of assessment of the level of reduced working capacity of the Medical Assessment Council or a copy of the certificate of the level of severe disability that shows the conclusion of the Medical Assessment Council clearly stating the rate of reduced working capacity for relatives with reduced working capacity of 81% or more.

3. The application for funeral allowance for cases of only receiving funeral allowance includes:

a) Social insurance book, except for cases where a person is receiving a pension or monthly allowance;

b) A copy of the death certificate or execution record or a copy of the death certificate or a copy of the decision of the Court declaring him/her dead;

c) Statements of organizations and individuals in charge of burial.

4. The settlement of death benefits for foreigners is regulated by the Government.

Thus, the application for death benefits is regulated as above.