In what cases will pension benefits be terminated?

The Legal Consulting Office of Lao Dong Newspaper responded:

Article 75 of the Law on Social Insurance 2024 (effective from July 1, 2025) stipulates

2. Termination of monthly pension and social insurance benefits for current beneficiaries in one of the following cases:

a) Died or was declared dead by the Court;

b) Refuse to receive pension or monthly social insurance benefits in writing;

c) The competent authority's conclusion on social insurance benefits does not comply with the law.

3. Pensions and monthly social insurance benefits of the subjects specified in Clause 1 and Point a, Clause 2 of this Article will continue to be paid, including pensions and monthly social insurance benefits of the current period. time not yet received when falling into one of the following cases:

a) People who leave the country illegally and return;

b) There is a Court decision to annul the decision to declare missing or the decision to declare dead;

c) The subjects specified in Point c, Clause 1 of this Article have verified the information as prescribed in Point c, Clause 2, Article 11 of this Law.

4. Pensions and monthly social insurance benefits of the subjects specified in Point b, Clause 2 of this Article will continue to be paid from the time the social insurance agency receives the written request for pension reinstatement. , monthly social insurance benefits and does not include pensions and monthly social insurance benefits that have not been received due to refusal to receive.

5. If a person receiving a pension or monthly social insurance benefit has not received a pension or benefit before death, his or her relatives will receive the pension or benefit for the months not yet received.

6. A person whose monthly pension or social insurance benefits are temporarily suspended when there is a Court decision declaring him missing, and then a Court decision declaring him dead, his relatives cannot receive pensions and benefits during the temporary suspension period.

7. Cases of temporary suspension, termination, and continued enjoyment of pensions and other monthly social insurance benefits according to Government regulations.

Thus, from July 1, 2025, the termination of pension benefits will be implemented according to the above regulations.