Many people are interested in the pension and social insurance (SI) allowance payment schedule in April 2026, after the combined payment period of 2 months (February and March) during the 2026 Lunar New Year.
In order to pay pensions and social insurance allowances fully and promptly to beneficiaries, Vietnam Social Security has a schedule for paying pensions and monthly social insurance benefits through specific personal accounts to 34 provinces and cities, in detail as follows:
Regarding the form of payment of pensions and social insurance allowances through personal accounts, Vietnam Social Security requests provincial and city social security agencies to strictly implement the preparation, control, and approval of electronic payment orders before the 1st day of the payment month.
Coordinate with banking systems to review, compare and verify beneficiary information between the database of Vietnam Social Security and beneficiary information at banking systems to ensure that the payment of pensions and social insurance allowances is accurate, complete, timely, and not interrupted.
For payment of pensions and social insurance allowances in cash, local social insurance agencies coordinate with provincial and city post offices according to the area in charge to organize payment according to the monthly pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule agreed upon between regional social insurance and provincial post offices.
According to regulations, the forms of pension and social insurance allowance payment are specifically scheduled as follows:
Payment via personal account
Organize monthly pension and social insurance allowance payments through personal accounts at regional social insurance. No later than the 5th of every month, the Department of Planning and Finance transfers money to the beneficiary's personal account.
Payment at the fixed payment point
From April 2, 2026 to the end of April 10, 2026, organize payments for at least 6 hours/day at all payment points;
Only terminate payments before the 10th for points that have paid off the entire number of beneficiaries according to the list transferred by the social insurance agency.
Payment at the transaction point of the Payment Service Organization
From the 11th of the month, pension payments will continue at payment points that are transaction points of payment service organizations until the end of the 25th of the month.
Note that in case the payment date coincides with Saturday, Sunday, or Tet holiday, the payment date is the next working day.
Previously, Vietnam Social Security had organized the combined payment of two months of pensions and social insurance allowances for February and March 2026 in the same payment period of February 2026 fully and promptly to beneficiaries, ensuring the rights of beneficiaries to feel secure in welcoming Tet.
The report of Vietnam Social Security shows that this payment has been synchronously deployed by the entire system and completed payment for about 3.55 million people receiving monthly pensions and social insurance allowances with a total amount of 44,730 billion VND, ensuring full, timely, quick, convenient and safe according to regulations.
The Social Insurance Agency made payments through personal accounts to about 3.13 million beneficiaries on February 2nd and 3rd, 2026, with a total amount of 40. 314 billion VND.
Transfers are carried out centrally and simultaneously at the same time in the first days of February, helping beneficiaries have the conditions to be financially proactive to balance spending for Tet.
Implementing cash payments through the postal system from February 2 to 10, 2026 for about 415 thousand people, with a total amount of 4.416 billion VND.
Flexible payment methods include: Payment at the payment point or payment at home for the elderly, sick, and inability to travel, contributing to ensuring that no one is left out of legitimate social security benefits.
