Pursuant to Point c, Clause 2, Article 9 of Decree 233/2025/ND-CP on transferring funds for payment of regimes, organization and operation expenses, the payment of regimes from social insurance funds and unemployment insurance funds is specifically regulated to ensure employees receive pensions and other regimes in a timely manner.
Accordingly, Vietnam Social Security periodically transfers funds to the provincial Social Security to pay the regime to beneficiaries every month. The funding level is determined based on the previous month's payment and the expected monthly payment plan of the unit. In case there is no estimate assigned by competent authorities or the payment needs exceed the estimate, Vietnam Social Security will transfer enough funds to ensure that beneficiaries receive them fully and on time.
For the Military Social Insurance and the People's Public Security Social Insurance, the budget is transferred before the 25th of each month, based on the average monthly expenditure of the budget assigned in the year. If the payment needs change, these units can send a document proposing that the Vietnam Social Insurance adjust the funding.
In particular, the Director of Vietnam Social Insurance has the right to decide to pay 2 months of pension in the following cases:
Payment time is close to Lunar New Year.
During the payment period, there will be natural disasters, epidemics or force majeure reasons.
According to the direction of competent authorities.
Thus, employees will receive a combined pension of 2 months when there are special situations mentioned above, to ensure their rights and avoid interruptions in the payment of the regime. Relevant units must also refund the surplus funds (if any) after being appraised for settlement.
