From February 1 to June 30, 2022, which employees will be supported for rent from 500,000 to 1,000,000 VND/month by Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg in Vietnam?

Hello Lawnet, the Prime Minister of Vietnam issued Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg on the implementation of rent support policy for employees recently. Notably, from February 1 to June 30, 2022, which employees are supported for rent from 500,000 - 1,000,000 VND/month by Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg?

From February 1 to June 30, 2022, which employees will be supported with the rent of 500,000 VND/month?

According to the guidance in Article 4 of Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg, employees supported with rent of 500,000 VND/month are employees of enterprises in IZ, IPZ, or KEZ. They must fully meet the following criteria:

1. He/she has rented a room or a house from February 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022.

2. He/she has an indefinite-term employment contract or a fixed-term employment contract with a duration of at least 1 month which was concluded and executed before April 01, 2022.

3. He/she has participated in the compulsory social insurance (included in the list of participants in compulsory social insurance of social insurance agency) in the month preceding the month in which the enterprise makes the list of employees applying for rent support.

In case the employee is not required to participate in compulsory social insurance as specified in Clause 4 Article 2 of Decree No. 115/2015/ND-CP dated November 11, 2015 of the Government elaborating a number of Articles of the Law on Social Insurance regarding compulsory social insurance (hereinafter referred to as “Decree No. 115/2015/ND-CP”), he/she must be included in the enterprise's payroll of the month preceding the month in which the enterprise makes the list of employees applying for rent support."

From February 1 to June 30, 2022, which employees will be supported with the rent of 1,000,000 VND/month?

According to the guidance in Article 4 of Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg, employees supported with rent of 1,000,000 VND/month are An employee who is working for an enterprise, cooperative, or business household with a business registration in an IZ, IPZ, or KEZ, they must fully satisfies the following criteria:

+ An employee who is working for an enterprise, cooperative, or business household with a business registration in an IZ, IPZ, or KEZ will be eligible for support if he/she fully satisfies the following criteria:

1. He/she has rented a room or a house from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022.

2. He/she has an indefinite-term employment contract or a fixed-term employment contract with a duration of at least 1 month which was concluded and executed from April 1, 2022 to June 30, 2022, except renewed employment contracts.

3. He/she has participated in the compulsory social insurance (included in the list of participants in compulsory social insurance of social insurance agency) in the month preceding the month in which the employer makes the list of employees applying for rent support.

In case the employee is not required to participate in compulsory social insurance as specified in Clause 4 Article 2 of Decree No. 115/2015/ND-CP or is a new employee with a concluded employment contract but is not included in the list of participants of compulsory social insurance of a social insurance agency, he/she must be included in the employer's payroll of the month preceding the month in which the employer makes the list of employees applying for rent support.

How long will employees be supported for rent from 500,000 - 1,000,000 VND/month?

According to the guidance in Article 2 of Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg on the principles of rent support for employees as follows:

Article 2. Implementation principles

1. Ensure timely support for eligible entities in a public and transparent manner and prevent exploitation for personal benefits.

2. Do not provide support for employees who do not request support.

3. In case an employee works, under many employment contracts, for many employers, he/she shall only receive support where he/she participated in the compulsory social insurance.

4. Each eligible entity may only receive support once per month and not more than 3 months.

Thus, employees satisfied the above criteria receive support once per month and not more than 3 months.

Employees who want to receive rent support must make an application for rent support using Form No. 01 Appendix issued with Decision 08/2022/QD-TTg below and send it to the employer to synthetic.

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