Shall a person on pension receive social insurance allowance at the new place of residence in Vietnam?
Shall a person on pension receive social insurance allowance at the new place of residence in Vietnam?
In Article 115 of the Law on Social Insurance 2014, there are regulations on change of places for receiving pension or social insurance allowance as follows:
Change of places for receiving pension or social insurance allowance
When a person on pension or monthly social insurance allowance moves to another place of residence within the country and wishes to receive social insurance allowance at the new place of residence, he/she shall submit an application to the social insurance agency of the place where he/she currently receives the allowance.
Within 5 working days after receiving such application, the social insurance agency shall settle the receipt of pension or social insurance allowance by the employee at the new place of residence, or issue a written reply clearly stating the reason for its refusal to settle such receipt.
Thus, pensioners who move to another province are still eligible to receive social insurance in their new place of residence. Within 5 working days after receiving such application, the social insurance agency shall settle the receipt of pension or social insurance allowance.
Shall a person on pension receive social insurance allowance at the new place of residence in Vietnam?
What are the conditions for receiving retirement pension in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 54 of the Law on Social Insurance 2014, amended by Point a, Clause 1, Article 219 of the Labor Code 2019, it is stipulated as follows:
Conditions for receiving retirement pension
1. An employee mentioned in Points a, b, c, d, g, h and i Clause 1 Article 2 of this Law, except for the cases specified in Clause 3 of this, will receive retirement pension if he/she has paid social insurance for at least 20 years and:
a) He/she has reached the retirement age specified in Clause 2 Article 169 of the Labor Code;
b) He/she has reached the retirement age specified in Clause 3 Article 169 of the Labor Code and has at least 15 years’ doing the laborious, toxic or dangerous works or highly laborious, toxic or dangerous works on the lists of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; or has at least 15 years’ working in highly disadvantaged areas, including the period he/she works in areas with the region factor of at least 0,7 before January 01, 2021;
c) His/her age is younger than the retirement age specified in Clause 2 Article 169 of the Labor Code by up to 10 years and he/she has worked in coal mines for at least 15 years; or
d) He/she contracted HIV due to an occupation accident during performance of his/her assigned duty.
2. An employee mentioned in Points dd and e Clause 1 Article 2 of this Law will receive retirement pension if he/she has paid social insurance for at least 20 years and:
a) His/her age is younger than the retirement age specified in Clause 2 Article 169 of the Labor Code by up to 05 years, unless otherwise prescribed by the Law on Military Officer of Vietnam’s Army, the Law of People’s Police, the Law on Cipher and the Law on professional servicemen and women, national defense workers and officials;
b) His/her age is younger than the retirement age specified in Clause 3 Article 169 of the Labor Code by up to 05 years and he/she has at least 15 years’ doing the laborious, toxic or dangerous works or highly laborious, toxic or dangerous works on the lists of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs; or has at least 15 years’ working in highly disadvantaged areas, including the period he/she works in areas with the region factor of at least 0,7 before January 01, 2021; or
c) He/she contracted HIV due to an occupation accident during performance of his/her assigned duty.
3. A female employee that is a commune official or a part-time worker at the commune authority and has paid social insurance for 15 to under 20 years and reaches the retirement age specified in Clause 2 Article 169 of the Labor Code will receive the retirement pension.
4. The Government shall provide for special cases of retirement age.
Thus, current pension conditions are implemented according to the contents of the above regulations.
What are the retirement ages in Vietnam?
Pursuant to Article 169 of the Labor Code 2019 as follows:
Retirement ages
1. An employee who has paid social insurance for an adequate period of time as prescribed by social insurance laws shall receive retirement pension when he/she reaches the retirement age.
2. Retirement ages of employees in normal working conditions shall be gradually increased to 62 for males by 2028 and 60 for females in 2035.
From 2021, the retirement ages of employees in normal working conditions shall be 60 yeas 03 months for males and 55 years 04 months for females, and shall increase by 03 months for males and 04 months for females after every year.
3. The retirement ages of employees who suffer from work capacity reduction; doing laborious, toxic or dangerous works; working in highly disadvantaged areas may be younger by up to 05 years than the retirement ages specified in Clause 2 of this Article, unless otherwise prescribed by law.
4. Retirement ages of skilled employees and employees in certain special cases may be older by up to 05 years than the retirement ages specified in Clause 2 of this Article, unless otherwise prescribed by law.
5. The Government shall elaborate this Article.
Accordingly, for workers under normal conditions, the current retirement age will be 60 years and 9 months for men and 56 years for women.
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