What documents do female workers need when taking for antenatal care and receiving social insurance benefits in Vietnam?

What documents do female workers need when taking for antenatal care and receiving social insurance benefits in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Point 2.2.1 Clause 2 Article 4 of the Procedures for processing of applications for social insurance benefits and payment of social insurance and unemployment insurance benefits issued together with the Decision 166/QD-BHXH in 2019 stipulating regulations on receiving applications and returning application processing results as follows:

Receiving applications and returning application processing results

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2. Receive paper documents submitted by employers as regulated in Points 2.1, 2.2, 2.4 of this Clause and those submitted by workers or their relatives as regulated in Point 2.3 of this Clause. To be specific:

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2.2.1. Female workers take leave for antenatal care, miscarriage, abortion, stillbirth or therapeutic abortion, or follow methods of contraception:

a) For inpatient treatment: The copy of discharge note. If a patient moves to a higher-level hospital during his/her inpatient treatment, the copy of the medical referral certificate or hospital transfer certificate must be submitted.

a) For outpatient treatment: The confirmation of eligibility to receive social insurance benefits or the copy of discharge note including the physician or medical assistant’s indication to take rest after the inpatient treatment.

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As regulations above, female workers taking for antenatal care needs the confirmation of eligibility to receive social insurance benefits to be eligible to receive social insurance benefits in Vietnam.

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What is the deadline for submitting maternity examination documents to receive social insurance benefits in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 102 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating settlement of the sickness and maternity benefits as follows:

Settlement of the sickness and maternity benefits

1. Within 45 days after return to work, an employee shall submit the dossier specified in Clause 1 or 2, Article 100, or Clause 1, 2, 3 or 4, Article 101, of this Law to his/her employer.

An employee who ceases working before the time of childbirth or child adoption shall submit the dossier specified in Clause 1 or 3, Article 101 of this Law and produce his/her social insurance book to the social insurance agency.

2. Within 10 days after receiving a complete dossier from an employee, the employer shall make a dossier as specified in Article 100 or 101 of this Law and submit it to the social insurance agency.

3. Responsibilities of the social insurance agency:

a/ To settle the social insurance benefits and make payment to the employee within 10 days after receiving a complete and valid dossier from an employer;

b/ To settle the social insurance benefits and make payment to the employee within 5 working days after receiving a complete and valid dossier from an employee who ceases working before the time of childbirth or child adoption.

4. If refusing to settle the social insurance benefits, the social insurance agency shall issue a written reply clearly stating the reason.

Therefore, the worker must submit the maternity examination documents to receive social insurance benefits within 45 days from the date of returning to work.

Within 10 days from receiving the complete documents from the worker, the employer is responsible for preparing and submitting the documents to the social insurance agency.

Within 10 days from receiving the complete documents as regulated by the employer, the social insurance agency must process and arrange payment for the worker. If they cannot resolve the case, they must provide a written response stating the reason.

What is the lump-sum allowance upon childbirth in 2024 in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Article 38 of the Law on Social Insurance in 2014 stipulating lump-sum allowance upon childbirth or child adoption as follows:

Lump-sum allowance upon childbirth or child adoption

Female employees giving birth or employees adopting an under-6-month child are entitled to a lump-sum allowance equaling 2 times the statutory pay rate for each child in the month of childbirth or child adoption.

In case the mother gives birth to a child but only the father is covered by social insurance, the father is entitled to a lump-sum allowance equaling 2 times the statutory pay rate for each child in the month of childbirth.