The pension payment schedule for January 2026 may change due to 4-day New Year's holiday

Recently, the Ministry of Home Affairs' proposal on the New Year holiday plan for 2026 has been officially approved, according to document No. 12729/VPCP-KGVX of the Government Office, dated December 25.

Accordingly, the official New Year holiday schedule for civil servants and public employees lasts 4 consecutive days from January 1 (Thursday) to January 4 (Sunday).

Trade from Friday (January 2) to Saturday (January 10).

The Ministry of Home Affairs believes that arranging the exchange of normal working days and compensating for other days not only helps ensure that civil servants and public employees have a harmonious and complete holiday, but also helps stimulate tourism and social consumption, promote economic growth...

Due to changes in the calendar holiday schedule, it can lead to changes in the pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule.

Because in the past, Vietnam Social Security has issued instructions on provincial and municipal Social Security to directly transfer monthly pension and social insurance allowance payments through personal accounts to beneficiaries on the first and second working days of the month.

If the first and second working days of the month coincide with a holiday, the payment schedule will start from the first and second working days after the holiday. For those who receive pensions and social insurance benefits in cash, the Social Insurance agency will coordinate with the Post Office to pay after the payment date via personal accounts.

According to document No. 1343/BHXH-TCKT on the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits from the payment period of July 2025 of Vietnam Social Insurance, the pension and social insurance benefits payment schedule for beneficiaries in Hanoi City begins on the second working day of the month.

However, the second working day of January 2026 falls on Saturday (March 3), so Hanoi Social Insurance may not pay pensions and social insurance benefits through personal accounts to beneficiaries. And the payment of pensions and social insurance benefits to beneficiaries through accounts will take place on January 6.

As for other provinces and cities, in previous months, social insurance agencies paid pensions and social insurance benefits to beneficiaries on the first working day of the month, then January 2026 will move to January 5 (Monday).

It is known that the total number of people in Hanoi who have received pensions and social insurance benefits in December 2025 is over 606,340 cases with a total amount of more than 4,213 billion VND. Of which, the number of people receiving through personal accounts is 603,505 people (999.53%) with an amount of more than VND 4,171 billion; the number of people receiving in cash at payment points is 2,844 cases (0.47%) with an amount of more than VND 42.1 billion.

Hanoi Social Insurance has also made some notes on authorizing pension receipt according to the Social Insurance Law 2024.

Accordingly, in order for the payment of monthly pensions and social insurance benefits to continue to go smoothly, ensuring the smooth rights of beneficiaries when operating the two-level local government and in accordance with the provisions of the Social Insurance Law No. 41/2024/QH15 ( social insurance law 2024) effective from July 1, 2025, beneficiaries need to pay attention to some changes in the authorization of receiving pensions and social insurance benefits as follows:

Regarding the authorization to receive pensions and social insurance benefits: In cases of authorization to receive pensions and social insurance benefits and other regimes, the authorization document is valid for a maximum of 12 months from the date of authorization; The authorization document must be certified in accordance with the provisions of law on certification. "For the authorization granted in accordance with the provisions of Law No. 58/2014/QH13 ( social insurance law 2014), the implementation period is until June 30, 2026. After July 1, 2026, beneficiaries must re-establish authorization or carry out certification procedures in a timely manner so as not to interrupt the receipt of monthly pension and social insurance benefits.

Every year, beneficiaries of social insurance regimes through personal accounts opened at banks are responsible for coordinating with social insurance agencies or service organizations authorized by the social insurance agency to verify information that is eligible for social insurance regimes according to regulations.

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