From January 1, 2026, there are many more reasons why workers will be terminated from receiving unemployment benefits

Clause 4, Article 41 of the 2025 Law on Employment, No. 74/2025/QH15, stipulates that employees will be terminated from receiving unemployment benefits if they fall into one of the following cases:

- Have a job and are subject to compulsory social insurance;

- Performing military service, People's Public Security, and standing militia;

- Receive monthly pension;

- After 2 job refusal times introduced by the center without a legitimate reason;

- Not reporting monthly job searches for 3 consecutive months;

- Go abroad to settle down;

- Study for a period of more than 12 months;

- Being administratively sanctioned for violations in the field of unemployment insurance;

- Death;

- Being admitted to a compulsory education institution/ compulsory drug addiction treatment;

- Declared missing by the Court;

- Temporarily detained/carried out of prison;

- According to the employee's request.

The 2013 Law on Employment in Clause 3, Article 53 only lists a number of reasons for terminating the subsidy, lacking many specific cases. There is no clear section on: Standing militia; administrative sanctions for unemployment insurance violations; Proposal to terminate allowances from employees themselves; studying for 12 months or more is separated (Clause 3, Article 53 of Law No. 38/2013/QH13)

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