Tet pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule: Some places pay for 2 months, some places for 1 month
During the Tet holiday pension and social insurance allowance payment period, many provinces and cities will receive a combined payment of 2 months, and 4 provinces and cities will receive 1 month.
In order to ensure full and timely payment of pensions and social insurance allowances for February and March 2026 for beneficiaries, Vietnam Social Security has guided Social Security agencies of provinces and centrally-run cities to implement a combined payment of 2 months of pensions and social insurance allowances for February and March 2026 for people.
Provincial Social Insurance implements only a combined payment of 2 months of pensions and social insurance allowances (February, March 2026) into the same period of payment of pensions and social insurance allowances in February 2026, applicable to both cash and personal account recipients.
Detailed monthly pension and social insurance allowance payment schedules in provinces and cities are as follows:
21 provinces and cities paid on the first working day of the month: Son La, Dien Bien, Lang Son, Nghe An, Quang Ninh, Cao Bang, Bac Ninh, Hung Yen, Ninh Binh, Phu Tho, Tuyen Quang, Thua Thien Hue, Binh Dinh, Khanh Hoa, Lam Dong, Dak Lak, Ho Chi Minh City, Can Tho City, Vinh Long, Ca Mau, Kien Giang.
13 provinces and cities pay on the second working day of the month, including: Hanoi, Lai Chau, Thanh Hoa, Thai Nguyen, Hai Phong, Ha Tinh, Quang Tri, Lao Cai, Quang Ngai, Da Nang, Dong Nai, Tay Ninh, Dong Thap.
For example, in Hanoi, the pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule is expected from February 3, 2026.
In Ho Chi Minh City, the pension and social insurance allowance payment schedule is expected from February 2, 2026.
Other provinces and cities are similar, people will receive a combined payment of 2 months of pension and social insurance allowance according to the above payment schedule.
Specifically for 4 provinces Dak Lak, Gia Lai, Khanh Hoa and Lam Dong: These localities have implemented the combined payment of 3 months of pensions and social insurance allowances (December 2025, January and February 2026 in the same payment period of December 2025). March 2026 will be paid in the February 2026 payment period.
Thus, people in these 4 provinces and cities will receive 1 month's pension and monthly allowance in March in this payment period because the pension and social insurance allowance in February have been paid before.
To make payment work as convenient as possible for beneficiaries, Vietnam Social Security requests provincial Social Security agencies to preside over and closely coordinate with the Provincial Post Office to implement:
- Arrange personnel to compile, transfer lists, control, approve electronic payment orders and transfer funds promptly, without affecting the rights of beneficiaries.
- Develop a plan to pay a combined payment of 02 months of pension and social insurance allowance (February, March 2026) in accordance with the funding plan and Lunar New Year holiday time in 2026, ensuring full and timely payment to beneficiaries.
- Report to the Party Committee and local authorities on the plan to pay a combined payment of 02 months of pension and social insurance allowance to unify implementation.
-Strengthen inspection and supervision of payment and management of beneficiaries by the postal agency; promptly remove difficulties in the implementation process to avoid affecting the rights of beneficiaries; recover according to regulations for cases where beneficiaries have received 02 months of pension and social insurance allowance but then passed away.
- Promote propaganda and encourage beneficiaries to receive pensions and social insurance allowances through personal accounts for convenience and speed; fully inform beneficiaries of the payment schedule.
Vietnam Social Security also requests Vietnam Post Corporation to direct its affiliated units to coordinate with the Social Security agency to implement the following contents:
- Proactively prepare conditions to ensure full and timely payment; organize home payments for elderly, weak, lonely, and sick beneficiaries who are unable to receive pensions and social insurance allowances at the payment point.
- Promptly notify beneficiaries of changes in payment schedules (if any).
- Strengthen measures to manage beneficiaries; grasp the situation of beneficiaries at their place of residence, especially beneficiaries receiving through personal accounts and other authorized beneficiaries; promptly recover according to regulations for cases that have received 02 months of combined pension and social insurance allowance and then passed away.
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