Subjects receiving monthly social allowances 1.35 million VND

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 6 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulating social assistance policies (effective from October 5, 2026) stipulates: Subjects specified in Article 5 of this Decree are entitled to monthly social allowances with a level equal to the standard social assistance level specified in Clause 2, Article 4 of this Decree multiplied by the corresponding coefficient specified as follows:

- Coefficient 2.5 for subjects under 4 years old

- Coefficient 2.5 for children with particularly severe disabilities or elderly people with particularly severe disabilities;

- Coefficient 2.5 for cases under 4 years old specified in Clause 1, Article 5 of this Decree.

Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulates: Children under 16 years old fall into one of the following cases:

a) Being abandoned and not yet adopted;

b) Children whose both biological parents have died or one of whom has died and the other cannot be identified;

c) Children whose father or mother has died or is not identified and the other one is declared missing according to the provisions of law;

d) Children whose father or mother has died or is not identified and the other is receiving care and nurturing benefits at social assistance facilities;

e) Children whose father or mother has died or is not identified and the other is serving a prison sentence in prison or is serving a decision to handle administrative violations at a reformatory, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

e) Both parents are declared missing according to the provisions of law;

g) Both parents are receiving care and nurturing benefits at social assistance facilities;

h) Both parents are serving prison sentences in prison or are serving decisions on administrative violations at reform schools, compulsory education institutions, and compulsory drug rehabilitation centers;

i) The father or mother is declared missing according to the provisions of law and the other person is receiving care and nurturing benefits at a social assistance facility;

k) The father or mother is declared missing according to the provisions of law and the other person is serving a prison sentence in prison or is serving a decision to handle administrative violations at a reformatory, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility;

l) The father or mother is receiving care and nurturing benefits at a social assistance facility and the other is serving a prison sentence in prison or is serving a decision to handle administrative violations at a reformatory, compulsory education facility, or compulsory drug rehabilitation facility.

Clause 2, Article 4, Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulates: The standard level of social assistance is 540,000 VND/month.

Thus, from October 5, 2026, the above subjects will receive monthly social allowances of 1,350,000 VND (540,000 VND x 2.5).

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