Subjects receiving monthly social allowances of 810,000 VND from October 5, 2026

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

According to the provisions of Article 5, Article 6 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulating social assistance policies (effective from October 5, 2026), the following subjects will enjoy a coefficient of 1.5 of the standard social allowance level:

1. Children from 4 years old and up to under 16 years old belong to the following subjects:

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.

2. People under the above category who are receiving monthly social allowances and are 16 years old but are studying general education, continuing education, vocational education, university education with the first degree, if the continuous learning process is not interrupted (except in cases of temporary suspension of study, preservation of academic results according to the provisions of education law), they continue to enjoy social assistance policies until the end of their studies.

3. Elderly people from 60 years old to under 75 years old belonging to poor households, who do not have people with obligations and rights to support or have people with obligations and rights to support but these people are receiving monthly social allowances.

4. Severely disabled people

5. Children under 03 years old who are poor households, near-poor households not subject to the provisions of Clauses 1, 3 and 6, Article 5 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP living in communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas that are particularly difficult.

6. People living with HIV/AIDS who are poor households without monthly salaries, wages, pensions, and social insurance allowances.

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 a monthly social allowance of 810,000 VND (540,000 VND x 1.5).

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