Children who receive monthly social allowances from October 2026

Legal Consulting Department of Lao Dong Newspaper answers:

Article 5 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulates social assistance policies (effective from October 5, 2026), stipulating the subjects entitled to monthly social allowances as follows:

1- Children under 16 years old falling into one of the following prescribed 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 3, Article 5 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulates: Children infected with HIV/AIDS belonging to poor households.

Clause 7, Article 5 of Decree 335/2026/ND-CP stipulates: Children under 03 years old who are poor households, near-poor households not subject to the provisions of Clauses 1, 3 and 6 of this Article who are living in communes and villages in ethnic minority and mountainous areas that are particularly difficult.

Thus, from October 5, 2026, these children will receive monthly social allowances.

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