More than 161,000 Nghe An residents receive monthly pensions and social insurance benefits at new levels.

Accordingly, from July 1, 2019, the group of people receiving monthly pensions and social insurance benefits will be increased by 7.19% on the pension and social insurance benefits of June 2019; the group of people receiving monthly death benefits and service benefits (the group with benefits calculated based on the basic salary) will be calculated based on the basic salary of 1,490,000 VND from July 1, 2019.

As one of the localities with the largest number of pension and social insurance beneficiaries nationwide, and a diverse group of beneficiaries, completing payment data in a short time is a big challenge for Nghe An Social Insurance. Determining that, immediately after receiving the Decrees and guiding documents, based on the direction of Vietnam Social Insurance, Nghe An Social Insurance has developed a plan, assigned specific responsibilities to each individual and relevant unit, ensuring the completion of payment data, and making correct, sufficient, and accurate adjustments for beneficiaries.

People come to receive social insurance benefits at the People's Committee of Xuan Lam commune (Nam Dan). Photo: Thanh Thuy

As of 10:30 a.m. on June 30, 2019, 161,515 pensioners and monthly social insurance beneficiaries in the province had their pensions and social insurance benefits adjusted to increase in accordance with Government regulations. Of these, 74,078 people received pensions and social insurance benefits from the State budget, 83,147 people received pensions and social insurance benefits from the Social Insurance Fund, and 4,290 people received pensions from the voluntary social insurance fund.

According to the plan, starting from July 2, 2019, pensioners and social insurance beneficiaries in the province will receive monthly pensions and social insurance benefits at the new levels prescribed in Decree No. 44/2019/ND-CP and Decree No. 38/2019/ND-CP.

I. Adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits, and monthly allowances according to Decree 44/2019/ND-CP

1. Subjects:

1.1. Cadres, civil servants, workers, public employees and laborers (including those who have participated in voluntary social insurance, retirees transferred from the Nghe An farmers' social insurance fund according to Decision No. 41/2009/QD-TTg dated March 16, 2009 of the Prime Minister); soldiers, people's police and people working in key positions who are receiving monthly pensions.

1.2. Commune, ward and town officials specified in Decree No. 92/2009/ND-CP dated October 22, 2009, Decree No. 121/2003/ND-CP dated October 21, 2003 and Decree No. 09/1998/ND-CP dated January 23, 1998 of the Government are receiving monthly pensions and allowances.

1.3. People receiving monthly allowances for loss of working capacity according to the provisions of law; people receiving monthly allowances according to Decision No. 91/2000/QD-TTg dated August 4, 2000, Decision No. 613/QD-TTg dated May 6, 2010 of the Prime Minister; rubber workers receiving monthly allowances.

1.4. People receiving monthly occupational accident and disease benefits.

2. Time and level of adjustment:

From July 1, 2019, the pension, social insurance benefits and monthly allowances of June 2019 will increase by 7.19%, specifically as follows:

Pension, social insurance benefits, monthly allowance from July 1, 2019 = Pension, social insurance benefits, monthly allowance from June 1, 2019 x 1.0719

II. Adjusting monthly allowances according to Decree 38/2019/ND-CP

Subjects: People receiving service allowance; People receiving monthly death benefits.

Benefit level: For those who were receiving monthly allowance before July 1, 2019, from July 1, 2019, the benefit level will be adjusted according to the basic salary of VND 1,490,000, specifically as follows:

1.1. Beneficiaries of service person benefits:

- The benefit level is equal to 80% of the basic salary, then the monthly allowance from July 1, 2019 is 1,192,000 VND

- The benefit level is equal to the basic salary, the monthly allowance from July 1, 2019 is 1,490,000 VND.

1.2. People who were receiving monthly death benefits before July 1, 2019, from July 1, 2019, the benefits will be as follows:

- For a benefit level equal to 40% of the basic salary, the monthly allowance is equal to 596,000 VND.

- For a benefit level equal to 50% of the basic salary, the monthly allowance is 745,000 VND.

- For a benefit level equal to 70% of the basic salary, the monthly allowance is equal to 1,043,000 VND.