The Government proposes to increase pensions and social insurance benefits in 2026

On behalf of the Government , Minister of Home Affairs Pham Thi Thanh Tra informed in report No. 187 on the implementation of a number of contents on reforming salary policies in the public sector, adjusting pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits.

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According to the report, on June 30, 2024, the Government issued Decree 73/2024/ND-CP, which adjusted pensions, social insurance benefits and monthly allowances to increase by 15%, the social assistance standard to increase by 38.9%, and the preferential allowance standard for people with revolutionary contributions to increase by 35.7% from July 1, 2024.

Minister Pham Thi Thanh Tra assessed that in the context of the country's many difficulties, the adjustment to increase public sector salaries, pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential allowances for meritorious people and social allowances from July 1, 2024 is a great effort of the Central Government, the National Assembly and the Government. This has fundamentally improved the lives of people receiving salaries, allowances and subsidies from the state budget, creating motivation to improve productivity and work efficiency, contributing to social stability.

Based on the socio -economic situation in 2025, the Government recommends that the National Assembly Standing Committee and the National Assembly consider and decide to adjust the increase in public sector salaries, pensions, social insurance benefits, preferential benefits for people with meritorious services and social benefits in 2026 to ensure consistency with the balancing capacity of the State budget.

According to statistics from the Vietnam Social Security Agency, currently there are more than 3.3 million people nationwide receiving monthly pension benefits from the state budget and social security funds.

The monthly pension policy of our country in recent years has been reviewed and adjusted by the State and Government every year to compensate for inflation, ensuring that pensions do not depreciate compared to consumer prices. It can be seen that through 24 adjustments, the current pension level has increased quite high, from 21 to 26 times compared to the pension level in 1995.

Maintaining the adjustment of pension increases each year is also a practical way to increase workers' confidence in the pension policy, contributing to minimizing the situation of workers withdrawing social insurance at one time, ensuring the goal of social security, and gradually reducing the burden of social subsidies./.

Source: https://baolaichau.vn/xa-hoi/chinh-phu-de-xuat-dieu-chinh-tang-luong-huu-tro-cap-bhxh-nam-2026-1246460