Disability benefits
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Persons with disabilities
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To protect and assist people living with disabilities.
International Labour Organization 1999. ‘Decree No. 55/1999/ND-CP detailing the implementation of a number of articles of the Ordinance on the disabled’, International Labour Organization, <http://www.ilo.org/dyn/natlex/natlex4.detail?p_lang=en&p_isn=54109&p_country=VNM&p_count=548> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Start date
1999
Decree No. 55/1999/ND-CP regulates the implementation of the monthly allowance. 1 Decree No.28/2012/ND-CP regulates the implementation of the Law on People Living with Disabilities.
Personal communication
Coverage
Disability benefit: 745,265 recipients
Serious mental illness benefit: 174,254 recipients
Families with two or more people living with disabilities: 22,939 recipients (2014).
UNDP 2016. ‘Social Assistance in Viet Nam: Review and Proposals for Reform’, UNDP, <http://www.vn.undp.org/content/vietnam/en/home/library/poverty/social-assistance-in-viet-nam.html> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Programme expenditure
Disability benefit: VND 2,204 billion
Serious mental illness benefit: VND 785 billion
Families with two or more people living with disabilities: VND 443 billion (2013)
UNDP 2016. ‘Social Assistance in Viet Nam: Review and Proposals for Reform’, UNDP, <http://www.vn.undp.org/content/vietnam/en/home/library/poverty/social-assistance-in-viet-nam.html> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Categorical Targeting
Development Pathways 2018. ‘Disability Benefits Scheme Database’, Development Pathways, < http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications/#disability-benefit-database />
Cuong, N.V. and Duc, L.T. 2016. Testing Proxy Means Tests in the Field:
Evidence from Vietnam. < https://mpra.ub.uni-muenchen.de/80002/1/MPRA_paper_80002.pdf >(accessed 22 May 2018).
Targeted areas
Nationwide
Target groups
People with disabilities; pregnant women.
Eligibility criteria
Beneficiaries are people with a severe disability. A medical board from the Ministry of Health assesses the degree of disability of potential recipients. People diagnosed with a serious mental illness are also entitled to a benefit.
Personal communication
Development Pathways 2018. ‘Disability Benefits Scheme Database’, Development Pathways, < http://www.developmentpathways.co.uk/publications/#disability-benefit-database />
UNDP 2016. ‘Social Assistance in Viet Nam: Review and Proposals for Reform’, UNDP, <http://www.vn.undp.org/content/vietnam/en/home/library/poverty/social-assistance-in-viet-nam.html> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
Extremely severe disability: VND 540,000 per month for working age people and VND 675,000 per month for old people and children;
Severe disability: VND 405,000 per month for working age and VND 540,000 per month for old people and children;
VND 405,000 per month for families with an extremely severe or severe disable people who is pregnant OR raising a young child under 36 months of age.
VND 540,000 per month for families with an extremely severe or severe disable people who is pregnant AND raising a young child under 36 months of age.
VND 540,000 per month for families with an extremely severe or severe disable people, who are raising two or more children under 36 months of age.
Personal communication
Payment/delivery frequency
Monthly.
World Bank 2014. ‘Restructuring Paper on a Proposed Project Restructuring of Social Assistance System Strengthening Project Approved on January 22, 2014 to Socialist Republic of Vietnam’, World Bank, <http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/132371504598077189/pdf/IL-FRESDATA-EXT-P123960-09-05-2017-1504598067891.pdf> (accessed 22 May 2018).
Benefit delivery mechanism
Payments are made by local officials.
UNDP 2016. ‘Social Assistance in Viet Nam: Review and Proposals for Reform’, UNDP, <http://www.vn.undp.org/content/vietnam/en/home/library/poverty/social-assistance-in-viet-nam.html> (accessed 22 May 2018).
