How to get your Vietnam pension statement

Sổ bảo hiểm xã hội / VssID

Known in English as the Social insurance book and record. Look for this name on the site — it may not be translated.

• Your social insurance number (số sổ BHXH) — printed in your social insurance book, which in Vietnam is a physical booklet you should have been given.
• The VssID app, which is the main digital route to your own record.
• Your Vietnamese employers and dates.

1. 1
   Find your social insurance book

   Vietnam issues a physical social insurance book to each participant. Employers sometimes hold it during employment and must return it when you leave — if you never received it, that is the first thing to chase.
2. 2
   Install VssID and register

   VssID shows your contribution history and is the fastest way to see what has been recorded against your number.

   Open this page ↗
3. 3
   Check your contribution months

   A Vietnamese monthly pension requires a long contribution history. Below that threshold what is available is a one-time payment rather than a pension.
4. 4
   If you are leaving permanently, ask about the one-time benefit

   A lump-sum social insurance benefit is available on permanent departure, for Vietnamese nationals and foreign workers alike. It is claimed through the provincial or district social insurance office.

   Open this page ↗
5. 5
   Keep the book and the record

   The physical book is the primary evidence. Do not leave it with a former employer.

Your employer never gave you the social insurance book

Employers are required to return it when employment ends. If the company has closed, the provincial social insurance office can reissue the record from its own database.

VssID will not verify you from outside Vietnam

Registration typically expects a Vietnamese phone number and identity document. An authorised representative in Vietnam, or a written request to the provincial office, is the alternative.

You are a foreign worker unsure whether you were covered

Compulsory coverage for foreign employees was phased in and depends on contract type and duration. Ask the provincial office to search by passport number and employer.

Whether VssID registration is currently possible for a user with a foreign phone number.

Upload the statement to your vault and we'll read the figures out of it — balances, benefits, vesting and retirement ages — and tell you what changed since your last one.