VI What documents are required for transferring unemployment benefit receiving location for workers in 2026? Is it possible to transfer unemployment benefit receiving location during the benefit period? What is the current unemployment benefit amount? Let’s find out more with Pham Consult!
What documents are required for transferring unemployment benefit receiving location for workers in 2026?
Based on Clause 2, Article 20 of Decree 374/2025/ND-CP, the documents required for transferring unemployment benefit entitlement include the following:
(1) Workers who have received at least 01 month of unemployment benefit entitlement as prescribed and wish to transfer their unemployment benefit entitlement to another province or centrally-administered city must submit directly or through the National Public Service Portal a request to transfer the unemployment benefit entitlement using Form No. 19 issued with Decree 374/2025/ND-CP and send it to the public employment service organization where they are currently receiving unemployment benefits.
(2) Within 03 working days from the date of receiving the employee’s request, the public employment service organization is responsible for sending a notification of the transfer of unemployment benefit entitlement to the provincial Social Insurance agency to stop paying unemployment benefits according to Form No. 20 issued with Decree 374/2025/ND-CP, and at the same time sending a referral letter according to Form No. 21 issued with Decree 374/2025/ND-CP and the dossier for transferring unemployment benefit entitlement to the public employment service organization where the employee transfers to.
Is it possible to transfer the place of receiving unemployment benefits during the entitlement period?
According to the provisions of Article 41 of the Employment Law 2025 as follows:
Transferring the place of entitlement, temporarily suspending, continuing, terminating and canceling unemployment benefit entitlement
- During the period of receiving unemployment benefits, the employee may transfer the place of receiving unemployment benefits when needed.
- Unemployment benefits will be suspended if the employee fails to report their job search activities monthly as required by Article 40 of this Law.
The employee will not receive unemployment benefits during the suspension period, and the suspension period will not be carried over.
- Unemployment benefits will be suspended if the employee still has remaining benefits, provided they report their job search activities monthly as required by Article 40 of this Law.
- Unemployment benefits will be terminated if the employee falls into one of the following categories:
- a) Having employment and being subject to mandatory social insurance as stipulated in the Social Insurance Law;
- b) Performing military service, service in the People’s Public Security Force, or permanent militia;
- c) Receiving a monthly pension;
- d) After refusing to accept a job offer from the public employment service organization where the unemployment benefit is being received twice without justifiable reason;
- e) Failing to submit monthly job search reports as prescribed in Article 40 of this Law for three consecutive months;
- f) Emigrating abroad to settle;
- g) Studying abroad for a period exceeding 12 months;
- h) Being penalized for administrative violations related to unemployment insurance laws;
- i) Death;
- k) Complying with a decision to be placed in a compulsory education facility or compulsory rehabilitation facility;
- l) Being declared missing by a court;
- m) Being detained; serving a prison sentence;
- n) At the request of the employee.
Accordingly, the employee may transfer their unemployment benefit entitlement location if needed during the period of receiving unemployment benefits.
What is the current unemployment benefit amount?
Based on Clause 1, Article 39 of the 2025 Employment Law, the following is stipulated:
Benefit amount, duration, timing, and required documents, procedures, and process for receiving unemployment benefits:
- The monthly unemployment benefit amount is equal to 60% of the average monthly salary used for unemployment insurance contributions during the 6 most recent months prior to the termination of the employment contract or work agreement, but not exceeding 5 times the regional minimum wage announced by the Government applicable in the last month of unemployment insurance contributions.
Accordingly, the monthly unemployment benefit amount is equal to 60% of the average monthly salary used for unemployment insurance contributions during the 6 most recent months prior to the termination of the contract.
It can be seen that current law does not specify the exact amount of unemployment benefits, but rather bases it on the average monthly salary used for unemployment insurance contributions of the employee in the 6 months preceding the termination of their contract.
However, the above regulation also sets a limit on the maximum monthly unemployment benefit amount, which is no more than 5 times the regional minimum wage in the last month of unemployment insurance contributions. Currently, the regional minimum wage is implemented according to the regulations in Decree 293/2025/ND-CP.
