Explore Unemployment Insurance in 2024

Unemployment Insurance (UI) is a financial safeguard aiding workers by providing partial income replacement in the event of job loss. The key factors for determining UI benefits include the participation period and the average monthly salary contributions to UI for the preceding 6 consecutive months before unemployment. Details on how to check unemployment insurance, along with documentation and benefit amounts, will be shared by Mytour shortly for your reference.

Simple and easy online methods for checking UI information

Note: Currently, workers can check unemployment insurance and the contribution period through various online and offline channels. In this article, Mytour will guide you through the most common methods, allowing readers to choose the appropriate information checking option based on individual conditions. 
 

1. Explore Unemployment Insurance through the BHXH Vietnam public service portal

Step 1: Access the link for checking unemployment insurance on the Vietnam Social Insurance Information portal. Click quick access HERE.

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Step 2: Enter your Social Insurance Code, password, and press 'log in'. If you forget your VssID password, you can click on the 'forgot password' option and follow the system instructions to easily recover it.

Step 3: On the main interface of the app, click on the 'participation process' section.

Step 4: Now, you will see a list of the insurance types you are participating in. Click on the 'HI-OAD' section to view an overview of your Health Insurance for Occupational Accidents and Diseases (HI-OAD) contribution period.

Step 5: To view detailed information about the HI-OAD contribution process for each time period, you can click on the eye icon to track.

3. How to check unemployment insurance via text messages

Currently, you can also check the unemployment insurance contribution period and amount by composing a text message and sending it to the hotline 8079. The syntax is as follows:

UI (space) QT (space) Social Insurance Code send to 8079

Note: The Social Insurance number here is the code on the Social Insurance book or the last 10 digits on the Health Insurance card 

4. Check unemployment insurance money on Zalo

If you are using Zalo, you can quickly check information about individual UI, the process of contributing to UI right on this application. The specific steps are as follows:

Step 1: Log in to Zalo on your phone. In the messaging interface on the main screen of the application, press Select friends, messages then type 'social insurance...' (note: you can fill in the province, city where you participate in insurance) then select the Social Insurance agency where you are enrolled.

Step 2: Click on 'Express Interest'. At this point, the screen will switch to a chat interface with the selected province/city Social Insurance agency. To continue, click on the file icon in the bottom-left corner of the chat interface.

Step 3: Choose 'enjoy UI benefits'. Now, you will be directed to the website of the Vietnam Social Insurance electronic portal. To look up UI information, enter . Enter your Social Insurance number, name in the corresponding fields, then click on 'I am not a robot'. After that, click 'Look up'.

5. Check unemployment insurance information via hotline 1900.9068

In addition to the online methods mentioned above, you can also contact the Vietnam Social Insurance Consultation and Customer Care hotline (1900.9068) to get support for checking UI money, finding information about the period of participating in UI, calculating UI, and checking detailed UI claim procedures.
 

6. Find and look up UI through information in the Social Insurance book

After leaving the job and completing the Social Insurance book settlement procedures, you will receive a record of your Social Insurance contribution history. This record also contains information about the period of participating in unemployment insurance.

Despite its simplicity, this method of checking UI can lead to various situations, making verification challenging, such as: insurance officers accessing incorrect information; workers losing or misplacing documents, etc.

Therefore, Mytour has shared with you a convenient, easy, and quick online method for checking unemployment insurance in many ways. In addition to the methods mentioned above, you can also go directly to the provincial or district Social Insurance agency to inquire about the information you need. The basic steps for you to follow are quite straightforward. If you don't remember your Social Insurance number, perform a search for the Social Insurance number following the instructions here to retrieve your number.

Wishing you successful lookup endeavors!