What are the procedures for consideration for awarding or posthumously awarding Great National Unity Order in Vietnam in 2024?
- What are the procedures for consideration for awarding or posthumously awarding Great National Unity Order in Vietnam in 2024?
- What is the amount of the bonus for the Great National Unity Order?
- Vietnam:When will the decision on the award of emulation titles and commendation forms be canceled and commendation items and bonuses be revoked?
What are the procedures for consideration for awarding or posthumously awarding Great National Unity Order in Vietnam in 2024?
Pursuant to the regulations in Article 37 of Decree 98/2023/ND-CP, the Great National Unity Order is currently considered for awarding or posthumously awarding as follows:
First, the occasions of National Day on September 2nd and the establishment day of the Vietnam Fatherland Front on November 18th are two holidays that are considered for awarding or posthumously awarding the Great National Unity Order.
Next, the consideration for awarding or posthumously awarding the Great National Unity Order is currently conducted as follows:
Step 1
The provincial Vietnam Fatherland Front is responsible for reviewing and proposing individuals who meet the criteria through the Provincial Council of Emulation and Reward; for central ministries, agencies, and organizations, the central Council of Emulation and Reward, political and social organizations at the central level will review. The Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee, the Minister, the Head of the department, the leaders of central political and social organizations will submit to the Prime Minister.
Step 2
The Ministry of Home Affairs will assess and seek opinions from the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front before submitting to the Prime Minister.
What are the procedures for consideration for awarding or posthumously awarding Great National Unity Order in Vietnam in 2024?
What is the amount of the bonus for the Great National Unity Order?
Pursuant to Article 55 of Decree 98/2023/ND-CP, the amount of the reward for various types of orders is as follows:
Amount of bonus for various types of orders
1. Individuals who are awarded or posthumously awarded various types of orders are given a certificate, a frame, and a medal with the following reward amounts:
a) "Gold Star Order": 46.0 times the statutory pay rate;
b) "Ho Chi Minh Order": 30.5 times the statutory pay rate;
c) "Independence Order" First Class, "Military Exploit Order" First Class: 15.0 times the statutory pay rate;
d) "Independence Order" Second Class, "Military Exploit Order" Second Class: 12.5 times the statutory pay rate;
e) "Independence Order" Third Class, "Military Exploit Order" Third Class: 10.5 times the statutory pay rate;
f) "Labor Order" First Class, "Feat Order" First Class, "Fatherland Defense Order" First Class: 9.0 times the statutory pay rate;
g) "Labor Order" Second Class, "Feat Order" Second Class, "Fatherland Defense Order" Second Class, "Great National Unity Order": 7.5 times the statutory pay rate;
h) "Labor Order" Third Class, "Feat Order" Third Class, "Fatherland Defense Order" Third Class, and "Bravery Medal": 4.5 times the statutory pay rate.
2. Groups that are awarded various types of orders are given a certificate, a frame, and a medal with a reward amount twice that of individuals specified in Clause 1 of this Article.
Therefore, the amount of the bonus for the Great National Unity Order is 7.5 times the statutory pay rate.
The current statutory pay rate is 1,800,000 VND/month (According to Clause 2 Article 3 of Decree 24/2023/ND-CP).
Therefore, the amount of the reward for the Great National Unity Order is 13,500,000 VND.
However, starting from July 1, 2024, when salary reforms are implemented, the statutory pay rate will be abolished. Therefore, there may be new guidelines on the amount of rewards in the future.
Vietnam:When will the decision on the award of emulation titles and commendation forms be canceled and commendation items and bonuses be revoked?
Pursuant to the regulations in Clause 2 Article 93 of the Law on Emulation and Commendation 2022, decision on the award of emulation titles and commendation forms shall be canceled and commendation items and bonuses shall be revoked in the following cases:
- Commit fraudulent acts in declaring merits and achievements in order to be awarded emulation titles and commendation forms;
- Provide false information or forge applications and documents to request the award of emulation titles and commendation forms;
- Appraise, consider, approve, and request emulation titles and commendation forms contrary to regulations of the law;
- Receive conclusions, decisions, or judgments from competent agencies on persons who have been awarded emulation titles or commendation forms have violations and defects that lead to failure to meet the criteria for emulation titles and commendation forms during the time their achievements are recorded or violations and defects related to works served as the basis for awarding prizes.
In addition:
Individuals who have been awarded honorary titles of the state but convicted by legally effective judgments or decisions of the Court and are subject to definite imprisonment, life imprisonment, or death penalty shall be deprived of such honorary titles of the state, except for the following case:
Individuals who have been awarded titles of “Labor Hero” in the resistance period, “People’s Armed Forces Hero”, and “Vietnamese Heroic Mother” but convicted by legally effective judgments or decisions of the Court for one of the crimes of infringing upon national security or other crimes subject to life imprisonment or the death penalty or participating in activities against the regime, the CPV, State, deserting, betraying, participating in the Open Arms program but subject to termination of preferential regulations according to laws on incentives for revolutionary contributors shall be deprived of their honorary titles of the state.
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