What necessities shall be provided for people, whose houses are destroyed due to flood in Vietnam?

What necessities shall be provided for people, whose houses are destroyed due to flood in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 2 Article 12 of the Decree 20/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating provision of necessities as follows:

2. Provide necessities:

Beneficiaries facing disadvantages due to natural disasters, diseases or other force majeure who lose houses and are unable to guarantee their necessities shall be considered for support based on mobilized resources or national reserves: tents, drinking water, food, blankets, sheets, pans, fire fuel, motorized boats and other necessities serving current demands.

As regulations above, when beneficiaries facing disadvantages due to natural disasters who lose houses and are unable to guarantee their necessities, they shall be considered for support including tents for temporary accommodation.

What are procedures for support and provision of necessities for people, whose houses are destroyed due to flood in Vietnam?

Pursuant to Clause 3 Article 12 of the Decree 20/2021/NĐ-CP stipulating procedures for support as follows:

3. Procedures for support are as follows:

a) Heads of hamlets, neighborhoods (hereinafter referred to as “heads of hamlets”) shall prepare list of households and number of members thereof that face hunger, lack of necessities and require support using Forms No. 5a and 5b attached hereto;

b) Heads of hamlets shall take charge and work with representatives of relevant organizations in the hamlets to review households and members thereof that face hunger, lack of necessities included in the list, finalize and submit to Chairpersons of People’s Committees of communes;

c) Within 2 days from the date on which request sent by heads of hamlets is received, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of communes shall review and decide to support for necessary cases. In case of lack of resources, request Sub-departments of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs in writing for assistance;

d) Sub-departments of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs shall appraise and request Chairpersons of People’s Committees of districts to decide and assist;

dd) Chairpersons of People’s Committees of districts shall decide and provide assistance. In case of lack of resources, request Departments of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs and Departments of Finance in writing for assistance;

e) Departments of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs shall take charge and cooperate with Departments of Finance and relevant ministries in consolidating and requesting Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces to consider and decide. In case of lack of resources, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of provinces shall request Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs in writing;

g) Ministry of Labor – War Invalids and Social Affairs shall take charge and cooperate with ministries managing national reserved commodities in consolidating local support demands and reporting to Prime Minister; request Ministry of Finance to appraise and present Prime Minister for review and deciding on extraction of national reserved commodities;

h) Upon receiving support, Chairpersons of People’s Committees of all levels shall provide immediate support for beneficiaries as per the law;

i) At the end of each support period, People’s Committees of all levels are responsible for consolidating and submitting reports on support results.

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