Central Steering Committee develops annual state budget estimates for disaster management in Vietnam

Central Steering Committee develops annual state budget estimates for disaster management in Vietnam (Illustrative photo)

According to Article 5 of Circular 85/2020/TT-BTC, the formulation, allocation, execution, and finalization of funds for disaster management shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the 2015 State Budget Law, Decree 163/2016/ND-CP dated December 21, 2016, of the Government of Vietnam detailing the implementation of certain articles of the State Budget Law, and guidance documents from the Ministry of Finance. Additionally, this Circular provides guidance on the following matters:

Firstly, budget estimation: Annually, along with the time of budget estimation, agencies and units assigned tasks by the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management, the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management, and Command Committees at various levels are responsible for estimating based on the spending contents and levels stipulated in Articles 3 and 4 of Circular 85/2020/TT-BTC. These estimates are then incorporated into the regular expenditure estimates of Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, agencies under the Government of Vietnam, and People's Committees at all levels, and submitted to financial agencies at the same level to be presented to competent authorities for review and approval according to the State Budget Law and its guiding documents.

- For the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management: The Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development is responsible for consolidating the operational funds of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management and the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management into the state budget estimates of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development; submitting it to the Ministry of Finance for consolidation, and reporting to the competent authorities as prescribed.- For the Ministry-level Command Committees: Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government of Vietnam are responsible for consolidating the operational funds of the Ministry-level Command Committee, the standing office, or specialized agencies assigned the task of the Ministry-level Command Committee into their state budget estimates and submitting them to the Ministry of Finance for consolidation, and reporting to the competent authorities as prescribed.

- For provincial, district, and communal level Command Committees: Regarding funds for the provincial level Command Committee: Agencies and units assigned responsibilities by the provincial level Command Committee shall prepare their budget estimates for disaster management activities as assigned and submit them to the Department of Finance for consolidation and presentation to the competent authorities for a decision. Regarding funds for the district and communal level Command Committees: Agencies and units assigned responsibilities by the district-level or communal-level Command Committee shall prepare their budget estimates for disaster management and search and rescue activities as assigned, consolidate them into the estimates of the respective agencies and units, and submit them to the financial agencies at the same level for review and presentation to the competent authorities for a decision.

Secondly, budget allocation and compliance:

- The allocation and execution of the budget shall be implemented following the provisions of the State Budget Law and its guiding documents, Decree 30/2017/ND-CP dated March 21, 2017, of the Government of Vietnam, regulating the organization and operation of natural disaster response and search and rescue activities, and the provisions of this Circular; specifically allocating operational funds of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management, the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam for disaster management, Ministry-level Command Committees, the standing office, or specialized agencies assigned tasks by the Ministry-level Command Committee, provincial, district, and communal level Command Committees, units assigned the role of the standing office of the provincial and district Command Committees, and the standing office of the communal Command Committee. The allocated funds for the expenditure contents specified in Article 3 of this Circular must not overlap with the funds allocated for the expenditure contents stipulated in Chapter VI of Decree 30/2017/ND-CP regarding the budget sources and budget expenditure assignment for natural disaster response and search and rescue activities.

- The withdrawal of estimates and payments shall be implemented following the provisions of Decree 11/2020/ND-CP dated January 20, 2020, of the Government of Vietnam, regulating administrative procedures in the field of the State Treasury and Circular 62/2020/TT-BTC dated June 22, 2020, of the Ministry of Finance, guiding the control and payment of regular expenditures from the State Budget via the State Treasury.

Thirdly, finalization:

- Operational funds of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam, the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam, Ministry-level Command Committees, provincial, district, and communal level Command Committees are consolidated into the annual state budget finalization of the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (for the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam, the Standing Office of the Central Steering Committee of Vietnam), Ministries, central-level agencies (for Ministry-level Command Committees), and localities according to state budget decentralization (for provincial, district, and communal level Command Committees).

- The order of preparation, report forms, submission time, and review of the finalization reports are implemented according to the provisions of Circular 137/2017/TT-BTC dated December 25, 2017, of the Ministry of Finance, regulating the review, appraisal, notification, and finalization consolidation.

For further details, refer to Circular 85/2020/TT-BTC, effective from December 1, 2021.

Le Vy

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