To present to the President proposal on gifts to people with meritorious services on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024 in Vietnam

To present to the President proposal on gifts to people with meritorious services on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024 in Vietnam (Internet image) 

On November 16, 2023, the Government Office issued Official Dispatch 8967/VPCP-KGVX submitting to the President the request to give gifts to people with meritorious services to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in 2024.

1. To present to the President proposal on gifts to people with meritorious services on the occasion of Lunar New Year 2024 in Vietnam

According to Official Dispatch 8967/VPCP-KGVX dated November 16, 2023, considering the proposal of the Ministry of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs in Report 69/TTr-LDTBXH dated November 2, 2023 regarding submitting to the President to give gifts to people with meritorious services to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Dragon in 2024, Deputy Prime Minister Tran Hong Ha has the following opinion:

Authorize the Minister of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs to submit to the President a proposal on giving gifts to people with meritorious services to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Giap Thin 2024.

Thus, in the near future, the Minister of Labor, War Invalids, and Social Affairs will present to the President the idea of giving gifts to people with contributions to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year, Giap Thin in 2024.

2. Value of gifts for meritorious people on the Lunar New Year 2023 in Vietnam

Specifically, in Article 1 of Decision 1548/QD-CTN in 2022, giving gifts to a number of people who have contributed to the revolution on the occasion of the Lunar New Year of the Cat in 2023 specifically includes 2 Value of gifts prescribed as follows:

* Value of gifts of 600,000 VND:

(1) People with meritorious services to the revolution:

- People who participated in the revolution before January 1, 1945, are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- People who participated in revolutionary activities from January 1, 1945, to the August uprising in 1945 are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- Vietnamese heroic mothers are enjoying preferential monthly benefits.

- Heroes of the People's Armed Forces and Labor Heroes during the resistance period are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- War invalids, policy beneficiaries such as war invalids, class B war invalids, and sick soldiers with a physical injury rate of 81% or more are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- Resistance activists infected with toxic chemicals with a bodily injury rate of 81% or more are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- People who have contributed to helping the revolution are receiving a monthly maintenance allowance.

(2) Relatives of martyrs are receiving monthly survivor benefits; relatives of two or more martyrs are receiving monthly death benefits.

* Value of gifts of 300,000 VND:

(1) People with meritorious services to the revolution:

War invalids, policy beneficiaries such as war invalids, class B war invalids, and sick soldiers with a physical injury rate of 80% or less are receiving preferential monthly benefits. War invalids are receiving disability benefits.

- Resistance activists infected with toxic chemicals with a body injury rate of 80% or less are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- People who engage in revolutionary or resistance activities, protect the Fatherland, or perform international duty and are imprisoned or exiled by the enemy are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

- People who have contributed to helping the revolution are receiving preferential monthly benefits.

(3) Representative of martyrs' relatives.

(4) People who worship martyrs (in cases where martyrs have no relatives).

More details can be found in Official Dispatch 8967/VPCP-KGVX, issued on November 16, 2023.

Ho Quoc Tuan

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