Urgent completion of the Proposal Dossier for establishing the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam

Urgent completion of the Proposal Dossier for establishing the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam​ (Image from the Internet)

Urgent completion of the Proposal Dossier for establishing the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam

On June 03, 2024, at the Government of Vietnam Headquarters, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai chaired a meeting regarding the establishment of the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam. Attendees included Leaders from the Ministries and agencies: Finance, Planning and Investment, Justice, Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs, the State Bank of Vietnam, Committee for Ethnic Minority Affairs, the Government Office, the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front, and representatives from the Ministry of Construction.

After hearing the report from the Ministry of Finance and comments from the meeting participants, Deputy Prime Minister Le Minh Khai concluded as follows:

- Appreciating the Ministry of Finance and related Ministries and agencies for proactively cooperating and proposing to the Prime Minister the establishment of the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam to contribute to the nationwide emulation movement "The whole country collaborates to eliminate temporary houses and dilapidated houses nationwide from now until 2025".

- The meeting agreed to follow the process and procedures to establish the Fund (hereinafter referred to as the Fund) similar to the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund, specifically to submit the proposal to the Government for approval, and based on that, submit to the Prime Minister for the issuance of the Decision to establish the Fund.

- During the meeting on establishing the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam:

The Ministry of Finance is to gather, absorb, and fully explain the comments made during the meeting, urgently complete the dossier for the proposal to establish the Fund for Joining Hands to Eradicate Temporary and Dilapidated Houses for Poor Households in Vietnam, ensuring clarity, strictness, public transparency, legal conformity, prevention of corruption, loss, and waste; specifically noting:

+ Ensuring full coverage of the support recipients for the elimination of temporary houses and dilapidated houses as stipulated in Resolution 42-NQ/TW dated November 24, 2023, by the Central Executive Committee on continuing to innovate and improve the quality of social policies to meet the requirements of building and defending the Nation in the new period.

+ Referencing Decision 779/QD-TTg dated May 26, 2021, on the establishment of the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund to propose necessary content for the Prime Minister to decide upon in establishing the Fund.

+ The Ministries of Construction, Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs, and Finance, based on their assigned functions and tasks, are to guide relevant agencies and localities in identifying the support recipients and organizing the implementation of financial support, ensuring a harmonious, reasonable, efficient, compliant, and non-duplicative approach compared to other state programs and policies on eliminating temporary houses and dilapidated houses.

+ Requesting the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front and other socio-political organizations to play their roles and responsibilities in mobilizing resource contributions to the Fund and supervising the management and use of the Fund, ensuring transparency, public accountability, and effectiveness.

- The Ministries of Construction, Finance, and Labor - War Invalids and Social Affairs, based on their authority, functions, and assigned tasks, shall take primary responsibility and cooperate with relevant agencies to urgently develop guiding documents for the Fund's operation according to regulatory procedures, to be issued as soon as possible to quickly implement the Fund's support policies after its establishment.

- The Government Office shall monitor and urge these activities based on the assigned functions and tasks.

See Notification 253/TB-VPCP, issued on June 04, 2024.

Vo Tan Dai

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