Recently, the Prime Minister of Vietnam has issued the Resolution No. 165/NQ-CP on financial support to overcome severe housing damage caused by natural disasters in October 2020 in some localities in the Central and Central Highlands.
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Resolution No. 165/NQ-CP stipulates support for households in the provinces of Nghe An, Ha Tinh, Quang Binh, Quang Tri, Thua Thien Hue, Quang Nam, Quang Ngai, Binh Dinh, Phu Yen, Gia Lai, Kon Tum having houses that have fallen, collapsed, drifted, or been severely damaged by natural disasters in October 2020, with the following support levels:
- For houses that are completely collapsed or drifted: the central budget supports up to 40 million VND/household;
- For houses that are severely damaged: the central budget supports up to 10 million VND/household;
- Based on the extent of housing damage and the level of support from the central budget, localities actively use their own budgets and mobilize other lawful resources to decide the suitable level of support for households.
Order and procedures to support are specified in Clause 4 Article 15 and Clause 3 Article 12 of Decree No. 136/2013/NĐ-CP of Vietnam’s Government as follows:
Application: Households must send the Declaration to request the housing support to the Chairman of communal People’s Committee.
DOWNLOAD: Declaration to request the housing support
Procedures:
- Head of hamlet, village, clusters and residential groups (hereafter referred as Head of village) shall make a list of hunger households and a number of people in hunger households in need of support under the Form specified by the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs.
- The Head of village shall hold meetings with representative of relevant organizations in hamlets to review the hunger households and number of people in hunger households and send the result to the Chairman of communal People’s Committee;
- Within 02 days after receiving the request of the Head of village, the approval Council shall agree upon the list of hunger households and number of people in hunger households and send it to the Chairman of communal People’s Committee for decision;
- The Chairman of communal People’s Committee shall decide upon immediate support for the urgent cases. In case of shortage of resources, he/she may or send a written request to request the support to the Division of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs;
- The Division of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs shall verify and submit it to the Chairman of district-level People’s Committee for support decision;
- The Chairman of district-level communal People’s Committee shall consider and decide upon support. In case of shortage of resources, he/she may or send a written request to request the support to the Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and Department of Finance;
- The Department of Labor – Invalids and Social Affairs shall coordinate with the Department of Finance to summarize and submit the support plan to the Chairman of provincial People’s Committee for consideration and review. In case of shortage of resources, the Chairman of provincial People’s Committee shall or send a written request to the Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs and the Ministry of Finance;
- The Ministry of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs shall coordinate with the Ministry of Finance shall request the consideration and decision from the Prime Minister;
- When receiving the support, the Chairman of People’s Committee at all levels must carry out the support immediately to the proper subjects according to the regulations.
- Upon completion of each support, the People’s Committee at all levels shall summarize and report on the support result.
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