Vietnam: New circular guiding regular social assistance policy funding

Bao Ngoc

14:34, 20/09/2021

On September 15, 2021, the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam promulgated Circular 76/2021/TT-BTC< /a> instructions for clauses 1 and 2, Article 31 of Decree 20/2021/ND-CP on regular social assistance policy funding.

According to this Circular, the content and the amount of support for the care and nurturing of subjects at social assistance establishments are as follows:

- Fees for common medicines: The amount of expenditure under actual invoices and documents, not exceeding 100,000 VND/person/month;

- For items used for daily life, blankets, curtains, mats, summer clothes, winter clothes, underwear, face towels, shoes, slippers, toothbrushes; monthly personal hygiene fee for female subjects of childbearing age and essential utensils and items for daily living: Heads of social assistance establishments shall decide the expenditures according to actual prices at localities based on the norms prescribed in Circular 02/2018/TT-LDTBXH

- For school supplies and textbooks for school-going children: the content and level of expenditure shall be applied according to regulations on academic support for secondary school students in Clause 6, Article 2 of Joint Circular 109/2009/TTLT /BTC-BGDDT of Vietnam

Other expenses (if any): Payment of lawful invoices and spending documents and the head of the establishment shall decide within the scope of the assigned estimate.

Circular 76/2021/TT-BTC of Vietnam takes effect from November 1, 2021 and support regimes for social protection beneficiaries apply from July 1, 2021.

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