What is civil defense fund? What are the regulations on civil defense funds in Vietnam?

What is civil defense fund?

Pursuant to Clause 1, Article 40 of the Law on Civil Defense 2023, civil defense fund is a non-budget state financial fund established in central 

What is civil defense fund? What are the regulations on civil defense funds in Vietnam? (Internet image) 

Regulations on civil defense funds in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 40 of the Law on Civil Defense 2023, regulations on civil defense funds in Vietnam are as follows:

(1) Civil defense fund shall prioritize:

- Providing emergency aid in form of food, drinking water, medicine, and other essential supplies for victims of adverse events and catastrophes;

- Supporting repair and construction of houses, healthcare establishments, and education institutions in areas affected by adverse events, catastrophes.

(2) Civil defense fund shall be funded by:

- Voluntary donations of domestic and foreign organizations, individuals;

- Findings extracted from non-budget state financial funds relating to response to and recovery from consequences of adverse events, catastrophes.

(3) Civil defense funds must:

- Not operate for profit;

- Be managed, used for the right purpose and in a manner that is law compliant, timely, effective, public, and transparent;

- Assist civil defense operations that have not been invested by the state budget or have not met requirements;

- Be regulated with other non-budget state financial funds relevant to the acts of responding to and recovering from adverse events, catastrophes in case of emergency.

(4) The Government shall elaborate on establishment, management, and use of civil defense fund; regulation between civil defense funds and non-budget state financial funds relevant to the acts of responding to and recovering from adverse events, catastrophes.

Regulations on resources for civil defense in Vietnam

Pursuant to Article 39 of the Law on Civil Defense 2023, funding sources for civil defense include:

- State budget;

- Voluntary donations of organizations and individuals;

- Civil defense fund;

- Other funding sources as per the law.

The Government shall ensure budget for civil defense in accordance with state budget laws; prioritize state budget for border areas, coastal areas, islands, and important locations.

Property serving civil defense under joint management of the Government includes:

- Public property in agencies, organizations, local governments, and armed forces as per the law on management and use of public property, land, and other relevant law provisions;

- Property of compulsory acquisition, requisition, mobilization, and other property assigned to agencies, organizations, local governments, and armed forces by the Government to manage civil defense in accordance with eminent domain, requisition of property, and other relevant law provisions.

The Government shall development national reserves to serve civil defense. Management and use of national reserves for civil defense shall conform to national reserve laws.

Mai Thanh Loi

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