Proposal to increase the level of benefits and policies for militia and self-defense forces

Militia forces practice. Illustrative photo.

Specifically, the Ministry of National Defense proposed to amend the level of benefits and policies for militia and self-defense forces in the direction of multiplying the coefficient with the basic salary (1,800,000 VND), so that the Decree is stable when the Government adjusts the basic salary.

Adjust the allowance and subsidy levels for militia and self-defense forces to increase by 20.8% to match the increase in basic salary. Specifically as follows:

- Increase allowances for 8 groups of militia and self-defense command positions;

- Increase the minimum monthly allowance of the Village Captain;

- Increase the one-time allowance for regular militiamen when they are recognized as having completed their military service in peacetime;

- Increase the benefit level for militiamen who do not participate in social insurance and have accidents that reduce their ability to work;

- Increase the level of death benefits and funeral expenses in case of accident leading to death;

- Increase the level of death benefits and funeral expenses in case of illness leading to death.

Adjust and supplement the labor day allowance rate

The Ministry of National Defense proposes to adjust and supplement the daily labor allowance for militiamen when performing tasks as follows:

- Labor day allowance for militia, except for maritime militia:

+ Decree No. 72/2020/ND-CP only stipulates a minimum level of daily allowance for militia (119,200 VND), and higher levels are decided by the Provincial People's Committee and submitted to the People's Council of the same level; in reality, 42/63 localities (66.7%) ensure higher levels than the minimum level (from 120,000 VND to 250,000 VND/day), 21/63 localities (33.3%) ensure equal to the minimum level (119,200 VND/day); meanwhile, the average daily income level of each locality is currently from 250,000 VND to 350,000 VND/person/day. Thus, the current daily labor allowance of militiamen on duty of 119,200 VND/day is still low compared to the average daily labor income of the locality.

To be consistent with reality, the draft Decree stipulates that the daily allowance for militiamen is not lower than 0.14 of the basic salary (VND 252,000) to be equivalent to the allowance for families of reserve soldiers when mobilizing for training, drills, mobilization readiness inspections, combat readiness... as prescribed in Point b, Clause 1, Article 5 of Decree No. 79/2020/ND-CP of the Government stipulating the regime and policies in building and mobilizing reserve forces and in accordance with the local daily income level.

+ Based on the 07 tasks of the militia and self-defense force stipulated in Article 5 of the Law on Militia and Self-Defense Force and the practical combat readiness activities, the coordination activities of the militia and self-defense force in protecting national security, ensuring social order and safety, preventing and overcoming the consequences of natural disasters, catastrophes, incidents and epidemics; the draft Decree supplements the provisions of 03 tasks entitled to higher allowances for working days, including:

(1) Militia when performing tasks of counter-terrorism, hostage rescue, crime suppression, and dispersal of protests and riots;

(2) Prevention and control of dangerous epidemics in areas at high risk of infection;

(3) Rescue, search and rescue, fire fighting, and disaster response in areas that are life-threatening according to the decision of the competent authority. The level of labor day allowance is decided by the People's Committee of the province and submitted to the People's Council of the same level for decision, and the additional benefit is not less than 50% of the current labor day allowance.

- Labor day allowance level for maritime militia: Point c, point d, Clause 4, Article 1 of the draft Decree is amended in the direction of:

+ When on duty, except for the task of fighting to protect islands and seas: The daily labor allowance is the same as other militia forces (coefficient of 0.14, base salary equal to 252,000 VND/person/day), because the maritime militia when on duty enjoys higher food allowance and special allowances for going to sea.

+ When performing the task of fighting to protect islands and seas: The daily labor allowance per person per day is equal to a coefficient of 0.25 of the basic salary (equal to 450,000 VND, an increase of 20.8%).

In addition, the draft adds regulations on food allowances; adjusts and supplements regulations on social insurance and health insurance for regular militia; and adds regulations on responsibility for ensuring training funding for Commanders of Commune-level Military Commands.