Increase subsidies and preferential allowances for meritorious people

According to Decree No. 70/2017/ND-CP of the Government, the standard level to determine subsidy and preferential allowance levels for people with revolutionary contributions is increased from VND 1,318,000 to VND 1,417,000.

Specifically, Decree No. 70/2017/ND-CP stipulates the level of allowances and preferential subsidies for people with meritorious services to the revolution, the allowances and subsidies for some groups of people with meritorious services as follows: People who participated in the revolution before January 1, 1945, with an exemption level of 1,583,000 VND/month, allowance of 268,000/1 year of seniority; those who did not participate, with an allowance level of 2,688,000 VND/month. Death benefits for relatives of people who participated in the revolution before January 1, 1945 who passed away are 1,417,000 VND/month.

Mr. Nguyen Dac Vinh, Secretary of Nghe An Provincial Party Committee, visited and presented gifts to war invalids at Nghe An nursing home for seriously wounded soldiers in 2016. Photo: Internet.

Revolutionary activists from January 1, 1945 to the August 1945 uprising were granted a monthly allowance of VND 1,465,000. The death benefit for relatives of revolutionary activists from January 1, 1945 to the August 1945 uprising who passed away was VND 795,000/month.

The death benefit for the relative of 1 martyr is 1,417,000 VND/month; the death benefit for the relative of 2 martyrs is 2,834,000 VND/month; for the relative of 3 or more martyrs, the benefit is 4,251,000 VND/month; the death benefit for the wife or husband of a martyr who remarries (not eligible for additional death benefit) is 1,417,000 VND/month.

Vietnamese Heroic Mothers (receiving monthly pension benefits at the pension level for relatives of martyrs as above) are entitled to an allowance of 1,188,000 VND/month. The allowance for the person taking care of the Vietnamese Heroic Mother living in the family is 1,417,000 VND/month.

Heroes of the People's Armed Forces and Labor Heroes during the resistance war period receive a subsidy of VND 1,188,000/month.

War invalids and people enjoying the same policies as war invalids receive disability allowances from VND 955,000/month - VND 4,543,000/month depending on the rate of reduced working capacity.

Type B disabled soldiers receive disability benefits from 788,000 VND/month to 3,759,000 VND/month depending on the rate of reduced working capacity.

According to Chinhphu.vn