Ho Chi Minh City proposes to increase support level for civil defense

On January 17, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee submitted a document to the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council requesting the issuance of a resolution stipulating monthly allowances, uniform allowances and support for purchasing voluntary health insurance for civil defense forces (BVDP) and food allowances for commanders and deputy commanders of military commands of wards, communes and towns.

The reason is that recently, many voters have reported difficulties for the People's Public Security Forces due to the monthly allowance being too low, not enough to cover and ensure the minimum living expenses in daily life in special urban areas. At the end of November 2023, the National Assembly passed the Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level, effective from July 1, 2024, identifying the People's Public Security Forces as the core force participating in protecting security and order at the grassroots level. The regimes and policies for this force are considered and decided by the Ho Chi Minh City People's Council based on the local budget. After review, the allowance level for the People's Public Security Forces of only 2.2 million VND/person/month, which was stipulated since January 2018, is no longer suitable.

Therefore, the Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee proposed to increase the monthly allowance for the People's Public Security Forces according to each position and calculated according to the basic salary (1.8 million VND), specifically the head of the department is 2.15 times, the deputy head of the department is 2.1 times, the team leader and deputy team leader are 2.05 times, and members are 2 times. In addition, the People's Public Security Forces are also subsidized with uniforms of 2 million VND/year and supported to buy voluntary health insurance annually.

With nearly 7,000 civil defense guards, the total estimated budget of Ho Chi Minh City ensures to resolve the annual regime and policies of more than 325 billion VND, an increase of 123 billion VND compared to the present.

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