The Government has just issued Decree No. 136/2013/ND-CP, providing for social assistance policy for social protection beneficiaries.
Accordingly, the standard rate of social allowance and social assistance (collectively called the standard social assistance rate) is 270,000 VND. The standard social assistance rate is the basis for determining the monthly social allowance, the monthly nurturing allowance at social protection establishments and social houses, the funding support for care and nurturing, and other social assistance rates.
Monthly social allowance recipients include: children under 16 years old without a source of support in certain cases, such as those abandoned and not yet adopted; orphans of both parents; children who have lost their father or mother while the other parent is missing as prescribed by law; children who have lost their father or mother while the other parent is receiving care and nurturing at a social protection establishment or social house.
In addition, these include children infected with HIV from poor households; people infected with HIV from poor households who are no longer able to work and do not receive a monthly pension, monthly social insurance allowance, monthly preferential allowance for people with meritorious service, or other monthly allowances…; people from poor households who have no husband or wife; whose husband or wife has died…; elderly people from poor households who have no one with the obligation and right to support them, or whose supporter is receiving a monthly social allowance; children with disabilities and people with disabilities who are entitled to social allowances under the law on people with disabilities…
The Decree provides for support of 15 kg of rice per person for all members of food-insecure households during the Lunar New Year; support of 15 kg of rice per person per month for no more than 3 months per assistance round for all members of food-insecure households during and after natural disasters, fires, crop failures, the lean season or other force majeure reasons; households that have lost their main means or tools of production due to natural disasters, fires or other force majeure reasons, or lost their jobs, will be considered for assistance in creating jobs and developing production as prescribed…/.
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