Decree No. 120/2025/NĐ-CP on the delineation of authority of two-level local governments in the field of state administration of the Ministry of Justice

DECREE

Regulations on the division of authority between two levels of local government in the field of state administration under the Ministry of Justice

On the basis of The Government Organization Law 2025;

On the basis of The Local Government Organization Law 2025;

Pursuant to Resolution No. Decision 190/2025/QH15 dated February 19, 2025 of the National Assembly regarding handling certain issues related to the restructuring of the state apparatus;

At the proposal of the Minister of Justice;

The Government promulgates this Decree to regulate the division of authority between two levels of local government in the field of state administration under the Ministry of Justice.

PART I
GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope of Regulation

This Decree stipulates the division of authority between two levels of local government according to the organizational model of two-level local government in the field of state administration under the Ministry of Justice; procedures and formalities for implementing administrative procedures when transferring authority from the district level to the commune level or from the provincial level.

Article 2. Principles of Authority Delineation

1. Ensuring compliance with the Constitution, consistent with the principles and regulations on the division of authority set forth in the Law on the Organization of the Government 2025 and the Law on the Organization of Local Government 2025.

2. Ensuring clear delineation of tasks and powers among different levels of local government; ensuring consistency with the tasks, powers, and capabilities of agencies and individuals responsible for performing the assigned tasks and powers.

3. Ensuring clear delineation of powers among People's Councils, People's Committees, and Chairpersons of People's Committees; clearly defining the general powers of People's Committees and the specific powers of Chairpersons of People's Committees.

4. Clearly defining the content and scope of tasks and powers that local governments are authorized to decide, organize, implement, and be accountable for the results; avoiding overlap and duplication of tasks and powers between different levels of local government and between agencies and organizations within local government.

5. Ensuring a legal basis for the normal, continuous, and smooth operation of agencies; preventing disruption of work, overlap, duplication, omission of functions, tasks, fields, and areas; meeting the requirements of local governance; applying science, technology, innovation, and digital transformation.

6. Ensuring human rights and citizens' rights; ensuring transparency and creating favorable conditions for individuals and organizations to access information, exercise their rights and fulfill their obligations and procedures as prescribed by law; not affecting the normal activities of society, citizens, and businesses.

7. Ensuring no impact on the implementation of international treaties to which the Socialist Republic of Vietnam is a party.

8. Ensuring unity in the implementation of the Constitution and laws; ensuring transparency, accountability, and effective control of power linked to the responsibility of higher-level state agencies for inspection, audit, and supervision.

9. The budget for implementing transferred tasks shall be guaranteed by the state budget according to the provisions.

Article 4. Regarding fees and charges

When administrative procedures require payment of fees and charges as prescribed by law, organizations and individuals shall pay such fees and charges to the agency receiving the application for the administrative procedure. The amount of fees and charges, management, and utilization of fees and charges shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions of the Minister of Finance or the People's Council at the provincial level for corresponding fees and charges.

Chapter II
DIVISION OF AUTHORITY WHEN ORGANIZING TWO LEVELS OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT IN THE FIELD OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE

Section 1

FIELD OF HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION

Article 4. Authority for household registration

The People's Committee of communes, wards, and special economic zones (hereinafter referred to as the People's Committee at the commune level) shall perform the authority for household registration as prescribed in Clause 2, Article 7, Chapter III of the Household Registration Law 2014 (hereinafter referred to as the Household Registration Law), Articles 1, 29, 31, 32, 33, 35, 36, 38, 39, and 41 of Government Decree No. 123/2015/NĐ-CP dated November 15, 2015 detailing certain provisions and measures for the implementation of the Household Registration Law amended in 2020, 2022, and 2025 (hereinafter referred to as Government Decree No. 123/2015/NĐ-CP); the authority to exploit the electronic household registration database, and confirm household registration information as prescribed in Article 8 of Government Decree No. 87/2020/NĐ-CP dated July 28, 2020 on the electronic household registration database and online household registration amended in 2025.

Article 5. Handling of household registration

1. Individuals have the right to choose to perform administrative procedures related to household registration at the household registration authority where they reside; the place of residence of individuals shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the law on residence.

In cases where individuals choose to perform administrative procedures related to household registration not at the People's Committee of the commune where they permanently reside or temporarily reside, the People's Committee of the commune receiving the request shall be responsible for assisting citizens in submitting online household registration files to the competent authority in accordance with the regulations.

2. Individuals requesting birth registration, death registration, acknowledgment of parentage, guardianship registration, change or termination of guardianship registration, supervision of guardianship registration, termination of supervision of guardianship registration, change, correction, supplementation of household registration, determination of nationality do not need to be present at the household registration authority to sign in the Household Register.

3. The procedure and process for handling household registration shall be carried out in accordance with the provisions of Section I of the Appendix issued together with this Decree.

Article 6. Responsibilities of the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province in household registration work

The recovery and cancellation of household registration documents, contents of household registration registered by the household registration authority contrary to the provisions of the law are regulated in point e clause 1 Article 69, point h clause 1 Article 70 of the Household Registration Law and household registration documents, contents of household registration registered previously contrary to the provisions of the law by the Department of Justice, except for cases of illegal marriage according to the Law on Marriage and Family 2014, fall within the jurisdiction of the Chairman of the People's Committee of the province.

Article 7. Responsibilities of the People's Committee of the commune in state management of household registration

1. The People's Committee of the commune shall implement state management of household registration in the locality; update, exploit, and use the electronic household registration database within the scope of local management; compile, evaluate the implementation of household registration and management work, and statistics on household registration to report to the People's Committee of the province.

2. Judicial officials - household registration officers assist the People's Committee of the commune in performing household registration tasks as stipulated in Article 4 of this Decree; compile, evaluate the implementation of household registration and management work, and statistics on household registration in the area.

Article 8. Household registration authorities and officials engaged in household registration work

1. The household registration authorities defined in clause 1 Article 4 of the Household Registration Law include the People's Committee of the commune, diplomatic representative agencies, consular representative agencies of Vietnam abroad.

2. Officials engaged in household registration work at the local level are officials performing judicial - household registration tasks at the commune level; officials of the Department of Justice assigned to perform household registration work.

Section 2

FIELD OF ADOPTION

Article 9. Responsibilities of People's Committees at all levels in managing adoption

The inspection and monitoring of the situation of adoption in the locality are regulated in point c clause 2 Article 49 of the Adoption Law 2010 (hereinafter referred to as the Adoption Law), and the reporting to the People's Committee of the province on the situation of adoption resolution and implementation of the law on adoption in the locality shall be carried out by the People's Committee of the commune.

Article 10. Review and find persons to adopt children

The review and search for persons to adopt children shall be carried out in accordance with Article 6 of Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP dated March 21, 2011 of the Government detailing certain provisions of the Adoption Law amended and supplemented in 2016, 2019, and 2025 (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP) and the following provisions:

1. The People's Committee of communes shall periodically review every six months the situation of children who need to be adopted, and if there is no Vietnamese citizen residing in Vietnam willing to adopt the child, the People's Committee of the commune shall prepare a document along with the child's file to send to the Department of Justice to find persons to adopt the child.

2. In cases where children are abandoned, orphaned, or homeless and living in care facilities, the care facility shall assess the need for adoption of such children, establish a child's file including documents and materials as prescribed in Clause 1, Article 18 of the Adoption Law, and seek the opinion of the management agency.

Within five working days from the date of receiving a complete file, the management agency shall provide its opinion for the care facility to send to the Department of Justice along with the child's file. The Department of Justice shall notify the search for adoptive parents according to the provisions of Clause 3, Article 6 of Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP.

Article 11. Handling administrative procedures in the field of adoption

1. In cases where the person wishing to adopt chooses not to submit the application at the People's Committee of the commune having jurisdiction over the adoption matter, the People's Committee of the commune receiving the request shall be responsible for assisting the person wishing to adopt to submit the online registration for adoption directly to the competent People's Committee of the commune in accordance with the regulations.

2. For administrative procedures requiring components of the application file that include the Criminal Record Certificate as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 17 of the Adoption Law and Point g, Clause 1, Article 31 of Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP, the administrative procedure handling agency shall be responsible for requesting the criminal record data management agency to provide criminal record information; individuals implementing these administrative procedures do not have to submit the Criminal Record Certificate in the file.

3. The health examination certificate of the person wishing to adopt and of the child recommended for domestic adoption as prescribed in Clause 5, Article 17 and Point b, Clause 1, Article 18 of the Adoption Law shall be issued by a general hospital, a general outpatient clinic, or a regional health center.

Article 12. Confirmation of Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in border areas meeting the conditions to adopt children from neighboring countries residing in border areas

1. The confirmation of Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in border areas meeting the conditions to adopt children from neighboring countries residing in border areas as prescribed in Clause 3, Article 22 of Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP falls within the authority of the Chairman of the People's Committee of the commune.

2. The procedures and steps for confirming Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in border areas meeting the conditions to adopt children from neighboring countries residing in border areas shall be implemented in accordance with the provisions set forth in Section II of the Appendix accompanying this Decree.

Chapter III
DETERMINATION OF JURISDICTION WHEN ORGANIZING TWO LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS IN THE FIELD OF AUTHENTICATION

Article 13. Persons conducting authentication

Persons conducting authentication as stipulated in Clause 9, Article 2 of Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP dated February 16, 2015 of the Government on issuing certified true copies from original books, authenticating copies from originals, authenticating signatures, and authenticating contracts and transactions (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP), amended and supplemented in 2025, include: Chairpersons and Deputy Chairpersons of People's Committees at commune level; notaries of notary organizations; diplomatic officials and consular officials of diplomatic agencies, consular agencies, and other agencies authorized to perform consular functions of Vietnam abroad.

Article 14. Authority and responsibility for authentication

The authentication of the translator's signature on documents and texts translated from foreign languages into Vietnamese and vice versa is regulated in Point c, Clause 1, Article 5; the amendment, supplementation, cancellation, termination of contracts and transactions is regulated in Article 38; the correction of errors in contracts and transactions that have been authenticated is regulated in Article 39 of Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP, all of which fall under the authority of People's Committees at commune level.

Article 15. Translation assistants

1. Persons meeting the criteria and conditions as stipulated in Article 27 of Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP may serve as translation assistants for People's Committees at commune level nationwide. People's Committees at commune level are responsible for checking the criteria and conditions of translation assistants and compiling a list of commune-level translation assistants to report to the Department of Justice for approval.

2. The posting of lists of translation assistants and the signing of assistant contracts are regulated in Clause 2 and Clause 3, Article 28 of Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP, which fall under the authority of the Chairperson of People's Committees at commune level.

Article 16. Registration of specimen signatures

Translation assistants of People's Committees at commune level must register their specimen signatures with People's Committees at commune level. When registering specimen signatures, translators must submit a request for registration of specimen signatures and sign three specimen signatures directly before the Chairperson or Deputy Chairperson of People's Committees at commune level in the request for registration of specimen signatures.

Article 17. Authentication of translator's signature

1. Translation assistants of People's Committees at commune level requesting authentication of their signature must present the translation and the documents or texts to be translated.

When conducting authentication, the person conducting authentication must compare the translator's signature on the translation with the registered specimen signature before proceeding with the authentication; if there is doubt about the signature on the translation compared to the specimen signature, the translator must sign in person.

2. For individuals who are not translation assistants of People's Committees at commune level but translate documents or texts for personal purposes and request authentication of their signature on the translation, they must present the documents specified in Points a, b, and c, Clause 2, Article 31 of Decree No. 23/2015/NĐ-CP. The individual requesting authentication must sign in the presence of the person conducting authentication or the authorized person as prescribed.

Chapter IV
DETERMINATION OF AUTHORITY WHEN ORGANIZING LOCAL ADMINISTRATION AT TWO LEVELS IN THE FIELD OF CONFLICT RESOLUTION AT THE BASE LEVEL AND STATE COMPENSATION

Article 18. Responsibilities of People's Committees at various levels in state management of conflict resolution at the base level

1. Directing the integration of laws on conflict resolution at the base level into the development and implementation of village regulations, covenants, and providing free information on relevant policies and laws to organizations and individuals as stipulated in Point a, Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 15/2014/NĐ-CP dated February 27, 2014 of the Government detailing certain provisions and measures for implementing the Law on Conflict Resolution at the Base Level (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 15/2014/NĐ-CP); examining and deciding on rewards for organizations and individuals participating, contributing, and supporting the conflict resolution work of communes, wards, and special zones within provinces based on the proposal of People's Committees at commune level as stipulated in Point d, Clause 2, Article 4 of Decree No. 15/2014/NĐ-CP falls under the authority of People's Committees at provincial level.

2. Within their scope of duties and powers, People's Committees at commune level are responsible for managing state affairs related to conflict resolution at the base level locally, providing materials and disseminating laws to support base-level conflict resolution activities for individuals as stipulated in Article 2 of Decree No. 15/2014/NĐ-CP; proposing People's Committees at provincial level to reward organizations and individuals participating, contributing, and supporting the conflict resolution work of communes, wards, and special zones when necessary; examining and deciding on support when mediators encounter accidents or risks affecting their health or lives while performing mediation activities as stipulated in Article 18 of Decree No. 15/2014/NĐ-CP.

3. The procedures and examination of support procedures when mediators encounter accidents or risks affecting their health or lives while performing mediation activities shall be carried out according to Section III of the Appendix attached to this Decree.

Article 19. Authority to settle compensation for cases where the People's Committee at the district level causes damage before July 1, 2025

1. The People's Committee at the provincial level shall be the authority to settle compensation in cases where the act causing damage by the People's Committee at the district level falls within the group of tasks and powers of the People's Committee at the provincial level from July 1, 2025.

2. The People's Committee at the commune level shall be the authority to settle compensation in cases where the act causing damage by the People's Committee at the district level falls within the group of tasks and powers of the People's Committee at the commune level from July 1, 2025.

3. Specialized agencies or units directly under the People's Committee at the provincial level that have legal personality and separate accounts shall be the authority to settle compensation in cases where the act causing damage by the People's Committee at the district level falls within the group of tasks and powers of such agency or unit from July 1, 2025.

Article 20. Competence to examine the responsibility for repayment of civil servants causing damage

The Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial and commune levels and the Heads of agencies and units specified in Article 19 of this Decree shall organize the examination of the responsibility for repayment of civil servants causing damage in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 66 of the Law on State Compensation Liability 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the Law on State Compensation Liability).

Article 21. Determination of damage caused by the infringement of property as prescribed in Article 23 of the Law on State Compensation Liability

1. The market prescribed in Clause 1 of Article 23 of the Law on State Compensation Liability is the market within the commune where the actual damage occurred.

In case there is no similar property or property with the same technical specifications, functions, and quality in the market of the commune where the actual damage occurred, the market is the nearest commune market within the province or centrally governed city.

2. The market price for repairing and restoring damaged property prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 23 of the Law on State Compensation Liability and Article 3 of Decree No. 68/2018/ND-CP dated May 15, 2018 of the Government detailing certain provisions and implementation measures of the Law on State Compensation Liability (hereinafter referred to as Decree No. 68/2018/ND-CP) is the commune market.

Article 22. Ensuring public security for the direct apology and public correction session

1. The responsibility for ensuring public security for the direct apology and public correction session prescribed in Article 23 of Decree No. 68/2018/ND-CP belongs to the Public Security Office at the commune level.

2. When receiving a request to ensure public security and order for the direct apology and public correction session from the agency directly managing the civil servant causing damage as prescribed in Clause 5 of Article 23 of Decree No. 68/2018/ND-CP, the Public Security Office at the commune level has the responsibility to take the lead and coordinate with the People's Committee at the commune level to ensure public security and order for the direct apology and public correction session.

Chapter V
IMPLEMENTING PROVISIONS

Article 23. Effectiveness of Implementation

1. This Decree takes effect from July 1, 2025.

Clause 2. This Decree ceases to take effect from March 1, 2027, except in the following cases:

a) Ministries and ministerial-level agencies report to the Government to propose and obtain the National Assembly’s decision to extend the application period of this Decree in whole or in part;

b) Laws, resolutions of the National Assembly, ordinances, resolutions of the Standing Committee of the National Assembly, decrees, resolutions of the Government, decisions of the Prime Minister which provide for the competence, responsibilities for state management, procedures, and formalities stipulated in this Decree, adopted or issued from July 1, 2025 and effective before March 1, 2027, then the corresponding provisions in this Decree shall cease to be effective upon the entry into force of those legal documents.

3. During the period when the provisions of this Decree are effective, if the provisions regarding the competence, responsibilities for state management, procedures, and formalities in this Decree differ from related legal documents, they shall be implemented according to the provisions of this Decree.

Article 24. Transitional Provisions

1. In cases where the household registration dossier that the People's Committee at the district level has received but not yet completed processing or has completed processing but subsequently issues problems requiring further handling, it shall be transferred to the People's Committee at the commune where the person making the request resides for continued processing. If the person making the request has moved to another province or resides abroad, the People's Committee at the commune where the person previously resided shall be responsible for handling.

In cases where the competent People's Committee at the commune cannot be determined according to the provisions of this clause or the person requesting household registration does not have a place of residence in Vietnam, the Department of Justice shall be responsible for receiving the request or reflection of the people. Within two working days from the date of receipt, the Department of Justice shall report to the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level or, at the authorization of the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level, assign the appropriate People's Committee at the commune to handle, ensuring the greatest convenience for the person making the request. The Department of Justice shall be responsible for informing and guiding the person making the request to submit the dossier to the competent People's Committee at the commune.

2. In cases where the certification dossier that the Justice Office has received but not yet completed processing or has completed processing but subsequently issues problems requiring further handling, the Chairman of the People's Committee at the provincial level shall be responsible for assigning the People's Committee at the commune where the individual resides or where the organization or enterprise with the pending dossier is located, or the new People's Committee at the commune where the former district, county, town, or provincial city office was located, to continue processing and handling.

3. For cases where the People's Committee at the district level has completed compensation settlement before July 1, 2025 but has not yet carried out or is currently carrying out the examination of the responsibility for repayment, from July 1, 2025, the act causing damage by the People's Committee at the district level falling within the group of tasks and powers of any agency or unit, the Head of that agency or unit shall organize the examination of the responsibility for repayment of the civil servant causing damage in accordance with Clause 1 of Article 66 of the Law on State Compensation Liability.

4. Tasks, funds, and material resources currently under the responsibility of the Steering Committee for Popularizing and Educating the Law at the district level shall be handled in accordance with the guidance of the Ministry of Justice.

5. In case the tasks of the Coordination Council for Popularizing and Promoting Legal Education at the district level have been approved in the 2025 work plan but not yet completed, they shall be transferred to the Coordination Council for Popularizing and Promoting Legal Education at the provincial level. The Coordination Council for Popularizing and Promoting Legal Education at the provincial level shall examine and decide on the implementation of the unfinished tasks of the Coordination Council for Popularizing and Promoting Legal Education at the district level in accordance with the actual conditions of the locality.

In case the tasks according to the 2025 work plan on popularizing and promoting legal education of the People's Committee, the Justice Office at the district level have not been completed, they shall be transferred to the People's Committee, the Department of Justice at the provincial level. The Justice Office shall be responsible for advising the same-level People's Committee to examine and decide on the implementation of the tasks in accordance with the requirements of legal education activities in the locality.

6. Documents and papers that have been issued and granted by competent authorities before this Decree takes effect, which have not expired or reached their usage period, shall continue to be applied and used in accordance with the provisions of the law until their expiration or modification, supplementation, replacement, abolition, cancellation, or recovery by the authority receiving the functions, duties, and powers or by the competent authority.

ANNEX

ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES IN THE FIELD OF ADMINISTRATIVE JUSTICE
(Attached to Decree No. 120/2025/NĐ-CP

dated June 11, 2025 of the Government)

I. PROCEDURE FOR REGISTRATION OF HOUSEHOLD REGISTRATION

1. The People's Committee at the commune level shall receive and process household registration matters stipulated in Article 4 of this Decree in accordance with the procedures and formalities prescribed in Articles 36, 38, 40, 41, 42, 44, 47, 49, 50, and 52 of the Household Registration Law; Articles 9, 10, and from Article 29 to Article 42 of Decree No. 123/2015/NĐ-CP and the following provisions:

a) The person requesting household registration has the right to choose to submit or present either paper or electronic copies of household registration documents or provide information about the registered personal household registration documents, the household registration office shall be responsible for searching for information on the Provincial Administrative Procedure Formalities Information System through connection with the Electronic Household Registration Database and the National Population Database. In case the search cannot be conducted due to the absence of information in the Electronic Household Registration Database and the National Population Database, the household registration office shall request the person applying for household registration to submit or present relevant documents to prove.

b) The processing time for the registration of international marriage procedures is five working days from the date of receipt of complete and valid files; in cases requiring verification, the processing time may be extended but not exceeding ten working days.

c) The processing time for the registration of adoption procedures is ten working days from the date of receipt of complete and valid files.

The verification and public announcement period for adoption at the People's Committee office where the authority has jurisdiction is five working days. The public announcement period at the People's Committee office where the adoptee resides is five working days.

d) The processing time for recording in the household registry the marriage, divorce, or annulment of marriage of Vietnamese citizens resolved by foreign competent authorities is five working days from the date of receipt of complete and valid files; in cases requiring verification, the processing time may be extended but not exceeding eight working days.

2. Within the procedures and formalities specified in Clause 1 of this Section, the tasks of the People's Committee at the district level and the Chairman of the People's Committee at the district level shall be transferred correspondingly to the People's Committee at the commune level and the Chairman of the People's Committee at the commune level; the tasks of the Justice Office, the Head of the Justice Office, and the civil servant handling household registration at the district level shall be transferred to the civil servant of justice-household registration at the commune level.

II. PROCEDURE FOR CONFIRMATION OF VIETNAMESE CITIZENS PERMANENTLY RESIDING IN BORDER AREAS WHO MEET THE CONDITIONS TO ADOPT CHILDREN FROM NEIGHBORING COUNTRIES RESIDING IN BORDER AREAS AS ADOPTIVE CHILDREN

1. Vietnamese citizens permanently residing in border areas who wish to adopt children from neighboring countries residing in border areas must meet the conditions stipulated in Article 14 of the Adoption Law.

2. The application file for confirmation of meeting the adoption conditions must include the documents prescribed in Clause 2 of Article 22 of Decree No. 19/2011/NĐ-CP and shall be established in one set.

3. The adoptive parent may choose to submit the application file to the People's Committee at the commune level where they reside through direct submission, postal service, or online via the electronic environment.

Within ten working days from the date of receipt of a complete and valid file, the People's Committee at the commune level shall check the file and confirm if the applicant meets the adoption conditions stipulated in Article 14 of the Adoption Law. The confirmation document shall be returned to the applicant through the National Public Service Portal, postal service, or at the Administrative Services Center of the People's Committee at the commune level or the point of acceptance and delivery of administrative procedure results in accordance with the law on administrative procedures under the one-stop shop mechanism.

4. After registering the adoption with the competent authority of the neighboring country, the adoptive parent must proceed with the registration of the adoption at the People's Committee at the commune level where they reside in accordance with the law on household registration.

III. PROCEDURE FOR SUPPORT WHEN MEDIATORS ENCOUNTER ACCIDENTS OR RISKS THAT AFFECT THEIR HEALTH OR LIFE WHILE PERFORMING MEDIATION ACTIVITIES

1. The support application file shall be established in one set, including:

a) The support application letter of the mediator or the mediator's family in case the mediator suffers damage to life, confirmed by the head of the mediation team or the Head of the Mass Organization Work Board in case the mediator is the head of the mediation team. The support application letter must clearly state the name, address of the person requesting support; the reason for requesting support.

b) The original or certified copy or uncertified copy accompanied by the original for comparison or electronic copy of the Minutes confirming the status of the mediator involved in the accident, with confirmation from the People's Committee of the commune where the accident occurred or the police agency where the accident occurred.

c) The original or certified copy or uncertified copy accompanied by the original for comparison or electronic copy of the discharge certificate, medical examination and treatment expense invoice.

d) The original or certified copy or uncertified copy accompanied by the original for comparison or electronic copy of valid documents and papers regarding actual income based on monthly salary or wages of the mediator involved in the accident, confirmed by the organization or individual employing labor to determine the actual income lost or reduced, including: Labor contracts, salary increase decisions of the organization or individual employing labor or statements of actual income of the mediator involved in the accident, and other documents proving legitimate actual income (if any).

đ) The original or certified copy or uncertified copy accompanied by the original for comparison or electronic copy of the Death Certificate in cases where the mediator suffers damage to life.

2. The mediator or the mediator's family, in cases where the mediator suffers damage to life, shall submit the application for support in accordance with Clause 1 of this Section directly or through postal services to the People's Committee of the commune that issued the decision recognizing the mediator, or online via the National Public Service Portal.

3. Within seven working days from the date of receiving complete and valid applications, the People's Committee of the commune shall examine and issue a decision on support and implement the payment of support funds. In cases where support is not provided, a written response must be given, specifying the reasons.