Decree No. 344/2025/ND-CP Adjusts the Monthly Allowance for Volunteers Who Completed Their Duties During the Resistance War and Local Volunteers in the South Participating in the Resistance War from 1965 to 1975 344/2025/NĐ-CP

✦ Smart summary

Decree No. 344/2025/ND-CP adjusts the monthly allowance for volunteers who completed their duties during the resistance war and local volunteers in the South participating in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975. The allowance will be increased to twice the current social assistance standard level.

Scope of application

Volunteers who completed their duties during the resistance war and local volunteers in the South participating in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975

Key points

Volunteers receiving allowances under Decision No. 40/2011/QD-TTg and Decree No. 112/2017/ND-CP shall have their allowances adjusted (Article 1).
The monthly allowance will be twice the current social assistance standard level, effective from July 1, 2025 (Article 2).
The person organizing the funeral may claim the difference in allowance adjustment for deceased volunteers from July 1, 2025, until the month they passed away (Article 2).
Decision No. 29/2016/QD-TTg and Article 5 of Decree No. 112/2017/ND-CP cease to be enforceable from February 15, 2026 (Article 3).
This Decree takes effect from February 15, 2026 (Article 3).

🌐 Social impact of this document

Increase the allowance for volunteers who completed their duties during the resistance war and local volunteers in the South participating in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975, thereby improving their material and spiritual life.
The person organizing the funeral may claim the difference in allowance adjustment for deceased volunteers from July 1, 2025, until the month they passed away.

❓ Frequently asked questions

When do volunteers start receiving the new allowance?

The new allowance applies from July 1, 2025 (Article 2).

Can the person organizing the funeral claim the difference in allowance adjustment?

Yes, the person organizing the funeral may claim the difference in allowance adjustment from July 1, 2025, until the month the volunteer passed away (Article 2).

When does Decision No. 29/2016/QD-TTg cease to be enforceable?

Decision No. 29/2016/QD-TTg ceases to be enforceable from February 15, 2026 (Article 3).

When does this Decree take effect?

This Decree takes effect from February 15, 2026 (Article 3).

Full text

THE GOVERNMENT -------	SOCIALIST REPUBLIC OF VIET NAM Independence - Freedom - Happiness ---------------
Number: 344/2025/NĐ-CP	Hanoi, December 29, 2025

DECREE

Adjusting the monthly allowance for volunteers who have completed their tasks during the resistance war and grassroots volunteers in the South who participated in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975

On the basis of 61/2014/QH13;

||| Based on the proposal of the Minister of Home Affairs;

The Government issues this Decree to adjust the monthly allowance for volunteers who have completed their tasks during the resistance war and grassroots volunteers in the South who participated in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975.

Article 1. Subjects of the allowance adjustment

1. Volunteers currently receiving monthly allowances under Decision No. 40/2011/QĐ-TTg dated July 27, 2011, of the Prime Minister regarding the treatment for volunteers who have completed their tasks during the resistance war.

2. Volunteers currently receiving monthly allowances under Decree No. 112/2017/NĐ-CP dated October 6, 2017, of the Government regarding the treatment and policies for grassroots volunteers in the South who participated in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975.

Article 2. Amount of Allowance and Effective Date of Adjustment

1. Monthly allowance will be adjusted to two times the current social assistance standard.

2. The monthly allowance specified in Clause 1 of this Article shall take effect from July 1, 2025. In cases where volunteers specified in Article 1 have passed away from July 1, 2025 onwards but have not yet been adjusted according to this Decree, the funeral organizer shall be entitled to claim the difference in allowance from July 1, 2025 until the month the volunteer passed away.

Article 3. Implementation Provisions

1. This Decree takes effect from February 15, 2026.

2. Decision No. 29/2016/QĐ-TTg dated July 5, 2016, of the Prime Minister adjusting the monthly allowance for volunteers who have completed their tasks during the resistance war and the monthly allowance stipulated in Article 5 of Decree No. 112/2017/NĐ-CP dated October 6, 2017, of the Government regarding the treatment and policies for grassroots volunteers in the South who participated in the resistance war from 1965 to 1975 shall cease to be effective from February 15, 2026.

3. Ministers, Heads of ministerial-level agencies, Heads of government-affiliated agencies, Chairpersons of provincial People's Committees under central cities, Heads of agencies, organizations, and individuals related to this matter are responsible for implementing this Decree.

Place of Receipt:
- Central Party Committee Secretariat;
- Prime Minister, Deputy Prime Ministers;
- Ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and agencies under the Government;
- Provincial People's Councils, People's Committees of centrally governed cities;
- Central Party Office and Party Committees;
- General Secretary's Office;
- President's Office;
- Ethnic Council and Committees of the National Assembly;
- National Assembly's Office;
- Supreme People's Court;
- Supreme People's Procuracy;
- State Audit Office;
- Vietnam Fatherland Front Central Committee;
- Central agencies of political-social organizations;
- VPCP: BTCN, all PCN, Assistant PM, Director General of the Official Portal, all Departments, Bureaus, subordinate units, Gazette;
- To be filed: VT, KGVX (2b).

PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER

(signed)

Phạm Thị Thanh Trà

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Based on 1

63/2025/QH15 Luật Tổ chức chính phủ số 63/2025/QH15 In effect

Guided by 1

40/2011/QĐ-TT Quyết định số 40/2011/QĐ-TTg Quy định về chế độ đối với thanh niên xung phong đã hoàn thành nhiệm vụ trong kháng chiến Not in the system

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29/2016/QĐ-TT Quyết định số 29/2016/QĐ-TTg Điều chỉnh chế độ trợ cấp hàng tháng đối với thanh niên xung phong đã hoàn thành nhiệm vụ trong kháng chiến Not in the system

344/2025/NĐ-CP

Decree No. 344/2025/ND-CP Adjusts the Monthly Allowance for Volunteers Who Completed Their Duties During the Resistance War and Local Volunteers in the South Participating in the Resistance War from 1965 to 1975

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112/2017/NĐ-CP Nghị định số 112/2017/NĐ-CP Quy định về chế độ, chính sách đối với thanh niên xung phong cơ sở ở miền Nam tham gia kháng chiến giai đoạn 1965 - 1975 In effect 29/2016/QĐ-TTg Quyết định số 29/2016/QĐ-TTg Điều chỉnh chế độ trợ cấp hàng tháng đối với thanh niên xung phong đã hoàn thành nhiệm vụ trong kháng chiến Expired

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40/2011/QĐ-TTg Quyết định số 40/2011/QĐ-TTg Quy định về chế độ đối với thanh niên xung phong đã hoàn thành nhiệm vụ trong kháng chiến In effect

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