The Government has just issued Decree No. 198/2025/ND-CP detailing a number of articles and measures to implement the Law on People's Air Defense.
The Decree stipulates the salary, wages, food allowances, and special allowances for those mobilized for training, fostering, coaching, drills, and participating in people's air defense activities as follows:
The person receiving salary from the state budget during the period of mobilization for training, fostering, coaching, drills and participating in people's air defense activities according to the decision of the competent authority shall be paid by the agency or organization where the person works, salaries, benefits, travel allowances and train and bus fares.
When working in a toxic environment or where there are regional allowances, they are entitled to the current regime.
Contracting employees during the period of participation in training, fostering, coaching, drills and participating in people's air defense activities will have their labor contracts temporarily suspended and enjoy salary and allowance regimes according to regulations;
The costs for the above items are included in the regular operating budget of the agency or unit.
People who do not receive salaries from the state budget, during the time of mobilization for training, fostering, coaching, drills and participating in people's air defense activities according to the decision of the competent authority, will receive daily allowances for work, food allowances and special allowances as for militia mobilized for combat missions according to regulations. That level of mobilization will ensure payment.
For employees working at enterprises and organizations that do not receive salaries from the state budget, during the time of mobilization for training, fostering, coaching, drills and participating in people's air defense activities according to the decision of the competent authority, the mobilization agency will pay allowances for working days, meals, special allowances and other regimes as prescribed above.
Salary is paid by enterprises and organizations and is included in production and business management costs.
For militia and reserve soldiers who have not been arranged in militia and reserve units, when mobilized to perform training, fostering, coaching, drills and participate in people's air defense activities according to the decision of the competent authority, they will enjoy the regime according to the provisions of the law on militia and reserve forces.
The Decree clearly states that based on the socio-economic conditions of the locality, the People's Committee at the provincial level shall submit to the People's Council at the same level for consideration and decision on the level of expenditure for the People's Air Defense force higher than the general level of expenditure as prescribed by law. When the basic salary is abolished, it will be implemented according to the reference level prescribed by the Government.
The Decree stipulates that when mobilized to perform the task of people's air defense, they are subject to social insurance and health insurance, if they are sick, have an accident or die during the time of training, fostering, training, practicing and participating in people's air defense activities, they are entitled to the regime on sickness, work-related accidents, death according to the provisions of the law on labor, social insurance, health insurance and occupational safety and hygiene.
The Decree takes effect from August 22, 2025.
