On May 6, the Government Office said that in Resolution No. 119/NQ-CP, the Government has approved the proposal to supplement the draft Ordinance amending and supplementing the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment of People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution No. 02/2020/UBTVQH14 (Ordinance amending and supplementing) into the 2026 Legislative Program of the National Assembly Standing Committee.
The Government assigns the Ministry of Home Affairs to be responsible for the content of the proposed document, ensuring compliance with the provisions of law.
The Minister of Home Affairs, authorized by the Prime Minister, on behalf of the Government, signed the Submission sent to the National Assembly Standing Committee on the proposal to supplement the draft Ordinance amending and supplementing to the 2026 Legislative Program of the National Assembly Standing Committee and is fully responsible for the content; proactively report and explain to the National Assembly Standing Committee according to regulations.
The Ministry of Home Affairs shall preside over and coordinate with the Ministry of Justice and ministries, ministerial-level agencies, and other relevant agencies to deploy the development of the Ordinance amending and supplementing the National Assembly Standing Committee in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Promulgation of Legal Documents and other relevant legal regulations.
The Ministry of Home Affairs said that through review, the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution currently has 10 articles and clauses that are not consistent with the organizational structure of the Government of the 16th National Assembly term; functions, tasks, and powers of ministries, ministerial-level agencies and the 2-level local government model.
Based on summarizing the practical implementation of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution, the process of organizing the implementation of policies to recognize martyrs, wounded soldiers, and people enjoying policies like wounded soldiers in the past time shows that some regulations still have problems in application, especially related to determining criteria in cases of sacrifice and injury when performing tasks of fighting and preventing crime; bravely rescuing people, rescuing the property of the State and the people; preventing and arresting people with criminal acts; or cases of wounded soldiers dying due to recurring injuries.
Some current regulations still use qualitative criteria such as "cannot be cured in time", "especially brave", leading to difficulties in the process of identification and application in practice...
The amendment and supplementation of the Ordinance on Preferential Treatment for People with Meritorious Services to the Revolution to be consistent with the organizational structure of the new term Government and the 2-level local government model. At the same time, remove obstacles in considering and recognizing people with meritorious services and continue to improve policies and improve the effectiveness of caring for the lives of this group of subjects.
