Is there financial support for security guards going to training?

Office of Legal Consulting of Lao Dong Newspaper replied:

Article 23 of the Law on Forces Participating in Protecting Security and Order at the Grassroots Level stipulates as follows:

1. People participating in the security and order protection force at the grassroots level are entitled to receive regular monthly support and support for voluntary social insurance and health insurance contributions at levels decided by the Provincial People's Council.

2. People participating in the security and order protection force at the grassroots level are entitled to support and compensation when they are sent for training, coaching, or performing tasks assigned by competent authorities or when they are mobilized to perform tasks. The level of support and compensation is stipulated as follows:

a) When sent for training, they will receive allowances equal to the basic food allowance of a conscripted soldier of the People's Public Security;

b) When on duty from 10:00 p.m. the previous day to 6:00 a.m. the following day, on holidays, when performing heavy, toxic, dangerous or especially heavy, toxic, dangerous work according to the provisions of the law on labor, the allowance level is decided by the People's Council of the province;

c) When performing duties in border areas, islands, mountainous areas, areas with especially difficult socio-economic conditions, ethnic minority areas or at key commune-level administrative units for national defense, they are entitled to an additional allowance for working days as decided by the Provincial People's Council;

d) When mobilized, assigned, or sent to perform tasks outside the assigned area, the agency that mobilized, assigned, or sent to perform the task will provide transportation, food, and accommodation during the task.

Thus, participants in the security and order protection force at the grassroots level are entitled to support and training when they are sent for training, coaching, and performing tasks assigned by competent authorities.