Saving assets of VND50 million or more is a great achievement during the time serving a prison sentence

The Lao Dong Newspaper Legal Consulting Office replied:

Clause 1, Article 10 of Decree 184/2025/ND-CP stipulates the amendment and supplementation of Clause 4, Clause 5 and Clause 6, Article 4, Decree No. 52/2019/ND-CP detailing a number of articles of the Law on special pardon stipulates as follows:

1. Amend and supplement Clause 4, Clause 5 and Clause 6, Article 4 as follows:

4. A person sentenced to prison who has made a great achievement during the period of serving a prison sentence prescribed in Point a, Clause 3, Article 11 of the Law on special assistance is a person who falls into one of the following cases:

a) Having assisted a prison, temporary detention camp, or competent authority in conducting criminal proceedings in detecting, arresting, investigating, or handling crimes;

b) Saving the lives of others or large properties (worth VND 50,000,000 or more) of the State, of the collective, of citizens in natural disasters or fires;

c) Having inventions, initiatives of great value or other outstanding achievements confirmed by a prison or detention camp.

A person who has decided to serve a prison sentence and made a great contribution while waiting to be sent to a prison or detention center to serve a prison sentence is also considered to have made a great contribution during the prison sentence.

Thus, a person who is imprisoned but saves property of the State, collective, or citizens in natural disasters or fires has made great contributions during his/her time serving a prison sentence.