On January 16, Binh Duong Provincial Electronic Information Portal reported that Mr. Vo Van Minh - Chairman of the Provincial People's Committee signed a decision on supporting money for the Lunar New Year 2025 from the local budget for subjects in the province.
Support of 2 million VND/person for cadres, civil servants, public employees, and contract employees in the administrative and career sector; cadres and soldiers of the armed forces; and part-time workers at the commune level.
Support 5 million VND/person for workers directly doing sanitation and garbage collection during Tet holidays.
Support 1 million VND/person for health and education officials working far from home who are in especially difficult circumstances and are not eligible to return home.
Support 1 million VND/person for hamlet and neighborhood cadres (collectively called hamlets) receiving allowances (Hamlet Party Cell Secretary, Hamlet Chief, Head of Hamlet Front Work Committee, Deputy Hamlet Chief, Hamlet Team Leader, Hamlet Health Care Workers) and regular militia, self-defense militia, security and order protection teams at the grassroots level, and social inmates.
Support of 1 million VND/person/day for poor inpatients at public hospitals, for a maximum of 4 days calculated based on the actual number of days of inpatient treatment.
Other subjects are paid according to Resolution No. 23/2024/NQ-HDND stipulating subjects and gift levels on the occasion of Lunar New Year and the anniversary of War Invalids and Martyrs Day on July 27 every year for subjects and units in the province.
Notably, poor households and households that have just escaped poverty are also supported with 1.5 million VND/household; beneficiaries of monthly social protection in the community are supported with 700,000 VND/person; children in special circumstances are supported with 1 million VND/child; workers far from home with especially difficult circumstances are supported with 1 million VND/person.
210 billion VND to take care of Tet
Mr. Nguyen Loc Ha - Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Vice Chairman of the People's Committee of Binh Duong province said that the province has approved a plan to support the Lunar New Year 2025 with a total budget of 210 billion VND. Of which, the provincial budget is 161.7 billion VND, the district budget is 48.3 billion VND. The budget increased by 18.3% compared to the Lunar New Year 2024, the total additional amount is 20.5 billion VND. The above budget will support more than 172,000 beneficiaries.