Establish a Central Civil Defense Fund

On March 6th, the Prime Minister issued Decision No. 9/2026/QD-TTg establishing and promulgating the Regulations on the Operation of the Central Civil Defense Fund.

Pilots transfer supplies from helicopters to locations in Van Nham and Yen Binh communes ( Lang Son province) that are isolated due to flooding. Photo: VNA

The decision states: A Central Civil Defense Fund (the Fund) is established to receive, manage, and utilize voluntary contributions from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals; funds allocated from provincial-level Civil Defense Funds to the Fund as decided by the Prime Minister; and funds allocated from non-budgetary state financial funds related to response to and mitigation of the consequences of incidents and disasters. The Fund is managed by the Ministry of National Defense .

Operating principles

The decision stipulates the operating principles of the Fund. Specifically, the Fund operates on a non-profit basis; its management and use are for the intended purpose, in accordance with the law, timely, effective, transparent, economical, and efficient.

The fund is tasked with supporting civil defense activities that have not been funded by the state budget or have been funded but not adequately; receiving, managing, and utilizing financial resources; and implementing reporting and accounting procedures as prescribed.

The Fund must comply with inspections, examinations, and audits by competent state agencies in accordance with the law; publicly disclose the operating regulations and operational results of the Civil Defense Fund; and report on the Fund's implementation as prescribed in this Decision and relevant laws.

The Fund's revenue comes from various financial sources, including: voluntary contributions from domestic and foreign organizations and individuals; allocations from non-budgetary state financial funds related to response to and recovery from incidents and disasters; allocations from provincial civil defense funds to the central civil defense fund as decided by the Prime Minister ; and interest income from deposit accounts.

The expenditure of the Fund is regulated by Article 27 of Government Decree No. 200/2025/ND-CP dated July 9, 2025, which details some provisions of the Law on Civil Defense.

The Fund's authority to decide on expenditures and adjustments.

The decision stipulates that the head of the agency managing the Fund shall submit to the Standing Agency of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee for consideration and decision on expenditures for the items specified in Clauses 1, 2, 3, and 4 of Article 27 of Decree No. 200/2025/ND-CP, including:

- Providing emergency relief in terms of food, drinking water, medicine, and other essential needs for those affected by incidents and disasters; supporting the repair and construction of houses, medical facilities, schools, and roads; and supporting emergency response activities when the local response capacity is exceeded.

- Providing support for disaster relief activities in localities affected by incidents and disasters that exceed their capacity to cope; providing emergency assistance and subsidies to victims, families of victims affected by incidents and disasters, and individuals injured or harmed while participating in responding to and mitigating the effects of incidents and disasters.

- Providing support for emergency response and disaster recovery projects, basic investigation projects, and inter-provincial, inter-regional, and inter-sectoral response and disaster recovery activities.

- Assisting in the warning, tracking, monitoring, and dissemination of information regarding incidents and disasters.

For other expenditure items as stipulated in Clause 5, Article 27 of Decree No. 200/2025/ND-CP (other expenditure items decided by the Prime Minister), the head of the Fund management agency shall report to the Standing Agency of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee for submission to the Prime Minister for decision.

The authority to regulate non-budgetary state financial funds related to the prevention, response, and remediation of incidents and disasters, and the Civil Defense Fund, is stipulated in Clause 3, Article 26 of Decree No. 200/2025/ND-CP.

Specifically, Clause 3, Article 26 of Decree No. 200/2025/ND-CP stipulates the following regarding the regulation between the Civil Defense Fund and other non-budgetary state financial funds related to the prevention, response, and mitigation of the consequences of incidents, natural disasters, calamities, epidemics, and environmental issues:

- When a level of civil defense has been declared or revoked, and the funds are insufficient to ensure support for responding to and mitigating the consequences of an incident or disaster;

- The Minister in charge of the assigned field, in coordination with the Ministry of Finance and the Standing Agency of the National Civil Defense Steering Committee, will advise the Prime Minister on decisions regarding regulation.

Decision No. 9/2026/QD-TTg takes effect from April 20, 2026.

Source: https://baotintuc.vn/thoi-su/thanh-lap-quy-phong-thu-dan-su-trung-uong-20260306204143144.htm