Decree regulates establishment, use of fund for defense policy and foreign affairs

The Government on September 3 issued Decree 240/2025/ND-CP, regulating the establishment, management, and use of a fund for defense policy and foreign affairs.

The Government on September 3 issued Decree 240/2025/ND-CP, regulating the establishment, management, and use of a fund for defense policy and foreign affairs.

The decree, effective from the date of issuance, stipulates sources of funding, procedures for receiving contributions, expenditure items, and the responsibilities of relevant agencies, units, enterprises, organizations, and individuals.

The dictum applies specifically to the agency responsible for managing the fund, as well as to agencies, units, and enterprises under the Ministry of National Defense that are involved in managing, contributing to, or sponsoring the fund. It also includes other organizations and individuals, both within and outside the military, who are related to its operations. This decree is part of efforts to institutionalize mechanisms for defense-related foreign policy initiatives, thus ensuring transparency, efficiency, and broader participation in activities that support national defense and international cooperation.

The fund is established from contributions, donations, and sponsorships in the form of cash, assets, or materials from organizations, individuals, and businesses both inside and outside the military. It is also generated by income from interest on deposits, and other contributions, donations, sponsorships, and revenues in accordance with the provisions of the law.

The fund finances policy activities such as expenditures for policy beneficiaries and policy programs approved by the Party and State or decided by the Minister of National Defense. It also supports disaster and epidemic response efforts, search and rescue operations, and assistance to forces under the Ministry of National Defense in carrying out military and defense tasks. The fund is allocated for the restoration, renovation, and maintenance of cultural works and historical sites related to the nation's revolution and military cemeteries.

It also covers defense foreign affairs, including expenditures for the ministry’s defense diplomacy or external activities as directed by the Party and State; support for countries worldwide in disaster and epidemic relief; and search and rescue missions.

By VNA/VLLF