The decision states that the Central Civil Defence Fund is established to receive, manage, and use voluntary contributions from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals; transfers from provincial-level civil defence funds to the fund as decided by the Prime Minister; and transfers from off-budget state financial funds related to response and recovery activities for incidents and disasters. The fund is managed by the Ministry of National Defence.
The decision also stipulates the fund’s operating principles. Specifically, the fund operates on a non-profit basis; its management and use must be right purpose and comply with legal regulations and ensure timeliness, efficiency, transparency, publicity, and thrift. The fund is responsible for supporting civil defence activities that have not yet been invested by the state budget or have received insufficient funding; receiving, managing, and using financial resources; and implementing reporting and accounting regimes in accordance with regulations.
The fund must comply with inspections, examinations, and audits conducted by competent state authorities in accordance with the law. It must publicly disclose its operational regulations, results, and reports on the implementation of the fund in accordance with this decision and relevant legal provisions.
The fund’s revenue sources include voluntary contributions from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals; transfers from off-budget state financial funds related to incident and disaster response and recovery activities; transfers from provincial civil defence funds to the Central Civil Defence Fund as decided by the Prime Minister; and interest earned from deposit accounts.
Decision No. 9/2026/QĐ-TTg will take effect from April 20, 2026.
