​          On August 24, 2021, Vietnam General Federation of Labour issued Decision No. 3089/QD-TLD on providing meal allowances for unionists and employees implementing the "three-on-the-spot" working regime at businesses within provinces and cities applying social distancing measures under the Prime Minister's Directive No. 16/CT-TTg.

Accordingly, beneficiaries include unionists and employees of enterprises paying union dues and implementing the "three-on-the-spot" working regime.

- Support amount: VND 1,000,000/person paid in a lump-sum manner.

- The support starts from the effective date of this Decision.

- Funding sources:

+ Trade unions directly superior to grassroots-level trade unions provide support to grassroots-level trade unions from their accumulated financial resources that are still in use at the time of funding on condition that, after funding, their residual balance is at least VND 1,000,000 (one billion Vietnamese dong).

In case trade unions directly superior to grassroots-level trade unions do not have enough funding to provide support (the accumulated balance is less than VND 1 billion), the Confederations of Labor of provinces or cities; Central or equivalent-level trade unions; Corporations’ Trade Unions under the control of the General Confederation of Labor shall provide additional funding to make up the deficit.

+ Confederations of Labor of provinces and cities; Central or equivalent-level trade unions; Corporations’ Trade Unions under the control of the General Confederation of Labor shall grant support to trade unions directly superior to grassroots-level trade unions from their accumulated financial resources that are still in use at the time of funding provided that the balance remaining after such funding is at least VND 5,000,000,000 (Five billion Vietnamese dong). In case where Confederations of Labor of provinces and cities; Central or equivalent-level trade unions; Corporations’ Trade Unions under the control of the General Confederation of Labor do not have enough funding to provide support (the accumulated balance is less than VND 05 billion), the General Confederation of Labor shall provide additional funding to make up the deficit.

This Decision shall enter into force from the signature date.​