Da Nang denies news of stopping social allowances for people in the old Quang Nam
Da Nang - The city denied information about temporarily suspending the payment of social allowances to beneficiaries of social policies of the old Quang Nam province.
On January 7, the Da Nang City Portal reported that in recent days, in some communes, information has been spread that "temporarily suspending the payment of social allowances to people enjoying social policies of the old Quang Nam province" causing difficulties for people.
According to the City's Electronic Information Portal, Da Nang City has no policy of temporary suspension. The implementation of social assistance policies in the city is still complete, timely, and in accordance with the provisions of Resolution No. 41/2025/NQ-HDND dated December 11, 2025, effective from January 1, 2026.
Specifically, in the past time, the implementation of State regimes and policies in the field of social assistance as prescribed in Resolutions of the People's Council, Decisions of the People's Committee, Chairman of the People's Committee of Quang Nam province and the old Da Nang city has supported and helped hundreds of thousands of children, people in especially difficult circumstances, people with disabilities, the elderly... in the community and in social assistance facilities.
At the same time, the specific policies of the two provinces and cities have supported treatment, reception, management, care, nurturing or bringing back to the families of hundreds of thousands of people with serious illnesses, vagrants begging for food, beggars begging for transformation, vagrants... who were promptly protected, supported in preventing, reducing harm, and integrating into the community.
The effectiveness of the above regimes and policies has contributed significantly to ensuring political security, social security, and economic development of the two provinces and cities.
After merging Da Nang and Quang Nam, the city has reviewed old social assistance policies because some legal bases have expired, are overlapping, unsynchronized and do not fully cover target groups.
The new Da Nang City People's Council has issued Resolution 41 on a number of social assistance policies in the city.
Resolution 41 stipulates 5 levels of social assistance and takes effect from January 1, 2026. The total annual implementation budget is about 242 billion VND from the state budget and other legal sources.
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