On August 24, 2021, the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor issued Decision No. 3089/QD-TLD in 2021 on support meals for union members and employees who are doing “3 on-the-spot” activities of enterprises in the provinces and cities that implement social distancing in the whole province and city according to Directive 16/CT-TTg. Accordingly, this Decision stipulates the specific meal support level as follows:
• Objects entitled to suppor: Union members and employees working at enterprises paying trade union fees, doing “3-on-the-spot” for production.
• Support level: 1,000,000 VND/person, 1 time support.
• Time to implement support: Calculated from the effective date of the Decision – August 24, 2021
• Funding for implementation:
1. Support is provided to the grassroots trade union by the direct superior trade union from the unit’s accumulated financial resources. In case the immediate superior trade union does not have enough resources to provide support, then the Labor Confederation of provinces and cities; Central trade union and equivalent; Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation shall cover.
2. The Labor Confederation of provinces and cities; Central trade union and equivalent; Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation provide support to the superior trade union directly from the entity’s accumulated financial resources still in use at the time of grant. The case of The Labor Confederation of provinces and cities; Central trade union and equivalent; Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation do not have enough resources to supply it, the General Confederation shall compensate for it so that The Labor Confederation of provinces and cities; Central trade union and equivalent; Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation shall provide enough for the direct superior trade union.
• Implementation:
1. Report the number of union members and employees mobilized by the enterprise to carry out “3-on-the-spot” maintenance of production:
 The grassroots trade union reports the quantity to the immediate superior trade union at the grassroots level for funding appraisal;
 In case the enterprise has paid trade union fees but has not organized a trade union, the immediate superior trade union working with the enterprise shall check and determine the number of union members and employees.
2. Request for support:
 The immediate superior Trade Union at the grassroots level proposes the Provincial and City Labor Confederation; Central trade union and equivalent; The Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation provides support when the source cannot be balanced.
 Labor Confederation of provinces and cities; Central trade union and equivalent; The Corporation’s Trade Union under the General Confederation requests the General Confederation to provide support when the source cannot be balanced.
3. On the basis of the proposal of union members and employees, the grassroots trade union (The immediate superior Trade Union for enterprises without a trade union) agree with the business owner on the method of organization, meals, transfer funds to support enterprises to organize meals according to the general policies of enterprises; at the same time, the grassroots trade union (The immediate superior Trade Union for enterprises without a trade union) supervises the organization of meals and makes them public to union members and employees.

This decision takes effect from August 24, 2021.