On May 17, 2018, the Government issued Decree No.80/2018/ND-CP amending and supplementing a number of articles of the Government’s Decree No.147/2003/ND-CP dated December 2, 2003 regulating on conditions and procedures for granting and managing of voluntary detoxification establishments; the Government’s Decree No.135/2004/ND-CP dated June 10, 2004 prescribing the regime on application of the measure of consignment to disease treatment establishments, organization and operation of disease treatment establishments under the Ordinance on Handling of Administrative Violations, and the regime applicable to minors and volunteers to come to disease treatment establishments. The Decree took effect since July 5, 2018.

Accordingly, Decree No.80/2018/ND-CP regulates support policy for voluntary drug detoxicators as follows:

1. The State shall ensure drug withdrawal, detoxication and treatment of mental disorders for voluntary drug detoxicators at public drug detoxication establishments;
2. The State shall provide 95% of the screening costs, evaluating the level of addiction, testing services; treatment of opportunistic infections for wounded soldiers, the poor, lonely elderly, orphans; people infected with toxic chemicals…
3. Localities shall provide monthly allowances, money for living and daily-life necessities at least equal to 70% of the norms applicable to drug detoxicators subject to the application of measure of compulsory detoxification.
4. Particularly for voluntary drug detoxicators in 15 non-public drug detoxification establishments in provinces and cities such as Son La, Hoa Binh, Thai Nguyen, Hanoi and Nghe An, etc. still enjoy the following above-mentioned policy from 2018 to 2020.

With detailed and specific policies, through Decree No.80/2018/ND-CP, the State has created a financial support mechanism for drug detoxicators to have the opportunity and motivation for detoxification, thereby reducing the number of drug detoxicators, ensure security, social safety and public health.