DECREE

COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION

Pursuant to the Law on Government Organization No. 63/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments No. 127/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Vocational Education No. 124/2025/QH15;

Pursuant to the Law on Amnesty No. 30/2018/QH14;

At the request of the Minister of Public Security of Vietnam;

The Government hereby promulgates the Decree on community reintegration.

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GENERAL PROVISIONS

Article 1. Scope

This Decree elaborates on Article 43 of the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments concerning preparations for community reintegration for inmates before they completely serve their prison sentences, are granted amnesty, or are granted conditional early release (hereinafter collectively referred to as “inmates”); measures to ensure community reintegration for persons having completely served prison sentences; the receipt and assistance of persons having completely served prison sentences in their community reintegration; funding for implementation; and the responsibilities of ministries, People’s Committees at all levels, and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals for community reintegration.

Article 2. Regulated entities

This Decree applies to:

1. Prisons and detention centers; provincial-level Public Security authorities; commune-level Public Security authorities; provincial People’s Committees; and commune-level People’s Committees.

2. Inmates; persons having completely served prison sentences, persons granted amnesty, and persons aged full 18 years or older who are granted conditional early release and have been issued certificates of completion of prison sentences, certificates of amnesty, or certificates of completion of prison sentences for persons granted conditional early release, including Vietnamese citizens, foreigners, and stateless persons permanently residing in Vietnam (hereinafter collectively referred to as “persons having completely served prison sentences”).

3. Agencies, organizations, and individuals involved in community reintegration.

Article 3. Principles of ensuring community reintegration

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2. Create favorable conditions for persons having completely served prison sentences to reintegrate into the community and stabilize their lives, and prevent recidivism and violations of the law.

3. It is strictly prohibited to stigmatize or discriminate against inmates and persons having completely served prison sentences or infringe upon their lawful rights and interests.

Article 4. Funding for community reintegration

1. State funding for community reintegration shall be allocated in the annual recurrent expenditure estimates of agencies and units in accordance with the current decentralization of the state budget. Subject to budget decentralization, budget-balancing capacity, and the expenditure standards and norms prescribed by law, the state budget shall cover the following:

a) Expenditures on professional training and refresher training for persons engaged in community reintegration;

b) Expenditures on support for persons who directly assist persons having completely served prison sentences;

c) Expenditures on publicizing and disseminating the contents of this Decree; expenditures on organizing conferences and training courses and on legal dissemination and education to raise awareness among the community, inmates, and persons having completely served prison sentences who reside in local areas;

d) Expenditures on vocational training support as prescribed in Clause 1 Article 9 of this Decree;

dd) Expenditures on organizing preliminary and final reviews, commendation, and rewards; and developing, maintaining, and replicating community reintegration models;

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g) Expenditures on producing and publishing news reports, articles, and documentaries publicizing community reintegration, and broadcasting and publishing them through mass media and on websites; and expenditures on printing and distributing registers, books, forms, and materials serving community reintegration.

2. The Ministry of Finance of Vietnam shall provide guidance on the principles and expenditure norms specified in Clause 1 of this Article.

3. The Community Reintegration Fund of an inmate detention facility shall be established in accordance with Article 30 of the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments No. 127/2025/QH15 to provide support for inmates preparing to completely serve their prison sentences and reintegrate into the community. The State encourages agencies and organizations to use lawful funds to support community reintegration activities and assist persons having completely served prison sentences in obtaining loans for vocational training and job creation.

4. Agencies and organizations assigned to implement measures to ensure community reintegration may receive money, foreign currencies, objects, security instruments, and other property rights from voluntary contributions made by domestic and foreign agencies, organizations, and individuals for use in community reintegration activities in accordance with the law.

a) For contributions in Vietnamese dong or foreign currencies, the receiving agency or organization shall separately account for and monitor such contributions and shall manage, use, disclose, and finalize them in accordance with the law;

b) Contributions in the form of diamonds, gemstones, precious metals, or other valuable objects shall be appraised and sold to duly authorized organizations or sold at auction; the proceeds shall be deposited into the account of the receiving agency or organization. The receipt, pricing, sale or auction, accounting, and management and use of the proceeds shall comply with the law on financial and asset management and relevant laws;

c) For contributions in kind, the receiving agency or organization shall carry out handover and receipt procedures and prepare premises and storage facilities to ensure safe preservation for use;

d) For intangible contributions, the receiving agency or organization shall receive, manage, and use them in accordance with the intellectual property law and relevant laws;

dd) The use of voluntary contributions and other lawful revenues (if any) shall be planned, specifying their purposes, beneficiaries, contents, implementation schedules, and estimated funding, and shall comply with the expenditure standards and norms prescribed by law.

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PREPARATIONS FOR COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION FOR INMATES

Article 5. Psychological counseling and assistance with legal procedures for inmates

1. Within 2 months before an inmate completely serves their prison sentence, or after the competent authority issues its appraisal results regarding the proposal to grant amnesty or conditional early release, the inmate detention facility shall organize psychological counseling and provide assistance with legal procedures for the inmate.

2. Psychological counseling is intended to provide inmates with knowledge and guidance and enhance their ability to independently resolve difficulties and problems arising during community reintegration. Counseling shall cover:

a) Emotional relationships, marriage, family and health; and prevention and control of drugs, HIV/AIDS, and social evils;

b) Overcoming feelings of stigma and inferiority; building willpower and confidence; and improving the ability to cope with and resolve issues arising during community reintegration;

c) Labor and employment; use of acquired vocational skills; social insurance; and other relevant matters.

3. Methods of providing psychological counseling for inmates:

a) Inmate detention facilities shall arrange for inmates to register their counseling needs using forms specifying the matters on which they require counseling, or proactively identify inmates’ problems that require counseling, and shall then assign officers with experience and knowledge in relevant fields to provide inmates with direct counseling. Counseling may be provided individually to each inmate or in groups of inmates who require counseling on the same matters;

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4. Inmates preparing to completely serve their prison sentences, be granted amnesty, or be granted conditional early release shall receive counseling and guidance on carrying out necessary legal procedures, including residence registration; issuance or replacement of identity cards; borrowing loans; business registration; conclusion of employment contracts; and other administrative procedures prescribed by law.

5. An inmate detention facility may invite agencies, organizations, and individuals with relevant expertise to provide psychological counseling, assist inmates with legal procedures, and share experience in community reintegration with inmates.

Where an individual from a state agency or social organization volunteers to provide counseling, they must have a letter of introduction from their agency or organization and obtain the approval of the superintendent of the prison or detention center.

Article 6. Career guidance and job search assistance for inmates

1. Inmate detention facilities shall assess the abilities, needs, conditions, and circumstances of each inmate; guide inmates in preparing their community reintegration plans; and cooperate with public employment service providers in supplying labor market information, providing career counseling and guidance, and introducing jobs to inmates.

2. The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of Education and Training of Vietnam and the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam in, directing and providing guidance on the organization of vocational training and advanced occupational skills training and the issuance of elementary-level certificates, training certificates, or documents certifying vocational training results in accordance with the law on vocational education for inmates; and shall cooperate with agencies, organizations, and enterprises in introducing and creating jobs for inmates.

Article 7. Partial financial support from Community Reintegration Fund for inmates upon community reintegration

1. Before returning to their places of residence, inmates who have completely served their prison sentences, been granted amnesty, or been granted conditional early release shall receive a sum of financial support from the Community Reintegration Fund of the prison or detention center.

2. Based on the balance of the Community Reintegration Fund, the superintendent of the prison or detention center shall decide the level of support, which must not exceed 20 times the ordinary daily food allowance applicable to inmates at the time the support decision is issued.

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MEASURES TO ENSURE COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION FOR PERSONS HAVING COMPLETELY SERVED PRISON SENTENCES

Article 8. Information, communication, and education regarding community reintegration

1. Information, communication, and education regarding community reintegration are intended to guide and encourage the community to participate in assisting persons having completely served prison sentences; eliminate prejudice, stigma, and discrimination; and raise awareness and a sense of compliance with the law, thereby contributing to preventing recidivism and violations of the law by persons having completely served prison sentences.

2. Contents of information, communication, and education regarding community reintegration:

a) The guidelines and policies of the CPV and the policies and laws of the State regarding community reintegration;

b) The rights and obligations of citizens and persons having completely served prison sentences as prescribed by law;

c) Measures, experience, models, and exemplary practices in educating and assisting persons having completely served prison sentences and eliminating prejudice, stigma, and discrimination against them;

d) Organizations and individuals that actively participate in community reintegration and exemplary persons in community reintegration;

dd) Other contents related to ensuring community reintegration.

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a) Mass media, grassroots information systems, cyberspace, websites, and web portals;

b) Publications and communication materials;

c) Conferences, community activities, counseling, and individualized education organized by rapporteurs, communicators, local authorities, boards, sectors, and mass organizations;

d) Cultural and artistic activities and literary and artistic creation;

dd) Other forms of information, communication, and education.

4. The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries and central authorities in directing, guiding, and inspecting the provision of information, communication, and education regarding community reintegration; and shall, within its jurisdiction, promulgate or submit for promulgation programs, plans, materials, and communication contents appropriate to state management requirements and practical circumstances.

5. Commune-level Public Security authorities shall advise the Presidents of commune-level People’s Committees on promulgating plans for providing information, communication, and education regarding community reintegration within their areas, which may be incorporated into plans for ensuring community reintegration. Such plans must be promulgated before January 31 every year. Each plan must specify its objectives, contents, target groups, forms, assignment of responsibilities, implementation schedule, and funding; evaluate its implementation results; and provide for reporting as prescribed.

Article 9. Vocational training, loans, and job search assistance for persons having completely served prison sentences

1. Persons having completely served prison sentences who participate in vocational education programs in accordance with the law on vocational education shall be entitled to vocational training support policies applicable to learners if they are eligible for such policies as prescribed by law.

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2. Persons having completely served prison sentences may be considered for loans to support job creation and the maintenance or expansion of employment, or to work abroad under contracts, if they satisfy the conditions prescribed by the law on employment and policy credit and relevant laws; and shall receive employment counseling, job placement assistance, and job creation support in accordance with the law on employment.

Based on local socio-economic conditions, specialized agencies under provincial People’s Committees shall advise on the use of lawful credit sources to provide preferential loans to persons having completely served prison sentences for production development and job creation.

3. Based on the needs of persons having completely served prison sentences and labor market demands, commune-level People’s Committees shall direct and cooperate with public employment service providers and relevant agencies and organizations in providing free employment counseling and job placement assistance to persons having completely served prison sentences in accordance with the law on employment; and shall receive and update information and facilitate connections to jobs suited to employees’ abilities and needs and actual labor market conditions.

Priority in employment counseling and job placement assistance shall be given to persons having completely served prison sentences who have no stable source of income, lack occupational skills, are at high risk of recidivism, or are classified in Group B or Group C according to the assessment and classification results specified in Article 13 of this Decree; priority shall be placed on connecting them with suitable enterprises and production and business establishments.

4. Organization of vocational training:

a) Commune-level People’s Committees shall review and compile lists of persons wishing to receive vocational training; and cooperate with specialized agencies under provincial People’s Committees and vocational education institutions in organizing vocational training for persons having completely served prison sentences based on learners’ needs, labor market demands, and actual local conditions;

b) Priority in arranging vocational training shall be given to persons having completely served prison sentences specified in Clause 3 of this Article.

5. Commune-level Public Security authorities, commune-level People’s Committees, and relevant agencies and organizations shall cooperate in reviewing and identifying eligible persons and providing guidance on preparing loan application dossiers for vocational training, production, business, and job creation in accordance with the law.

Article 10. Psychological assistance and assistance with legal procedures

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Psychological assistance shall be provided as soon as persons having completely served prison sentences return to their places of residence in the following forms:

a) Individual or group counseling;

b) Provision of information and materials according to their needs;

c) Community activities, forums, and thematic sessions;

d) Counseling through cyberspace, websites, email, telephone, and other information and communication media.

2. Persons having completely served prison sentences shall be provided with guidance and referred to competent agencies, organizations, and individuals for assistance in carrying out necessary legal procedures when participating in criminal, civil, or administrative proceedings; entering into civil contracts; carrying out procedures for expungement of criminal records and issuance of criminal record certificates; and carrying out other administrative procedures prescribed by law.

3. During the period in which persons having completely served prison sentences receive assistance with community reintegration, commune-level Public Security authorities and persons directly assisting them shall provide psychological assistance and assistance with legal procedures or refer them to State Legal Aid Centers for consideration and assistance in accordance with the law on legal aid; and shall consolidate and report implementation results as prescribed.

4. Commune-level People’s Committees shall decide on forms of organizing psychological assistance and assistance with legal procedures appropriate to local conditions and the needs of persons having completely served prison sentences; and shall direct their implementation from the date on which commune-level Public Security authorities receive such persons.

Article 11. Development of community reintegration models

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2. Based on actual local conditions, People’s Committees at all levels shall decide to develop one or more of the following community reintegration models:

a) A community reintegration support fund model;

b) A club, inter-family group, self-management group, or community reintegration support group model;

c) Other models appropriate to actual circumstances in accordance with this Decree and other relevant laws.

3. Participants in a community reintegration model include:

a) A Model Steering Committee headed by the President of the People’s Committee at the same level, with representatives of the leadership of the Public Security authority at the same level, the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee at the same level, and relevant agencies and organizations as members;

b) Entities participating in implementing the model, including representatives of relevant departments, divisions, boards, and sectors; socio-political organizations; enterprises, vocational education institutions, employment service providers; and the residential community in the local area where the model is implemented;

c) Persons participating in the model who are persons having completely served prison sentences;

d) Members of the Model Steering Committee and agencies and organizations participating in the model shall work on a part-time basis; the Model Steering Committee shall automatically dissolve upon completion of the model.

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a) Provincial-level and commune-level Public Security authorities shall, within their respective management scopes, assume the prime responsibility for advising the People’s Committees at the same level on developing plans to survey and assess local conditions. Each plan shall contain the following principal contents: survey contents, methods, time and scope; data collection methods; and data consolidation;

b) Provincial-level and commune-level Public Security authorities shall, within their respective management scopes, collect and consolidate information on local conditions, population characteristics, and the number of persons having completely served prison sentences who return to the local area, including the number of persons who need loans, vocational training, or employment support, and the conditions for ensuring community reintegration;

c) Based on the survey results, provincial-level and commune-level Public Security authorities shall prepare reports proposing that the Presidents of the People’s Committees at the same level approve the policy on developing the model. Each report must specify local characteristics and conditions; the current circumstances and needs of persons having completely served prison sentences; the necessity of developing the model; the model’s name, form, operating mechanism, and participants; and the tasks to be performed. Opinions from relevant agencies and organizations shall be obtained, and the report shall subsequently be finalized;

d) Within 5 working days from receipt of the proposal report, the President of the People’s Committee at the same level shall consider issuing a written decision approving or rejecting the policy on developing the model;

dd) After the policy is approved, the Public Security authority at the same level shall take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations in conducting communication and mobilization activities and mobilizing resources to implement the model;

e) The Public Security authority at the same level shall advise the President of the People’s Committee at the same level on issuing decisions to establish the model and the Model Steering Committee and promulgating the model’s operating regulations;

g) The People’s Committee at the same level shall organize the model’s launch. The launch shall be appropriate to actual conditions and may be incorporated into other conferences;

h) The Model Steering Committee shall promulgate an operational plan. The operational plan must specify objectives, requirements, and tasks and assign responsibilities and implementation schedules to agencies, organizations, and individuals participating in the model; and shall provide for the implementation and maintenance of the model’s activities according to the plan;

i) Every 6 months, annually, or on an ad hoc basis, People’s Committees at all levels shall organize preliminary and final reviews and evaluate the operational effectiveness of the model; and shall implement reporting and commendation regulations in accordance with the law.

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a) Provincial-level and commune-level Public Security authorities shall advise the People’s Committees at the same level on organizing the implementation and shall provide professional guidance and monitor, expedite, and inspect the model’s operation;

b) Agencies and organizations participating in the model shall, within their functions, tasks, and entitlements, cooperate in carrying out activities to support vocational training, job placement, access to loans, legal aid, psychological counseling, and other measures to ensure community reintegration;

c) The Vietnam Fatherland Front Committees and socio-political organizations shall conduct communication and mobilization activities to encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to participate in assisting persons having completely served prison sentences;

d) Enterprises, vocational education institutions, and employment service providers shall participate in the model within their functions, actual conditions, and capabilities and under commissioning, task assignment, contract, cooperation agreement, or support mechanisms prescribed by law;

dd) Cooperation among agencies and organizations participating in the model shall be carried out through cooperation regulations, operational plans, information exchange, and reporting regulations to ensure consistency, synchronization, and effectiveness;

e) Based on the model’s operational results, the People’s Committee at the same level shall consider maintaining, replicating, adjusting, or terminating the model’s operation in accordance with the law;

g) Commune-level Public Security authorities and persons directly providing assistance shall counsel, encourage, and invite persons having completely served prison sentences to participate in the model; and shall monitor, consolidate, and report implementation results as prescribed.

Chapter IV

RECEIPT AND ASSISTANCE FOR COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION

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1. A person directly providing assistance to a person having completely served a prison sentence shall

a) Take charge and cooperate with the commune-level Public Security authority in advising the commune-level People’s Committee on promulgating and implementing a plan to assist the person having completely served a prison sentence;

b) Cooperate with the commune-level Public Security authority and relevant agencies and organizations in implementing assistance measures according to the plan;

c) Submit quarterly reports on the results of assisting the person having completely served a prison sentence to the commune-level Public Security authority for its assessment and classification of such person;

d) Obtain information on the circumstances, thoughts, and aspirations of the assisted person; cooperate in guiding and referring the assisted person to competent authorities to carry out residence and identity card issuance procedures; and provide counseling and assistance in accessing information on employment, loans, and other conditions necessary for community reintegration;

dd) Participate in the activities of local community reintegration models (if any);

e) Perform other responsibilities prescribed by law.

2. Agencies, organizations, individuals, and families participating in assisting persons having completely served prison sentences shall:

a) Cooperate with local authorities, commune-level Public Security authorities, and relevant agencies in obtaining information on the circumstances, needs, and difficulties of persons having completely served prison sentences to help them find employment and stabilize their lives;

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c) Encourage and remind persons having completely served prison sentences to comply with the law and local regulations, and encourage them to participate in labor, learning, and social activities;

d) Promptly detect and report indications of violations to Public Security authorities, commune-level People’s Committees, and competent authorities so that appropriate handling and assistance measures may be taken.

Article 13. Receipt and assistance of persons having completely served prison sentences with community reintegration

1. The period of assistance for a person having completely served a prison sentence shall commence on the date the commune-level Public Security authority receives such person and end when assistance is terminated as specified in Clause 1 Article 14 of this Decree.

2. Within 5 working days from receipt of a notice that an inmate’s term of imprisonment is about to expire or a notice of an amnesty decision, the commune-level Public Security authority shall verify residence information and other relevant information and cooperate with the inmate’s family in accurately determining the place where the inmate will reside after completely serving the prison sentence or being granted amnesty. Where the residence address is incorrect, or there are grounds to determine that the inmate will not return to reside in the local area, the commune-level Public Security authority shall provide written notice thereof to the prison or detention center that sent the notice concerning the inmate’s completion of the prison sentence or proposed amnesty. The prison or detention center shall cooperate in verifying and updating the address where the inmate is expected to reside and provide notice thereof based on information and documents contained in the inmate’s file and the verification results.

3. Commune-level Public Security authorities shall inspect and obtain a thorough understanding of relevant circumstances and proactively advise commune-level People’s Committees on receiving and assisting inmates when they return to the community after completely serving their prison sentences or being granted amnesty.

4. When a person having completely served a prison sentence reports in person to the office of the commune-level Public Security authority, the head of the commune-level Public Security authority shall assign an officer to work directly with such person. The working session shall include:

a) Providing information on the guidelines and policies of the CPV and the policies and laws of the State applicable to persons having completely served prison sentences;

b) Obtaining information on the thoughts and aspirations of the person having completely served a prison sentence;

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d) Requiring the person having completely served a prison sentence to strictly comply with the law and the regulations of the agency, organization, or local area where they work, study, or reside;

dd) Preparing minutes of the working session with the person having completely served a prison sentence, requiring such person to undertake not to violate the law or reoffend;

e) Preparing an information form for the person having completely served a prison sentence.

5. Based on the personal characteristics of the person having completely served a prison sentence and actual local circumstances, the commune-level Public Security authority shall cooperate with the Vietnam Fatherland Front Committee and socio-political organizations at the commune level in advising the President of the commune-level People’s Committee on selecting an individual who is a member of a socio-political organization or another organization to assist the person having completely served a prison sentence, ensuring that each person having completely served a prison sentence has one person directly providing community reintegration assistance.

6. Within 5 working days from the date of the working session with the person having completely served a prison sentence, the head of the commune-level Public Security authority shall advise and propose that the President of the commune-level People’s Committee issue a decision assigning a person to directly provide assistance.

This decision shall be immediately sent to the commune-level Public Security authority, the person directly providing assistance, and the person having completely served a prison sentence.

7. The person directly providing assistance shall develop a plan for assisting the person having completely served a prison sentence, report it to the commune-level People’s Committee, and send it to the commune-level Public Security authority. The plan shall specify the purposes, duration, and measures of assistance.

8. Within 3 working days from the date of the working session with the person having completely served a prison sentence, the commune-level Public Security authority shall establish a community reintegration assistance file for such person.

9. The commune-level Public Security authority shall assess and classify the person having completely served a prison sentence after receiving the report on assistance results from the person directly providing assistance. Persons having completely served prison sentences shall be assessed and classified into one of the following four groups:

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b) Group B: Persons who demonstrate a sense of compliance with the law but still face difficulties in community reintegration, such as having no employment or unstable employment, experiencing hardship in their lives, or still having feelings of inferiority or stigma;

c) Group C: Persons who do not yet demonstrate a sense of compliance with the law and remain in circumstances or have the potential to violate the law, such as living in an environment with complicated security and order conditions or having living or family circumstances likely to lead to violations of the law;

d) Group D: Persons currently held in detention centers, compulsory education institutions, reformatories, or compulsory drug rehabilitation establishments.

10. Based on the group classification results, the commune-level Public Security authority shall cooperate with the person directly assisting the person having completely served a prison sentence in adjusting assistance measures for persons in Group B and Group C to help them properly comply with the law and stabilize their employment and lives; advise the President of the commune-level People’s Committee on considering the termination of assistance for persons having completely served prison sentences who are classified in Group A for 3 consecutive assessment periods; and terminate assistance for persons in Group D. On the 14th day of the last month of each quarter, the commune-level Public Security authority shall prepare a list of persons having completely served prison sentences by group, report it to the criminal judgment execution agency of the provincial-level Public Security authority, and retain it in the relevant files.

Article 14. Termination of community reintegration assistance for persons having completely served prison sentences

1. Community reintegration assistance for a person having completely served a prison sentence shall be terminated in any of the following cases:

a) The period corresponding to the waiting period for expungement of the criminal record prescribed by the Criminal Code has expired;

b) The person having completely served a prison sentence has been classified in Group A for 3 assessment periods;

c) The person having completely served a prison sentence commits a new offense and is held in temporary detention, sentenced to imprisonment, or sent to a reformatory, compulsory education institution, or compulsory drug rehabilitation establishment;

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2. The commune-level Public Security authority shall report to the President of the commune-level People’s Committee for issuance of a decision terminating assistance for the person having completely served a prison sentence and removing such person from the list of persons receiving assistance. The decision on termination of assistance shall be sent to the commune-level Public Security authority, the person directly providing assistance, and the person having completely served a prison sentence and retained in the assistance file; the relevant list and database shall be concurrently updated as prescribed.

Article 15. Provision of assistance in special cases

1. Where a person whose service of a prison sentence has been temporarily suspended is granted amnesty, assistance shall be provided immediately after the commune-level People’s Committee receives the certificate of amnesty.

2. Where a person having completely served a prison sentence changes their place of residence, the commune-level Public Security authority of the local area where such person currently resides (the place of departure) shall advise the commune-level People’s Committee on notifying and transferring the assistance file to the commune-level People’s Committee of the local area to which such person moves (the place of destination) and notify the criminal judgment execution agency of the provincial-level Public Security authority thereof.

Within 5 working days from receipt of the notice from the commune-level People’s Committee of the place of departure, the commune-level Public Security authority of the place of destination shall advise the commune-level People’s Committee on continuing to provide assistance to the person having completely served a prison sentence.

3. Persons granted conditional early release shall be subject to management, supervision, and education in accordance with the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments. After completing the probation period and being issued certificates of completion of prison sentences, they shall be received and assisted with community reintegration in accordance with this Decree.

4. Where a person having completely served a prison sentence is required to serve an additional penalty of probation, residence prohibition, prohibition from holding certain positions, practicing certain professions, or performing certain jobs, or deprivation of certain citizenship rights, such person shall be subject to management, supervision, control, and education in accordance with the provisions of the Law on Execution of Criminal Judgments regarding the execution of criminal judgments in the community for persons required to serve additional penalties and shall concurrently receive assistance in accordance with this Decree.

Chapter V

RESPONSIBILITIES OF MINISTRIES AND PEOPLE’S COMMITTEES AT ALL LEVELS FOR COMMUNITY REINTEGRATION

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1. Assist the Government of Vietnam in monitoring, directing, and guiding community reintegration.

2. Take charge and cooperate with relevant ministries and central authorities in researching, developing, and improving regulations and policies that specifically prescribe measures to ensure community reintegration.

3. Direct inmate detention facilities to implement measures to prepare inmates for community reintegration as prescribed.

4. Direct Public Security authorities at all levels to cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations in advising People’s Committees at the same level on implementing measures to ensure community reintegration and receiving and assisting persons with community reintegration.

5. Provide guidance on developing and replicating community reintegration models.

6. Direct Public Security units and local Public Security authorities to update and manage criminal record information concerning the previous convictions of persons having completely served prison sentences and issue criminal record certificates in accordance with the law.

7. Organize inspection, specialized inspection, and supervision; conduct preliminary and final reviews; and submit periodic or ad hoc reports to the Government of Vietnam on the results of community reintegration.

Article 17. Responsibilities of Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam

1. Direct prisons under the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam to implement measures to prepare inmates for community reintegration as prescribed.

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3. Provide guidance and conduct inspection, specialized inspection, and supervision, and submit periodic or ad hoc reports to the Government of Vietnam on the circumstances and results of community reintegration within its management scope.

Article 18. Responsibilities of Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam

1. Cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam in providing guidance on counseling, career guidance, and job placement activities and improving job-seeking abilities for inmates preparing to completely serve their prison sentences.

2. Within its jurisdiction, guide, inspect, and supervise the implementation of job creation support policies for persons having completely served prison sentences in accordance with the law on employment.

Article 19. Responsibilities of Ministry of Justice of Vietnam

1. Direct and guide civil judgment enforcement agencies in reviewing and preparing dossiers requesting courts to consider exemption from or reduction of civil judgment enforcement obligations for eligible persons having completely served prison sentences; and settle complaints and denunciations concerning the consideration of exemption from or reduction of civil judgment enforcement obligations in accordance with the law.

2. Cooperate with the Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam and competent authorities in researching, amending, supplementing, and improving relevant legislative documents to establish a complete and appropriate legal basis for the effective community reintegration of persons having completely served prison sentences.

Article 20. Responsibilities of Ministry of Finance of Vietnam

Ensure funding from the state budget for implementing measures to ensure community reintegration in accordance with the law on the state budget.

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Within their assigned functions, tasks, and entitlements, direct and guide cooperation in community reintegration.

Article 22. Responsibilities of People’s Committees of provinces and cities

1. Direct the implementation of measures to ensure community reintegration and prevent and combat recidivism and violations of the law within their areas.

2. Develop programs and plans and assign specific tasks to authorities at all levels, sectors, agencies, and organizations in carrying out community reintegration.

3. Direct commune-level People’s Committees and relevant agencies and organizations to receive and assist persons having completely served prison sentences; and inspect and expedite implementation.

4. Direct the development, maintenance, and replication of community reintegration models appropriate to actual local conditions.

5. Decide on the establishment of social funds and charitable funds proposed by agencies, organizations, and individuals in accordance with the law to support vocational training and job creation for persons having completely served prison sentences.

6. Direct the monitoring, consolidation, and reporting of community reintegration circumstances, including the employment status of persons having completely served prison sentences, as prescribed.

7. Allocate budgets in accordance with the law to implement community reintegration measures; decide, or submit to competent authorities for decision, vocational training, loan, and job creation support policies and other appropriate support policies to encourage agencies, organizations, and individuals to create conditions for persons having completely served prison sentences to receive vocational training, find employment, and reintegrate into the community.

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9. Organize inspection, specialized inspection, and supervision of community reintegration; and handle violations or recommend their handling within their jurisdiction.

10. Comply with periodic or ad hoc information and reporting regulations at the request of the Government of Vietnam and competent authorities.

Article 23. Responsibilities of commune-level People’s Committees

1. Organize the receipt of and assistance for persons having completely served prison sentences with community reintegration as prescribed.

2. Implement measures to ensure community reintegration for persons having completely served prison sentences who return to reside in their areas.

3. Assign persons to directly assist persons having completely served prison sentences; inspect and expedite the provision of assistance; and encourage local residents and families to cooperate in assisting persons having completely served prison sentences with community reintegration.

4. Create favorable conditions and encourage agencies, organizations, enterprises, and individuals to provide employment and vocational training support to persons having completely served prison sentences.

5. Organize the provision of psychological assistance and assistance with legal procedures; and facilitate access by persons having completely served prison sentences to public services and social security policies in accordance with the law.

6. Implement, or request competent authorities to consider and resolve, benefits and policies applicable to persons having completely served prison sentences in accordance with the law, including expungement of criminal records; shortening of probation periods; exemption from serving the remaining duration of additional penalties; exemption from or reduction of civil judgment enforcement obligations; public employment policies; and other support policies.

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8. Decide on the termination of assistance for persons having completely served prison sentences as prescribed.

9. Direct commune-level Public Security authorities to establish and manage files; monitor, assess, and classify persons having completely served prison sentences; and update information as prescribed.

10. Organize inspections of community reintegration within their areas; and handle violations or recommend their handling within their jurisdiction.

11. Comply with periodic or ad hoc information and reporting regulations upon request regarding the circumstances and results of community reintegration within their areas.

Article 24. Responsibilities of provincial-level Public Security authorities

1. Advise Presidents of provincial People’s Committees on directing the implementation of measures to ensure community reintegration and prevent and combat recidivism and violations of the law within their areas.

2. Develop plans; and direct and guide commune-level Public Security authorities in receiving and assisting persons having completely served prison sentences and creating conditions for them to exercise other citizens’ rights and perform other citizens’ obligations in accordance with the law.

3. Take charge and cooperate with relevant agencies and organizations in implementing measures to assist persons having completely served prison sentences in overcoming difficulties and stabilizing their lives; and participate in developing, maintaining, and replicating community reintegration models.

4. Organize inspections and provide professional guidance; promptly detect and handle violations or recommend their handling in community reintegration.

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6. Advise provincial People’s Committees on allocating funding and mobilizing lawful resources to implement measures to ensure community reintegration appropriate to local conditions.

Article 25. Responsibilities of commune-level Public Security authorities

1. Advise Presidents of commune-level People’s Committees on directing the performance of the tasks specified in Article 23 of this Decree.

2. Assume the prime responsibility for receiving and assisting persons having completely served prison sentences; and cooperate with relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals in implementing measures to ensure community reintegration.

3. Proactively obtain information on the circumstances, conditions, thoughts, and aspirations of persons having completely served prison sentences; and guide and assist them in implementing their community reintegration plans.

4. Guide and assist persons having completely served prison sentences in carrying out procedures for residence registration, issuance of identity cards, issuance of criminal record certificates, expungement of criminal records, and other administrative procedures as prescribed; and promptly report and propose that competent authorities resolve special cases.

5. Assume the prime responsibility for establishing, managing, updating, and retaining files as prescribed; assess and classify persons having completely served prison sentences as prescribed; and update information in the database.

6. Cooperate with persons directly providing assistance in implementing assistance plans; and monitor and expedite their implementation.

7. Cooperate with agencies, organizations, and enterprises in mobilizing support for employment, vocational training, and access to loans; and create conditions for persons having completely served prison sentences to stabilize their lives.

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9. Comply with periodic or ad hoc information and reporting regulations; consolidate data, circumstances, and results concerning community reintegration; and submit reports to provincial-level Public Security authorities and commune-level People’s Committees.

Chapter VI

IMPLEMENTATION PROVISIONS

Article 26. Entry into force

1. This Decree comes into force as of July 1, 2026.

2. Decree No. 49/2020/ND-CP dated April 17, 2020 of the Government of Vietnam shall cease to be effective from the effective date of this Decree. Article 14 of Decree No. 184/2025/ND-CP dated July 1, 2025 of the Government of Vietnam shall cease to be effective with respect to the provisions amending and supplementing Decree No. 49/2020/ND-CP from the effective date of this Decree.

Article 27. Transitional provisions

1. The results of receiving, managing, supervising, educating, and assisting persons having completely served prison sentences before this Decree comes into force shall be counted continuously with the results of their receipt and assistance after this Decree comes into force.

2. Specialized operational files containing a systematic collection of documents reflecting the management of persons undergoing community reintegration before this Decree comes into force shall continue to be managed and processed until such files are closed as prescribed.

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The Ministry of Public Security of Vietnam shall take charge and cooperate with the Ministry of National Defense of Vietnam, the Ministry of Home Affairs of Vietnam, the Ministry of Finance of Vietnam, the Ministry of Justice of Vietnam, and relevant ministries and central authorities in guiding and inspecting the implementation of this Decree.

Article 29. Implementation responsibilities

Ministers, Directors of ministerial agencies, Presidents of People’s Committees of provinces and cities, and relevant agencies, organizations, and individuals shall implement this Decree.

ON BEHALF OF THE GOVERNMENT
PP. PRIME MINISTER
DEPUTY PRIME MINISTER




Pham Gia Tuc