Grassroots unions are allowed to use 75% of total union fee revenue.

The Provincial Federation of Labor will collect union fees from enterprises, public service units that do not receive 100% of their salaries from the State budget, cooperatives, cooperative unions, and other agencies, organizations, and units.

The Vietnam General Confederation of Labor has just issued a document providing guidance on financial and asset work of the trade union system according to Conclusion No. 183-KL/TW of the Politburo and Secretariat.

Accordingly, the Provincial Federation of Labor will collect union funds from enterprises, public service units that do not receive 100% of their salaries from the State budget, cooperatives, cooperative unions, and other agencies, organizations, and units. Grassroots unions are allowed to use 75% of the total union fund revenue and 70% of the total union dues.

In addition, trade union units have the right to retain and use 100% of revenue from cultural, sports, economic activities, projects assigned by the State, or from legal aid and sponsorship sources.

Regarding financial expenditure, the guiding document allows the Provincial Federation of Labor and Commune Trade Unions to make expenditures according to current decisions and regulations of the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor .

To ensure effective financial management, the document also provides detailed instructions on opening accounts and arranging accounting staff. Provincial Labor Federations are allowed to open accounts at the State Treasury or commercial banks to receive union funds.

For the Commune Trade Union, there are two applicable cases: one is that the Commune Trade Union is allowed to open a separate account at the treasury or bank according to regulations; two is, depending on the specific conditions of the locality, the Commune Trade Union can use an account at the bank of the Commune Fatherland Front Committee to conduct transactions.

Regarding union assets, the General Confederation will develop a plan to arrange, manage, use and exploit real estate and union assets in accordance with the law and guidance of the Central Committee of the Vietnam Fatherland Front. The authority to decide or delegate the management and exploitation of assets will be exercised by the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor.

For trade union public service units, the Provincial Federation of Labor will directly manage, issue regulations on functions, tasks, organizational structure and implement budget allocation and settlement according to general instructions.

Source: https://baohaiphong.vn/cong-doan-co-so-duoc-phep-su-dung-75-tong-so-thu-kinh-phi-cong-doan-521030.html