According to the Departments of Labour, War Invalids and Social Affairs in 63 cities and provinces, the cash payments benefited more than 12.34 million people, including national contributors, social policy beneficiaries, poor and near-poor households.

National contributors and social policy beneficiaries in Hanoi’s Dong Da District receive an allowance from the Government’s VND62 trillion bailout package.

As of May 3, the seven cities and provinces of Lang Son, Hanoi, Bac Ninh, Thua Thien - Hue, Ninh Thuan and Long An completed payment for the four groups of beneficiaries in the localities.

The Hanoi municipal authorities in particular have fundamentally completed the disbursement of VND500 billion to support 400,000 people as of May 5.

Meanwhile in Thai Nguyen Province, the support is estimated to benefit about 168,500 people with a total budget of over VND163.4 billion, announced Director of the provincial Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Nguyen Thi Quynh Huong yesterday.

The disbursement of the relief packages has also been accelerated in other localities, and the work is expected to be completed by May 15.

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung has described the relief package as an unprecedented move of great significance amidst the Covid-19 outbreak.

He also stressed that measures have been put in place to ensure the transparency of the funding to ensure that the support went to the right people.

Provincial leader visits and hands over rice to support urban workers

(BGO) – The Permanent Deputy Secretary  of Bac Giang provincial Party Committee (PPC) Le Thi Thu Hong, Head of the provincial National Assembly Deputies on April 23 visited and handed over the rice to support the officers and workers at Bac Giang Urban Project Management Joint Stock Company (BG Urban JSC). 

KOICA supports Hanoi’s disadvantaged women in Covid-19 fight

The Korea International Co-operation Agency (KOICA) provided a support package worth US$10,530 to the Vietnamese Women’s Union (VWU) on April 23, aiming to help disadvantaged women living in Hanoi to overcome the difficulties of Covid-19.

Bac Giang supports 3,000 teachers and cooks at schools affected in Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) – The leaders of the Department of Education and Training (DoET), the Educational Trade Union in Bac Giang province on April 21 visited and handed over the expense to support the teachers working at non-public schools, kindergarten groups and cooking staff affected by the Covid-19 pandemic in Viet Yen district. 

Provincial leader orders to timely support Covid-19 victims

(BGO) - The provincial People’s Committee (PPC) of Bac Giang province held the monthly meeting on April 21 chaired by PPC Chairman Duong Van Thai.

Vietnamese in UK support local health staff in fight against Covid-19

The Vietnamese Association in the UK (VAUK) has raised funds to buy 1,100 protective suits and 2,500 face masks to support the UK's National Health Service (NHS) amid the serious spread of Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: NDO