Illustrative image (Source: VNA) The document, dated March 28, 2022,aims to assist workers who face housing difficulties and to help enterprisesmaintain production and attract back employees who left the country's largest economic hub for their hometowns during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Under the decision, labourers working in enterprises willreceive 500,000 VND (22 USD) per person each month and those returning to the labourmarket 1,000,000 VND. The policy targets some 3.4 millionlabourers.
The beneficiaries, who are working for 2,723businesses in 18 districts, have received aidworth some 73 billion VND, the department said at a meetingon July 28.
The city insurance sector has completed proceduresfor over 818,000 employees of 23,000 firms to benefit from the policy.Meanwhile, Thu Duc city and districts in HCM City issued decisions on nearly217,000 labourers, with total funding of over 115 billion VND.
The department proposed the municipal People’sCommittee to instruct the localities to step up the work, noting that dossiersshould be submitted to competent agencies before August 15 and the disbursementmust be done at the end of August.
The Mekong Delta province of Soc Trang has alsoworked hard to implement the Government’s Resolution dated July1, 2021, on a number of support policies towards employees and employersaffected by the COVID-19.
Ma Chi Thanh, Deputy Director of the provincialDepartment of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, said nearly 420 billion VND has been allocated to 1,379 enterprises, 14,270household businesses and 281,179 labourers.
Soc Trang will work to ensure that nobody is missed,the official said, adding that agencies and localities have also called ondonors to support poor and near-poor households hit by the pandemic./.
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