Vietnam has recorded continuous expansion of unemployment insurance coverage over the last 10 years with the number of people under this scheme approximating 13 million at present.
The Vietnam Social Security (VSS) collected 121.1 trillion VND (5.38 billion USD) in revenue as of late May, or 36.7 percent of the yearly plan, it announced during a press conference on May 30.
As of August, only 15,000 of the 330,000 people eligible for unemployment allowances had enrolled in vocational training programmes, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs.
Foreign investors affirmed that they would not abandon their businesses
in Vietnam, saying that recent incidents occured at some industrial
zones were just unfortunate incidents. They continued to see Vietnam as a
very attractive and friendly country, said the English language news
website VietNamNet Bridge on May 20.
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