Pandemic-hit people receive assistance in cash in Hanoi. (Photo: VNA) Hanoi (VNA) – More than 1.7 million workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic have received assistance from the unemployment insurance fund as of October 19, according to the Vietnam Social Security (VSS).
Benefiting from total aid of 4.087 trillion VND (180.6 million USD), they include 1.51 million people currently participating in unemployment insurance and 200,000 others who already stopped making contributions to the insurance fund.
The relief provision is to implement the Government’s Resolution No. 116/NQ-CP and the Prime Minister’s Decision No 28/QD-TTg on support for workers and employers affected by the pandemic.
The VSS has also confirmed more than 1.94 million workers who will benefit from different support policies in the time ahead./.
