According to the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, the disbursement of housing rental support for workers is rising rapidly in most cities and provinces, reaching nearly 52 per cent of applications in total. Seventeen localities have disbursed support for all applications. In Hanoi, 320,000 workers have received support, or 100.5 per cent of the number expected.

Ho Chi Minh City is planning to spend nearly VND1.8 trillion ($76.9 million) on rental support for nearly 1.8 million workers, but has so far disbursed only VND104 billion ($4.47 million) to nearly 196,000 workers, or just 5.8 per cent of the support package.