Figures show that as of August 25, local social insurance agencies had provided support from the Unemployment Insurance Fund to more than 339,000 employees totaling more than VND963 billion ($40 million). Nineteen of Vietnam’s 63 cities and provinces have completed implementing the support package from the Unemployment Insurance Fund.
As of November 1, over 8.3 million Covid-19-hit workers had received support from the unemployment insurance fund totaling more than VND19.8 trillion ($868.89 million).
The National Assembly Standing Committee has agreed with a government proposal on using VND30 trillion ($1.31 billion) from the Unemployment Insurance Fund to support employees and enterprises affected by Covid-19.
