Calls for unused public investment to go to business support

A Ho Chi Minh City National Assembly (NA) delegate has proposed that the legislature allow the transfer of VND100 trillion ($4.4 billion) in unspent public investment this year to support businesses and pandemic prevention and control. Another delegate, from northern Lao Cai province, proposed loosening the public debt ceiling and increasing the budget deficit to mobilize capital to both fight the pandemic and support businesses and people.