The Vietnam Social Security yesterday informed that Ho Chi Minh City is the country’s leading locality on completion of spending the financial support for unemployed workers due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
More than 327,000 jobs were provided for labourers in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) – Vietnam’s two largest cities – in the first seven months of 2022.
Ho Chi Minh City was approved to spend more than VNVD20,125 billion (US$872 million) on medical examination and treatment in 2022, according to a Decision No. 582/QD-TTg.
The Ho Chi Minh City Social Security informed that the agency and Thu Duc City Social Security along with social security agencies in districts will return handling results related to social security, medical insurance, unemployment insurance via public postal service to residents from the beginning of December. The postage will be borne by residents.
In order to help both individuals and businesses to overcome obstacles in the Covid-19 pandemic, the Government and ministries have issued various practical legal documents effective as of this October.
From the beginning of 2020 up to now, more than 43,000 workers in Dong Nai Province have registered for unemployment insurance, an increase of 30 percent over the same period in 2019.
PouYuen Vietnam, a sports shoe manufacturer in Ho Chi Minh City’s Binh Tan District today announced it terminated 2,786 labor contracts due to the unfortunate circumstances of the Covid-19 crisis.
The HCMC Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) announced to give financial aid to laborers who were laid off during the coronavirus pandemic as per the People’s Council’s resolution 02/2020.
The People’s Committee of Dong Nai province yesterday approved an extra advance of nearly VND1.4 billion (US$61,000) on the provincial budget to pay social premium for workers of Korean Texwell Vina Compay, which owner has run away, so that they can enjoy unemployment insurance and maternity regime after ending labor contracts with the company.
