Disasters and emergency response
Disasters
Review of support policies for Coronavirus-affected businesses and people
The Government has put forward policy proposals and issued a number of policies in support of businesses and people affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.On April 8, the Government promulgated Resolution No. 41/2020/ND-CP on deferral of payment of taxes and land rental, which took place on the same ...
Quang Minh
Workers affected by COVID-19 receive free vocational training
The German development agency Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ), in cooperation with the Directorate of Vocational Education and Training and the Departments of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in eight cities and provinces, will offer short training courses for 1,000 workers affected by the ...
Trade-offs in the fight against the Covid-19 pandemic
Nearly 500 readers took part in an online seminar with Dr. Vu Thanh Tu Anh, Director of the Fulbright School of Public Policy and Management, on the topic: Covid-19 pandemic: Impacts and the Government’s response.In the current context, there is an urgent need for each ...
Thanh Lam
Bridging the gap, from policies to implementation, who should benefit from government COVID relief packages?
Việt Nam has done remarkably well in regard to controlling the COVID-19 pandemic saving many lives; and mitigated the damage on macroeconomics level. Furthermore, the Government of Việt Nam has issued the Resolution No. 42/NQ-CP dated 09 April 2020 and Decision No. 15/2020/QD-TTg dated April ...
Babeth Ngoc Han Lefur
Việt Nam starts charging quarantine fees
People entering the country will now have to pay fees during their stay at government run quarantine camps.Those entering and using the military camps, schools and other sites managed by the state will have to pay for meals and the services provided (VNĐ80,000 (US$3.50) for ...
VN to be only country in region to attain positive growth in 2020: report
Việt Nam is expected to be the only Southeast Asian economy to achieve growth this year, with its GDP rising by a likely 2.3 per cent, according to a study by Oxford Economics. The Global Economic Outlook report said recovery prospects look brightest for Việt Nam, ...
ASEAN Regional Forum urged to strengthen policy and action coordination against COVID-19
The ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) should further promote its role and contributions, especially in maintaining dialogue and cooperation, strengthening trust-mutual understanding and coordination of policies and actions to actively and effectively deal with arising challenges, including COVID-19.The ARF has organized 12 events on key topics ...
Second aid package for those hit by COVID-19 proposed
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs said on August 25 that it has sent a proposal to the Ministry of Planning and Investment seeking the second aid package for businesses and workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.The package’s total funding is estimated at ...
Young people suffer most from the loss of employment in COVID-19
According to the report titled “Tackling the COVID-19 youth employment crisis in Asia and the Pacific”, the number of unemployed youths in Việt Nam may double this year, while the employment prospects of 663 million young people in Asia and the Pacific face challenges as ...
Latest Coronavirus News in Vietnam & Southeast Asia August 19
The spread of COVID-19 in central Da Nang city and Quang Nam province has been gradually contained and the situation is expected to be under control by late August, according to Acting Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long.At a meeting of the national steering committee ...