August 07, 2021 | 17:57 (GMT+7)
Nearly 300,000 COVID-19 hit workers in HCM City receive financial support
Nearly 300,000 disadvantaged trade union members, public employees and workers hit by the COVID-19 pandemic received assistance worth over 465.8 billion VND (20.25 million USD), reported the Ho Chi Minh City Labor Confederation on August 7.
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Front-line workers receiving gifts |
Accordingly, over 280,200 of them obtained nearly 450 billion VND under Resolution No.09 by the municipal People’s Council.
More than 16,600 others received over 12.5 billion VND under the Vietnam General Confederation of Labor's Decision No.2606.
Trade unions also provided care for its members and workers in quarantine facilities and front-line forces, such as holding food and necessities support programs, helping farmers sell farm produce, and improving material and spiritual lives of workers.
Ho Chi Minh City is now the biggest coronavirus hotbed of the country with more than 115,000 cases. The city is now under strict social distancing order.
Source: VNA