Economic growth from COVID-19 depends on vaccine rollout Economic growth from COVID-19 pandemic will largely depend on the vaccine rollout, said experts.

Ministry made huge efforts to ensure the interests and social welfares of labourers

Deputy Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Lê Văn Thanh told Vietnam News Agency how the ministry had made huge efforts to implement social security policies to keep labourers working after the peak of the fourth wave of the COVID-19 pandemic.

PM highlights the need to overcome labour supply chain disruptions Confederation President Nguyễn Đình Khang said that in the first nine months of this year, amid the complex development of the COVID-19 pandemic, the trade union has been working with Government and firms in the fight against the pandemic and caring for workers affected.

Việt Nam reassures US of efforts to maintain supply chains: Trade minister Vietnamese Minister of Industry and Trade Nguyễn Hồng Diên recently held phone talks with US Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo to discuss bilateral economic and trade issues.

City’s welfare policy will cover everyone HCM City's strict implementation of social distancing has made the lives of many residents more and more difficult. Throughout the process, leaders of the city always insisted that all authority levels must ensure foods and necessities for the people of the city, and consider this as one of the key tasks in the fight against the pandemic.  Sài Gòn Giải Phóng (Liberated Sài Gòn) Newspaper discussed with senior officials the implementation of new solutions to ensure social security in the future.

PM asks ministries and localities to prepare post-pandemic economic recovery plans Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has asked the Government’s agencies and local administrations to work harder to control the pandemic and at the same time design scenarios for economic recovery and development in the new situation.

HCM City authorities say COVID transmission rate ‘controllable’

The Secretary of the HCM City Party Committee has said the COVID-19 rate of 3.8 per cent in high-risk areas identified following mass testing over the past week is within the city’s capacity to handle.

MoIT proposes solutions to avoid disruption in goods supply

HCM City to begin strict lockdown from Monday, military forces to help supply food to people

Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính has urged the country’s pandemic hotpot HCM City to impose its toughest COVID-19 prevention measures ever beginning on Monday (Aug 23) as “everyone is asked to stay at home”. 

City authorities keen to reopen traditional markets to ensure goods supply amid lockdown The HCM City People Committee has instructed Thủ Đức City and district authorities to draw up plans to reopen traditional markets and ensure they remain safe from Covid-19.