Nearly 3 million labourers in Ho Chi Minh City will benefit from the unemployment insurance fund with total allowances of about VND6 trillion (US$263.92 million), according to Phan Van Men, Director of the city Social Insurance agency.

Ho Chi Minh City has allowed buses, taxis, passenger cars and tech-based vehicles with fewer than nine seats each to resume their operations from October 5.

VOV.VN - The daily lives of local people have gradually entered a “new normal” following municipal authorities implementing Decree 18 regarding COVID-19 prevention, control, and economic recovery.

The People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City has just approved the municipal Transport Department plan on transporting workers to Ho Chi Minh City as the city, the largest COVID-19 hotspot of Vietnam, began gradually resuming economic activities from October 1.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam on October 1 visited enterprises in Linh Trung 1 industrial park in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc city to examine their production and business activities on the first day of loosened social distancing measures, and work with leaders of Thu Duc.

Non-state sector became the main driver of Ho Chi Minh City’s foreign trade during the first nine months of this year, with its exports and imports increasing 3.5% and 39.7%, respectively, according to the municipal statistics office.

VOV.VN - “COVID-19 green cards” have now been applied in many supermarkets across Ho Chi Minh City on the first day of easing social distancing measures, with the aim to curb the spread of the pandemic whilst simultaneously opening up the local economy.

VOV.VN - Ho Chi Minh City began to move into the “new normal” from October 1, with eateries and some services reopening and locals resuming their normal routine to cause plenty of streets to become just as crowded as before the social distancing period.

The Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Youth Employment Services is implementing a programme dubbed “Zero Vietnamese dong motel – free quick test – get a job immediately” from October 1 to November 30 to support labourers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese metropolis of Ho Chi Minh City has been listed among the world’s top 10 most endorsed destinations by travelers to enjoy coffee, according to an article posted by travel website Booking.com.