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 General Statistics Office (GSO) has urged designing specific support packages for disadvantaged labour groups in the context of 57.3 percent of labourers from 15 years old and above seeing their income reduce under the COVID-19 pandemic’s impact.

VOV.VN - For the first time this year gold smashed the US$2,000 per ounce mark in the global market early August 5, prompting local gold prices to reach a new peak of VND58.7 million per tael shortly afterwards.

VOV.VN - The International Federation of Football Association (FIFA) has announced it will offer a US$1.5 million bailout package to each of its national football federations throughout Southeast Asia (SEA), including Vietnam.

Flexible rules of origin in the European Union-Vietnam Free Trade Agreement (EVFTA) will help local plastic enterprises take full advantage of preferential tariffs when exporting to the EU market.

VOV.VN - Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City are among 12 high-risk localities subject to an social distancing order extension to another week, said PM Nguyen Xuan Phuc