While Vietnamese enterprises have made many changes to adapt to difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic, the rigid application of pandemic prevention and control measures might drive away foreign investment from Vietnam, experts have warned.

VOV.VN - Hundreds of thousands of freelance workers and employees who lost their jobs due to the economic impact of COVID-19 have now received over VND1 trillion from Vietnam’s second relief package.

The Vietnam Bank for Social Policies has begun accepting applications from businesses for interest-free loans to fund furlough and salary payments, its deputy director Bui Van Son has said.

Resolution No. 68/NQ-CP takes important steps towards expanding the coverage and effectiveness of Government relief packages in Vietnam by including new categories of workers to the beneficiaries of government support, and lowering the administrative burden imposed to beneficiaries.

VOV.VN - Up to 80% of businesses have not received government assistance to cushion the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, said Vu Tien Loc, President of the Vietnam Chamber of Commerce and Industry (VCCI) at a forum in Hanoi on December 8.

VOV.VN - The National Assembly on November 17 endorsed a Government proposal to help national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines weather the COVID-19 crisis.

VOV.VN - The Government is drafting second economic relief packages aimed at assisting the national economy, especially businesses, in the face of the ongoing COVID-19 crisis, with experts suggesting support policies that could be more effective than the initial packages.

VOV.VN - A Vietnamese Minister on September 10 introduced practical measures the government has taken to cushion the impact of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic at the G20 Labour and Employment Ministers’ Meeting.