VOV.VN - A group of leading experts have recommended that Vietnam need approximately VND445 trillion or 5.48% of its 2021 GDP for its relief package to revitalize its economy from the COVID-19 impact in 2022-2023.

VOV.VN - National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has expressed his hope that the Asian Development Bank would continue to accompany and support Vietnam in COVID-19 prevention and economic recovery.

In the face of rising bad debt amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, commercial banks have been forced to write up their loan loss provisions, according to industry sources.

Despite the challenges facing Vietnam in the fourth wave of COVID-19, many experts and businesses remain confident that the country’s economic outlook will become bright again soon.

VOV.VN - The local labour market is showing signs of recovery following the negative impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as the country enters a new normal, Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs Dao Ngoc Dung told the National Assembly.

The Canadian Government is offering CAD50,000 to support female migrant workers affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the southern province of Binh Duong.

VOV.VN - As many as 2,093 children, including more than 1,500 in Ho Chi Minh City, have fallen victims to the latest COVID-19 outbreak after their parents died of the virus.

The Government is going to issue a resolution on some policies supporting women and children with difficulties caused by the COVID-19 pandemic.

About 60 poorest families of Vietnamese-Cambodians in Preah Sihanouk province on October 11 received relief aid, worth some US$20 each. ​

The Ho Chi Minh City Federation of Labour announced on October 7 that it has spent over VND1.39 trillion (US$60.4 million) as relief aid for 2.4 million trade union members, workers, civil servants, labourers and their children affected by the COVID-19 pandemic in the city.