Capital finalizes support for Covid-19-hit disadvantaged people

July 01, 2020 1:00 PM GMT+7

VGP – The local authorities of Ha Noi have fundamentally finalized the mission to support disadvantaged people who were affected by the Covid-19 pandemic.

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Deputy Director of the Department of Labor, Invalids, and Social Affairs reported that as of May 20, the city supported four groups of people including people with revolutionary merits, social policy beneficiaries, and poor and near-poor families

So far, 385,516 people out of 385,683 beneficiaries have received a total financial assistance of VND 474 billion.

Payment rate met 99.97%. 

In the second phase, the local authorities will support five groups of beneficiaries including employees with suspended labor contracts and unpaid leave; household business; unemployed people with inadequate conditions for unemployment benefits; non-contract employees; and employers who seek credits to pay unemployment benefits for their employees. 

The Department cooperated with the Ha Noi Post Office to set an automatic hotline switchboard with five hotlines to receive comments and feedback of people and resolve difficulties for disadvantaged people./.

By Kim Loan 

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