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Twelve groups of policies to support pandemic-hit people announced

Minister of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung on July 1 announced 12 groups of policies to support COVID-19-hit employees and employers, which are included in a resolution issued by the Government the same day.
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Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Labour, Invalids and SocialAffairs (MoLISA) Dao Ngoc Dung on July 1 announced 12 groups of policies to supportCOVID-19-hit employees and employers, which are included in a resolution issued by theGovernment the same day.

Speaking at the Government’s regular press conference, Dung said that the policies include reduction of premiums for labouraccident and occupational disease insurance; postponement of contributions to thefund for retirement and death benefits; support in training to maintainemployment for labourers; assistance for labourers having their contractssuspended or unpaid leave; support to out-of-work labourers; support to employees withtheir labour contracts temperately terminated; and additional support and assistanceto children.

Alongside, the policies also comprise financial support covering meals for COVID-19patients under treatment and those undertaking quarantine, as well as one-off assistanceto art directors, artists, painters, tour guides, and assistance to business households.

Meanwhile, companies will get loans to pay for workers duringsuspended time and for production recovery, while freelancers and a numberof other cases will also receive support.

The minister said that total expenditure for these beneficiaries is estimatedat about 160 trillion VND (nearly 7 billion USD)./.

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