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Some enterprises have to shut down or suspend their operation due to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic. It leads to the situation of unemployment or temporary unemployment in society. Therefore, we need to re-check, produce statistics and timely pay job-loss allowance for unemployed people. The allowance will help them to cover their daily costs and pay some for training courses to improve their professional skills or learn new skills to change their occupation. It is a very important thing because labourers will suffer from double difficulties if they have no income but still have to cope with the COVID-19 pandemic. … [Read more...] about Solutions needed to support COVID-19-affected labourers

Responding to the school closure, in the middle of last month, the ministry decided that this school year would end by July 15 and the national high school graduation exam would be held from August 8 to August 11, about a month and a half later than normal. … [Read more...] about Education ministry agrees to cut back teaching programmes due to school closure

Quý from the People’s Committee said through an epidemiological survey in the city, the authority has identified 16,714 cases with risk of infection (patients, family members and those related to Bạch Mai Hospital) and had set up isolation as required (home isolation and concentrated isolation). Standard testing had also been conducted. … [Read more...] about Bạch Mai Hospital COVID-19 outbreak ‘under control’

The queen of Vietnamese hip hop has risen to become one of the country’s biggest celebrities, performed at a showcase run by the iconic South By Southwest in the US and even spat some bars for US President Barack Obama when he visited Việt Nam in 2016. … [Read more...] about 5 essential Vietnamese hip hop tracks to bump during social distancing

The escalation comes despite a show of support on Thursday by all of Yemen's warring parties for a UN call for a ceasefire as the Arab world's poorest country remains vulnerable to the coronavirus pandemic. … [Read more...] about Saudi-led coalition air strikes hit rebel-held Yemen capital