The financial support will be given to people in 23 local districts, except for District 1.
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More than 600,000 people will be benefited from the assistance, including those who are unemployed such as teachers at private schools.
Earlier, HCM City spent VND306 billion (USD13.3 million) to help Covid-19-affected local residents.
According to the municipal Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, many as 9,000 poor and near-poor households in HCM City that have been affected by the Covid-19 pandemic will receive monthly relief payments of VND1 million (USD42) per household for three months, starting in April.
A total of 15,000 families who have made great contributions to the nation will receive monthly cash payments of VND500,000 (USD21) per household for three months to overcome difficulties due to the pandemic.
Meanwhile, roughly 600,000 workers who were laid off or put on leave without pay due to the direct impact of the Covid-19 pandemic will be offered VND1 million a person a month.