unemployment benefits

Update news unemployment benefits

Unemployment benefit recipients up 9.11 percent in Q1

The number of recipients of unemployment benefits nationwide rose by 9.11 percent to 378,000 people during the first quarter of 2020 as a large amount of businesses have been forced to suspend operation or go bankrupt by COVID-19.

Jobless rate to continue rising

 VietNamNet Bridge – Thousands of workers lost their jobs this year as companies closed en masse, creating a rise in unemployment that isn't expected to end any time soon.

Social Headlines January 25

 HCM City pays $57m in unemployment benefits; Festive blooms stop the traffic; Viet Nam sees increase in ‘vulnerable' workers; Gov’t orders tightened measures to prevent bird flu; Major dredging work underway

Unemployment rate to remain steady in HCM City this year

 VietNamNet Bridge – The total number of unemployed people in HCM City is expected to remain steady at about 150,000 throughout 2013, according to the City Centre for Job Placement.