Long An: Over 20 billion VND spent to support people-affected groups in spirit of Resolution 68
Implementing Resolution 68/NQ-CP on supporting employees and workers facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic, Long An has spent the budget in advance to more than 20 billion VND for some people-affected groups in the spirit of Resolution 68 so far.
Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee, Chairman of the Provincial People's Council - Nguyen Van Duoc presents money to support freelance workers
Specifically, as of the afternoon of July 19, Long An directly supported 14,567 freelance workers, with a total budget of nearly 11 billion VND. In which, the province supported 9,937 mobile lottery ticket sellers, with a total amount of over 7.4 billion VND, the funding source was 8 billion VND in advance by Long An Lottery One Member Limited Liability Company; other freelance workers deployed to support are 4,630 people, with an amount of over 3.4 billion VND.
In addition, following Resolution 68, Long An also provided food support for people who had to be treated for Covid-19 infection and people who had to be medically isolated cases (F1) for more than 5,325 people with a total amount of nearly 9 billion VND; supporting 12 children in concentrated medical isolation areas with a total amount of 20 million VND.
It is known that Long An will carry out basic expenditures for the remaining people according to Resolution 68 to complete in July, with a total estimated cost of over 90 billion VND.
Resolution 68 is a humane policy, showing the concern of all levels and sectors for workers who are facing difficulties due to the Covid-19 pandemic. And over the past time, Long An quickly and promptly brought policies to the people, contributing to encouraging and sharing the poor workers to overcome the pandemic./.
By Le Ngoc – Translated by Duc Tam
