3.4 mln migrant workers to receive rent support

A worker with his son in a rented room of 10 square meters in Hanoi's Dong Anh District, February 2022. Photo by VnExpress/Ngoc Thanh

Vietnam will grant a financial support package of VND6.6 trillion ($287.4 million) to help migrant workers pay rent for up to three months.

The package will be given to 3.4 million people, Vu Trong Binh, head of the Employment Department under the Ministry of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs, told a meeting in Hanoi on Wednesday.

He said the number is based on preliminary statistical analyses from local authorities, and that more workers can get access to the package later, he said.

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