Deputy Governor of the State Bank of Vietnam (SBV) Dao Minh Tu has urged credit institutions to evaluate the impacts of typhoon Yagi and classify affected customers eligible for support programmes.

A conference was held on June 26 to review the implementation of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on tripartite cooperation between the Ministry of Industry and Trade (MoIT), the People's Committee of Bac Ninh province, and Samsung Electronics Vietnam Co., Ltd. regarding a programme to support Vietnamese enterprises in Bac Ninh.

More than 5,000 aid packages worth 9 billion VND (363,489 USD) were presented to more than 2,000 children and families affected by COVID-19 in Ho Chi Minh City in the first half of this year under a project implemented by the city's Child Welfare Association and Save the Children, heard a conference on November 29.

Ho Chi Minh City’s authorities have implemented out support programmes for enterprises and key industrial products in a bid to further promote its industrial development in the next five years.

Ho Chi Minh City plans to provide greater support to large firms and solicit investment in infrastructure this year, Chairman of the municipal People’s Committee Nguyen Thanh Phong has said.

The northern province of Lai Chau has carried out a number of programmes to support disadvantaged people, especially those from border and ethnic minority areas.

The SME Development Fund of the Ministry of Industry and Trade has launched financial aid packages for 2017 to continue assisting the firms which make up 97 percent of Vietnam’s total businesses.