Vietnam offers around US$11bil credit package for those affected by Covid-19

A health worker wearing a facemask spraysing disinfectant in the stands, amid concerns of the Covid-19 spread at the Hang Day stadium in Hanoi on Friday (March 6). Vietnam will launch a credit package worth 250 trillion Vietnamese dong (US$11bil) to support those affected by the outbreak, according to a directive approved by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday. - AFP

HANOI: Vietnam will launch a credit package worth 250 trillion Vietnamese dong (US$11bil) to support those affected by the Covid-19 outbreak, according to a directive approved by Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on Friday (March 6).

This is among several initiatives to support businesses to cope with difficulties and to ensure social security in response to the outbreak, said the directive.