The services include applications for financial support for citizens whose jobs have been impacted by the coronavirus, with a maximum of VND1.8 million per month for three months on offer.

The elderly in Long An Province receive assistance from the Government's Covid-19 relief package.

They also feature loans applications for employers to pay wages, registering for tax payment deadline extensions, suspending payment to retirement and survivor funds and receiving reports and requests related to Covid-19 assistance.

Minister and Chairman of the Government Office Mai Tien Dung said the new services would assist 4 million labourers and employers affected by the pandemic and shorten the waiting time for receiving the support compared to applying offline by six to 10 days.

Through reports and requests from individuals and enterprises, the public services will assist the Vietnam Fatherland Front to supervise the State’s C-19 relief package.

Dung asked service-providing ministries and agencies to work together to monitor the administrative procedures.

He highlighted the need to remove unnecessary licences and barriers so individuals and enterprises just need to register once and do not need to bring licences to offices for administrative procedures.

The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs has ordered People’s Committees at provincial and city levels to step up dissemination to the public on the State’s Covid-19 relief package and address their applications through the national public service portal.

Localities have also been asked to pay out financial support via bank accounts.

The national public service portal at dichvucong.gov.vn is an electronic platform connecting the Government with people and enterprises. It publicises information regarding administrative procedures and provides public services.

Since it was launched in early December last year, the portal has so far provided 389 services (160 for individuals and 229 for businesses).

Online public services help save nearly VND6.5 trillion (US$282.6 million) per year.

The Government public service portal itself helps save more than VND3 trillion ($130.5 million) per year.

Portal to support SMEs in Hanoi launched

The Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SME) Support Centre under the Hanoi Department of Planning and Investment has officially put into operation a portal to support businesses at hotrodoanhnghiep.hanoi.gov.vn.

National public service portal's preliminary results

National public service portal will offer at least 30% of essential public services in 2020.

13,700 users connect to Bac Giang public administrative portal on Zalo

(BGO) – According to the Bac Giang provincial Public Administrative Center (PAC), 13,700 civilians and enterprises have connected and interacted to the Public Administrative Portal on Zalo application to search for information, transaction and reflect the proposals in handling the administrative procedure.

Bac Ninh launches smart tourism portal

The Department of Culture, Sports and Tourism of the northern Bac Ninh province inaugurated the province’s smart tourism portal at http://mybacninh.vn on January 2.

Over 4,100 papers submitted online to national portal

Over 4,100 papers have been submitted online to the national public service portal since its launch on December 9, accounting for 19 percent of the total.

Source: VNS