More than 130,000 tonnes of rice from national reserve proposed to help pandemic-hit people

HÀ NỘI – More than  八. 六 million people in  二 四 provinces and cities in Việt Nam need emergency food relief due to the impacts of the COVID- 一 九 pandemic, according to the Ministry of Labour, Invalid and Social Affairs.

The ministry has proposed the Prime Minister take more than  一 三0,000 tonnes of rice from the national reserve to allocate to the affected people.

If the proposal is approved, each beneficiary will get  一 五 kilos for a month.

Further support will be considered if difficulties caused by the pandemic continue.

According to the ministry, the fourth wave of COVID- 一 九 in Việt Nam seriously affected people’s lives, especially laid-off workers or those who lost their jobs and had their incomes reduced, making them face the increasing threat of hunger.

The ministry received reports from  二 四 provinces and cities that are implementing social distancing orders under the Prime Minister’s Directive  一 六. The  二 四 localities have asked for a total of more than  二 一 六, 六00 tonnes of rice to support over  八. 六 million people.

Of that, Đắk Lắk asked for  五 三 四. 三 tonnes for  三 五, 六 二 六 people; Đắk Nông  五 七 七. 一 tonnes for  三 八, 四 七 四 people; Đồng Tháp over  五, 八 八 三 tonnes for  三 九 二, 二 三 一 people; and Tây Ninh  三 三 六. 二 tonnes for  二 二, 四 一 七 people.

The southernmost province of Cà Mau asked for over  二, 八 六 二 tonnes for  一 九0, 八 二 二 people; Vĩnh Long  二, 一0 三 tonnes for  一 四0, 二 一 三 people; Long An  八0 七 tonnes for  五 三, 八00 people; Kiên Giang  二, 二 七 八 tonnes for  一 五 一, 八 七 八 people; and Trà Vinh  一, 七 三 九 tonnes for  一 一 五, 九 三0 people.

On August  一 六, Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính agreed to distribute more than  四, 一 一 七 tonnes of rice from national reserves to support pandemic-hit people in three provinces of Bình Phước, Bạc Liêu and Sóc Trăng. VNS