Photo: From left to right: Ms. Vu Thi Quynh Hoa, National Director, Oxfam in Vietnam - Ms. Le Kim Dung, Country Director of CARE International in Vietnam - Ms. Tredene Dobson, New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam - Mr. Nguyen Minh Vu, Permanent Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam - Ms. Rana Flowers, Chief Representative of UNICEF Viet Nam

On the afternoon of 11th May, The New Zealand Ambassador to Vietnam, H.E. Tredene Dobson, and Vice Minister of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs Nguyen Minh Vu announced a NZ$2million contribution from Aotearoa New Zealand to support Vietnam’s recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic. The project will include NZ$1 million for medical equipment, provided through UNICEF Vietnam, and NZ$1 million for community level economic recovery support through CARE International and Oxfam in Vietnam. 

In this project, Oxfam  and partners will support job skill trainings and financial assistance for at least 2,300 informal workers such as street vendors, small family business shops, lottery ticket sellers, etc. in Ho Chi Minh City and Binh Duong province for them to build their livelihood resilience. We will focus on helping women and people with disabilities as they are the most affected by COVID-19. 

This component continues the relief activities funded by the Embassy of New Zealand through Oxfam in Vietnam and its partners at the peak of the COVID-19 epidemic in 2021.

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Studies on the impact of COVID-19 on the lives of Vietnamese people, including a study conducted by Social Life in 2021 with the support of Oxfam in Vietnam, show that female migrant workers work in the informal sector were hit the hardest hit by COVID-19 pandemic. They suffer from multi-dimensional impacts, from employment, income, health, health, and psychology. Losing income when the gap between July and September 2021 makes them suffer from complex injuries and psychological trauma due to loss of income, poverty, and new epidemics. Most of them find it difficult to switch to another profession.