Vietnam Says 31.8 Million Citizens Economically Hurt by Virus

About 31.8 million Vietnamese have suffered economically this year through September because of the coronavirus epidemic, according to a survey by the General Statistics Office.

Their setbacks range from lost jobs and furloughs to reduced working hours, it said. As a result the nation's labor force has shrunk by 1.2 million workers to 54.4 million during the period.

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