Nearly 1,400 factories under Ho Chi Minh City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (HEPZA) and in the hi-tech park of Thu Duc City have resumed operation, or 92 percent, according to Pham Thanh Truc, deputy head of HEPZA.

Workers seen at Thanh Cong textile factory in Ho Chi Minh City.

As factories have not resumed full operation, they are not mobilizing all their workers. The ratio will increase gradually, he said.

"Factories in industrial hubs are not majorly impacted by the fact that workers return to their hometowns."

This is because companies were still paying their employees with a portion of their salary and 750 companies still imposed onsite manufacturing. These measures kept workers committed to the company.

Before the pandemic, 17 industrial hubs in Ho Chi Minh City had over 320,000 workers in 1,500 factories.

A total 820 were closed due to social distancing as of Sep. 30, plunging 244,000 workers into unemployment.

Bac Giang: Three products recognized as national outstanding industrial rural product

(BGO) – The Ministry of Industry and Trade has issued Decision to recognize 200 national outstanding industrial rural products in 2021, three of which are from Bac Giang province, reported the provincial Department of Industry and Trade.

PM issues directive on restoration of industrial production

Deputy Prime Minister Le Van Thanh on October 3 signed for issuance of a Prime Minister directive on restoring production at industrial production areas amid the Covid-19 pandemic.

21 products nominated as outstanding rural industrial products

(BGO) – The Judge Council for outstanding rural industrial products in Bac Giang province in 2021 (Judge Council) on October 1 met to finalize the outstanding products at provincial level and propose the typical products at regional and national levels.

Five out of six new and expanded industrial parks in Bac Giang submitted to PM’s approval for investment policy in October

(BGO) – According to the provincial Industrial Park Management Board (IPMB), Bac Giang province now has six industrial parks approved by the PM for the investment policy, namely Dinh Tram, Van Trung, Quang Chau, Vietnam – Korea (Viet Yen district), Hoa Phu (Hiep Hoa district), Song Khe – Noi Hoang (Yen Dung district and Bac Giang city).

Bac Giang: Industrial production value up 13.1 percent

(BGO) – The industrial production value (IPV) hit 31,656 billion VND (1.39 billion USD) in September 2021 in Bac Giang province, up 17 percent against last month figure and 207,447 billion VND (9.1 billion USD) in nine months, representing 13.1 percent year on year increase and 60.9 percent of the yearly target.

Source: VnExpress