More than 230,500 workers, or 80% of the total number, have returned to work. Notably, the rate hit 95-100% at some factories.

Nearly 96% of firms in Ho Chi Minh City's IPs resume operations after social distancing.

Businesses are currently recruiting more labourers, HEPZA Director Hua Quoc Hung said, adding that many factories are stepping up operations to meet demand and handle orders of their partners at home and abroad, particularly those in the year-end months.

The number of workers at the processing and industrial zones of the southern hub fully vaccinated against Covid-19 has reached 94.4% so far, showing that the city’s workforce has met requirements to bolster operations and production in the new normal.

The firms also stopped operating in the ‘three-on-site’ and ‘one route-two destinations’ models while continuing to apply Covid-19 prevention and control measures in the new normal and boost economic recovery.

Earlier, HEPZA set up a temporary concentrated quarantine establishment at a research facility of the Institute of High Technology at the Ho Chi Minh City University of Technology (HUTECH). The facility is designed to receive Covid-19 patients with mild symptoms or asymptomatic patients.

There are two other quarantine sites at Thu Duc city’s Linh Trung 2 processing zone and Cu Chi district’s Dong Nam industrial park.

Bac Giang adjusts screening test for labours in industrial production businesses

(BGO) – Basing on local Covid-19 situation in Bac Giang province, the Steering Committee for assisting business in production development and disease prevention on October 16 issued document to adjust the SARS-CoV-2 screening test by RT-PCR for labours at industrial production companies in the province.

Luc Ngan receives study supporting devices from sponsor businesses

(BGO) – On October 26, representative of Vina Solar Technology Company Limited and Vina Cell Technology Co.,Ltd in Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province) visited and sponsored study supporting devices to Luc Ngan district.

Public Administration Service Center focuses on improving PCI ranking, creating favorable conditions for businesses

(BGO) - In order to contribute to improving the province’s competitiveness and  investment attraction, over the past time, the provincial Public Administration Service Center has actively coordinated with departments and agencies to promote administrative reform, remove difficulties and create favorable conditions for enterprises to develop production and business.

Government vows to create favourable conditions for production and business activities

The Government is urgently devising measures to provide guidance on safe, flexible adaptation to as well as effective control of the Covid-19 pandemic, while also creating favourable conditions for production and business activities and ensuring pandemic prevention and control safety.

Loans offered to 68 business owners to pay for salary in production recovery and severance

(BGO) - The Bac Giang branch of Social Policy Bank has disbursed over 4.8 billion VND (210,986 USD) as the loan for four businesses to pay for salary in production recovery and severance to 1,049 labours in line with the Government’s Resolution No.68 on July 1, 2021 and PM’s Decision No.23 on July 7, 2021 about implementation of policies to support employers and employees affected by Covid-19 pandemic.

Source: NDO/VNA