FDI enterprises in Vinh Phuc active in fighting Covid-19
Amidst the complicated developments of the acute respiratory disease caused by novel coronavirus, many foreign-invested enterprises in Vinh Phuc province, where 11 out of 16 Covid-19 cases in Vietnam have been confirmed, have taken measures to curb the virus spread, ensuring labourers’ health.
The wholly foreign invested Compal Vietnam Limited Company in Ba Thien 1, Binh Xuyen district employs 500 workers.
After the epidemic was announced, the company has encouraged all workers to wear face masks and wash their hands with alcohol-based hand sanitizer. It has also measured workers, officials and experts’ body temperature every day.
The company has also quarantined 15 workers residing in Son Loi commune, Binh Xuyen district, the epidemic epicenter while still paying full monthly salary for them and sending medical staff to check their health./.
The central city of Da Nang has quarantined two Vietnamese people as they showed signs of fever after returning from the Republic of Korea (RoK) and northern Vinh Phuc province, which reported many cases of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) infections.
The Airports Corporation of Vietnam (ACV) expects profit this year will reach just 1.7 trillion VND (73.4 million USD), a decrease of more than 6 trillion VND compared to the year’s forecast, due to the effect of COVID-19.
Vietnam has full capacity and enough kits to perform diagnostic tests for the virus SARS-CoV2 that causes COVID-19, said Deputy Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long in a meeting on February 24.
The Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (MoLISA) is taking various measures to ensure interests of Vietnamese labourers working abroad, especially in such large markets as the Republic of Korea (RoK), Japan and Taiwan (China), in the face of COVID-19 outbreaks there.
Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc on February 24 ordered authorities to exert efforts so as to keep the spread of the acute respiratory disease caused by the SARS-Cov-2 (COVID-19) from impacting Vietnam.
Up to 260 carriages with tens of thousands of tonnes of exports and imports have passed Dong Dang International Railway Station, the northern border province of Lang Son, to and from China since February 4 despite impact of the COVID-19 epidemic.
The national flag carrier Vietnam Airlines has restored some services on domestic and international flights with durations of less than 2.5 hours since February 24, as there have been signs showing COVID-19 has been put under control in Vietnam.