Accordingly, the provincial leader urged organization to promptly implement measures to strictly manage the foreigners working in the area, especially amid current complicated development of Covid-19 pandemic.

Sojo Bac Giang hotel is used as quarantined site.

Firstly, the provincial Public Security reviews all foreign labourers who are granted immigration license and now working for enterprises, organizations and individuals in the province; prevents any illegal entrant to work in the area; enhances strict management of foreigners working and temporarily residing at the provinces or those working in other provinces, cities and lodging in Bac Giang area or those working in Ba Giang province but lodging in other localities. The result should be sent to Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs (DoLISA) to summarize before May 24, 2021.

Secondly, the People’s Committee in the districts and city seriously control over the foreigners working and lodging in the area, those working in other provinces, cities and lodging in the area or those working in Ba Giang province but lodging in other localities.

The local authority should timely detect and seriously punish the foreigners working at the local businesses and producers without work permit or exempt certificate then supply the information to DoLISA and Public Security for joint settlement.

The local authority enhances to instruct and inspect the disease prevention and control in the local enterprises employing foreigners to ensure that they strictly follow 5K requirement (Khau trang" (face mask) - "Khu khuan" (disinfection) - "Khoang cach" (distance) - "Khong tu tap" (no gathering) - "Khai bao y te" (health declaration) and regulation from health sector while strongly stopping and punishing the facilities and businesses who fail to meet the safety regulation.

Thirdly, DoLISA and provincial Industrial Park Management Board should seriously issue work permit to foreigners working in the province in line with the condition, procedure regulated at Government’s Decree No.152/2020/ND-CP on December 30, 2020 and Clause 1 of Article 152 of Labour Law in 2019.

"Triple" tasks from Covid-19 epicenter of Viet Yen

(BGO) - In the "Covid-19 epicenter" of Viet Yen district (Bac Giang province), at this time, agencies and units are focusing highly on performing the "triple" tasks: ensuring the safety of the general elections, preventing and controlling Covid-19, and taking care of the lives of people and workers in quarantined and locked down areas.

3.2 million USD donated to Bac Giang province for Covid-19 fight

(BGO) – On May 19,  Lieutenant General Duong Dinh Thong, Political Commissar of Military Zone 1 handed over 500 million VND (21,600 USD) to Bac Giang province for local task of Covid-19 prevention and control. Secretary of the provincial Party Committee (PPC) Duong Van Thai and leader of the provincial Fatherland Front Committee (FFC) received the donation.

Military set up two Covid-19 treatment hospitals in Bac Giang, Bac Ninh

The military are urgently setting up two temporary hospitals to provide care for Covid-19 patients in the northern provinces of Bac Ninh and Bac Giang, which are the two provinces affected the worst by the current Covid-19 resurgence in Vietnam, on May 19 afternoon.

Organization and individuals donate nearly 40 billion VND to Bac Giang in Covid-19 fight

(BGO) – Several businesses, localities and agencies on May 17 donated cash and medical supplies to Bac Giang province for Covid-19 prevention and control.

Creative idea to establish food supply – demand linkage group amid Covid-19 pandemic

(BGO) - Vietnamese people always show great solidarity and alliance of compassion in difficult periods of natural disasters and Covid-19 pandemic. However, inconsistent assistance may cause redundancy in some places and still shortage in others. Director of Bagico Joint Stock Company (Bagico) Nguyen Thi Thanh Thuc suggested to establish food supply – demand linkage group in Viet Yen district.