Local authorities should provide guidelines to businesses on suitable strategies to prevent Covid-19 while remaining open, it said.

Workers process cashew nuts in a factory in the southern province of Long An.

The ministry has admitted the model worked in the northern provinces of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh but has not been very effective in the south.

Companies that kept their workers on-site for the last few weeks have said increased stipends for workers and setting up accommodation sent costs skyrocketing, while employees have complained about homesickness and asked to go home.

The ministry requires companies with stay-at-work to test 20 percent of its employees if no Covid cases have been found, and 50 percent if they have.

There are around 600 companies that are currently applying the stay-at-work model in Ho Chi Minh City, where 137,000 Covid-19 cases have been confirmed since April 27.

Government always accompanies businesses amid Covid-19: PM

The Government always accompanies businesses and strives to seek solutions to remove difficulties facing the business community amid the Covid-19 pandemic, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has said.

Switzerland offers Vietnam nearly US$80 million for business climate improvement

The Swiss Government will provide CHF70 million (nearly US$80 million) to help Vietnam improve its business climate and boost its private sector’s competitiveness, according to a cooperation programme between the two countries for 2021-2024, which was announced at a virtual ceremony on August 6.

Export businesses speed up production, ensure safety against pandemic

(BGO)- Thanks to the good implementation of the "dual goals" of both fighting the pandemic and promoting production, in July 2021, the export value of Bac Giang province was estimated at 885 million USD, a surge of 79.8 percent year-on-year.  

Businessman develops oxygen ATMs to help HCMC Covid patients

An entrepreneur who invented “rice ATMs” in Ho Chi Minh City is continuing his mission to help the needy by setting up “oxygen ATMs” for Covid-19 patients.

Businesses in industrial parks basically regain normal capacity

(BGO) – As of August 4, 369 businesses in 6 industrial parks (IP) in Bac Giang province resumed operation, accounting for 100 percent, reported the provincial IP Management Board (IPMB).

Source: VnExpress