Nguyen Van Lam, Deputy Director of the HCM City Department of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, told a regular meeting on Covid-19 control and economic recovery on February 10 that a number of enterprises have secured orders until July and issued policies to keep employees.

Workers at a factory in Ho Chi Minh City.

The southern economic hub would need around 30,000 labourers after Tet, mainly to serve trade, technology, information, garment-textile, food and foodstuff sectors, he said.

Tran Ngoc Trung, Standing Vice Chairman of the HCM City Federation of Labour, said the ratio of returning workers is higher than that in the previous years.

More than 86 percent of workers have got the third jab of Covid-19 vaccines, and the rate even stands at 96 percent in industrial parks, he noted.

At the meeting, the municipal Department of Education and Training also reported that students from the seventh to 12th grades had resumed in-person learning at school, and preparations are underway to reopen school for primary students and sixth graders on February 14.

The city will reopen more schools from March 1 depending on the latest situation.

Regarding the Covid-19 situation, the Health Department said the number of infections rose slightly after the holiday, with 242 cases detected on February 10. Omicron cases remain at 92 with no fatalities.

The caseload would increase in the coming time but serious cases and deaths would not rise, even decreasing thanks to good treatment, said Nguyen Thi Huynh Mai, Chief of Office of the Health Department.

The city will shut down three temporary Covid-19 treatment hospitals, which were diverted from resettlement buildings.

The local health sector has also set out a plan to vaccinate children aged from 5-11, and will coordinate with relevant agencies to make lists of children, and set up emergency teams to ensure safety during the vaccination.

The city currently has 88 Covid-19 patients in critical conditions, including 13 on ECMO support. On February 9, 97 Covid-19 patients were hospitalised, 39 discharged from hospital and four died. As of 6pm February 9, a total of 618 Covid-19 patients were being treated at hospital, including 35 under-16 children.

Bac Giang provincial Standing Vice Secretary presents Tet gifts to workers

(BGO) – On January 21, the Trade Union at Bac Giang provincial industrial park joined hands with Newwing Interconnect Technology Bac Giang Company Limited in Van Trung industrial park to organize “2022 Reunion Tet – Peace Spring” programme with the participation of Le Thi Thu Hong, Standing Vice Secretary of the provincial Party Committee (PPC), Chairwoman of the provincial People’s Council. 

Supporting workers to celebrate Tet

(BGO) - In order to protect their health, this Lunar New Year (Tet) holiday, many foreign workers working in Bac Giang have stayed at boarding houses to welcome the new year. Paying attention to workers' lives, trade unions at all levels, businesses and localities have focused their resources to support and encourage them to enjoy spring and celebrate Tet.

Bac Giang approves for Detail Plan to build worker apartment for Hoa Phu IP

(BGO) – The People’s Committee in Bac Giang province has issued Decision to approve for the Detail Plan to build worker apartment to serve Hoa Phu industrial park (IP) in Hiep Hoa district (1/500 ratio).

Bac Giang strives to cover 80 percent of IP workers with third Covid-19 vaccine shot by late January

(BGO) – According to the Industrial Park Management Board (IPMB), Bac Giang now has 385 operating companies in the industrial parks (IP) with more than 190,000 labours, 98.57 percent and 97.95 percent of whom received one and two vaccine shot respectively.

Warm Tet for workers and the poor

(BGO) – To help every family enjoy the biggest traditional festival of the year, Tan Yen district (Bac Giang province) has actively launched various programmes to care for impoverished workers and the poor on Tet occasion. After a difficult year with severe impacts of disease, the task is highly focused and implemented earlier.

Source: NDO/VNA