Vinh Long works to support business in local IPs amid COVID-19
The Mekong Delta province of Vinh Long has applied various measures to support pandemic-hit enterprises to recover and develop business and production, especially those in industrial parks.
Vinh Long (VNA) – The Mekong Delta province ofVinh Long has applied various measures to support pandemic-hit enterprises torecover and develop business and production, especially those in industrialparks.
Currently, 40 out of 46 local businesses in Vinh Long industrialparks are applying the “three-on-site” and “two-on-site - green zone” models,with nearly 7,300 workers, accounting for about 16 percent of total labourersworking in local firms.
According to Vice Director of the provincial Department ofPlanning and Investment Luong Trong Nghia, in the coming time, the provincewill consider to allow the firms that have halted their operations orapplied the “three-on-site” models to switch to the “two-on-site - greenzone” model, maintaining 10-25 percent of labourers working on site.
Meanwhile, the province has ensured quick processing ofprocedures supporting foreign experts and labourers to enter the province,while assisting local firms in recruiting and receiving labourers returning towork.
At the same time, Vinh Long has sped up COVID-19 vaccinationamong workers in businesses applying COVID-19 prevention and control models in localindustrial parks. So far, nearly 5,000 labourers have received the firstvaccine shots.
Alongside, the province plans to increase trade promotionactivities, connecting supply-demand sources and assisting local firms inselling goods in e-commerce platforms.
In the first nine months of 2021, businesses in localindustrial parks earned over 14 trillion VND (612.4 million USD) in revenue, up2.81 percent year on year. Their industrial production value hit over 9.62trillion VND (420.86 million USD), a year-on-year rise of 13.58 percent, whiletheir export revenue reached nearly 335 million USD, reaching nearly 70 percentof the yearly target.
According to Pham Thanh Khon, head of the Vinh Long Industrial Park Management Board,local firms have faced many difficulties due to COVID-19 impacts, including theshortage of production materials and labourers, affecting their operations./.
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