Da Nang Hi-Tech Park maintained production when the city was locked town for nearly one-month. (Photo courtesy of Long Hau Corporation)At least 137 businesses have kept a ‘three-on-site’ policy with a totallabour force of 11,000 workers, who have been COVID tested everythree days since the lockdown started.
The Head of the Da Nang Hi-tech Park and Industrial Zones Authority (DaNang HPIZA), Pham Truong Son said more than 8,000 workers of 106 businesses hadbeen given regular tests.
He said 70 percent of 55,000 workers had received their first vaccineshots, and the second shot programme had been planned.
Sơn said Hoa Khanh Industrial Zone was seen largest with 41enterprises and 5,500 three-on-site workers.
He said businesses at industrial zones and industrialparks needed at least 50 or 60 percent of workers on-site rather than30 percent as per COVID-19 regulations required by the city’sauthorities during lockdown.
“Ensuring three-on-site working status in prevention of the coronaviruswas really a hard job for all businesses at industrial zones andindustrial parks, while limiting road travelling permissions among workers andvehicles as well as logistics and food supplying added more difficulties,” Sonsaid.
“Businesses have asked for one test every week among 20 percent of totalworkers in reducing cost for them. They also need one-day off for 30 percent ofthree-on-site workers, for health recovery,” Son said.
“The city should allow at least one logistics carrier remaining servicefor providing international payment invoices for B2B and banks. Morefood and logistics supplies are needed for labour forces at factories.”
Despite difficulties of lockdown and social distancing regulations, the DaNang’s Information Technology Park JSC has planned the first export cargoof printed circuit boards and electronic components for the US marketlater this year.
General Director of Da Nang’s Information Technology Park Nguyen Anh Huysaid production of the first surface-mount technology factories hadremained at Da Nang Hi-Tech Park since early this year.
Executive Director of the Sunshine Aerospace Components Factory of theUniversal Alloy Corporation – a leading global manufacturer of aircraftcomponents for aerospace companies – from the US, Liviu Lese said the firstsample cargo had already been sent to a partner in the US.
He said COVID-19 had created many difficulties in productionprogress at the factory since it was put into operation from March 2020.
The Da Nang-based factory will be a sole-source supplier producing over5,000 unique aerospace components for Boeing aircraft.
According to a report from Da Nang HPIZA, six industrial zones andhi-tech parks earn an annual revenue of 2.5 billion USD, of which more than 1billion USD comes from exports, contributing to 25 percent of thecity's budget.
Da Nang HPIZA has urged the city to speed up vaccination programmesfor production recovery as well as resuming exports soon.
The city has been boosting investment from the Middle East, and callingfor investment in the first Pharma Park in Vietnam from 30 pharmaceuticalproduction companies in India./.
VNA
