Hanoi authorities have exerted best efforts to help enterprises in COVID-19-free zones, or ‘green zones’, maintain operations (Illustrative photo: VNA)Hanoi (VNA) – Hanoi authorities haveexerted the best efforts to help enterprises in COVID-19-free zones, or ‘greenzones’, maintain operations.
The capital city has named three zones in accordance with COVID-19situations as well as its geographical, residential and production traits.
Efforts are being made to firmly maintain ‘green zones’ andgradually turn ‘red zones’ into ‘orange’ and then ‘yellow’ zones and return tothe ‘safe’ status.
Nguyen Van Thuoc, director of a textile accessories firm with 140workers at the Thach That-Quoc Oai industrial park, said that the company hasreceived approval to have 70 percent of its workforce returned to work.
To date, over 90 percent of employees has received COVID-19 jabs, headded.
Head of another textile company in Son Tay township on the outskirts of Hanoi said thatsince late August, local authorities have allowed 500 workers to return towork.
The firm devised plan to have half of its total workers, or1,000, to be at work, which has been submitted to the Son Tay steering board forCOVID-19 prevention and control for consideration.
Many localities in Hanoi have strived to create favourableconditions for firms to maintain operations while complying with COVID-19 preventionand control measures even before they are classified as the ‘green zones’.
Hoai Duc district are home to 3,575 firms and productionfacilities, including 313 firms at 10 industrial clusters, with a total 7,288workers.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of the district Nguyen TrungThuan said that during social distancing, firms at the industrial cluster wishing to maintain operation need to build plans for the 'three on the spot'and 'one route, two destinations' models and submit them to the People’s Committeefor approval.
Some 825 businesses in the district received permission to resumeproduction in August and September.
Similarly, Quoc Oai district is determined to protect its ‘green-zone’status and promptly designs production plans in tandem with COVID-19 preventionand control efforts.
It is home to the Thach That-Quoc Oai industrial parks and the two clustersof Ngoc Liep and Yen Son, with 92 firms in total. The district has allowed 58firms with 1,320 workers to resume operation.
Hanoi has so far had more than 600 ‘green-zones’ for businesses, whichreceive approval from local authorities. The firms are sparing no efforts torealise the twin targets of curbing the spread of COVID-19 and maintainingoperation.
The municipal People’s Committee has permitted 19 district-levellocalities to resume certain services starting 12:00 noon on September 16,given the progress in the COVID-19 fight.
The Hanoi Department of Health said there are 19 district-levellocalities free of community infection cases between 6am on September 6, whenthe capital started applying Directive No. 20/CT-UBND of the municipal People’sCommittee, and 6pm on September 15.
These localities are allowed to reopen some business and serviceestablishments, starting 12:00 noon on September 16, including book andstationery stores; vehicle, electronics, refrigeration, and household appliancerepair services; and takeaway food and drink services.
These establishments must be closed before 9pm every day.
The Hanoi administration requested the establishments to operateunder local authorities’ monitoring and examination and carry out all regulatedanti-pandemic measures, including ordering their staff to make healthdeclaration and comply with the 5K principle, asking customers to scan QRcodes, frequently disinfecting their establishments, and minimising directcontact.
The municipal Health Department also told the district-levelPeople’s Committees to align anti-COVID-19 measures with the situation in theirlocalities.
It noted that Hanoi has basically put the outbreak under controlas the number of community infections has declined over the last three weeks.It has basically completed mass testing citywide and administered the firstshot of COVID-19 vaccine to almost all people in the targeted group.
The hashtag ‘green zone’, or ‘safe zone’, has increased inpopularity over recent days and reflects the determination of many localitiesto control the ongoing fourth wave of COVID-19 around Vietnam. Setting up moresuch “green zones” to fight the pandemic is an effective measure to prevent thevirus from spreading./.
