Safety screens installed at dining tables to prevent COVID-19 infection at a company at the Tan Thuan Export Processing Zone in HCM City’s District 7 (Photo: HEPZA)HCM City (VNS/VNA) – Ho Chi Minh City has begun to implement a numberof measures to gradually revive business activities post-social distancingnecessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the city People’s Committee, said someessential activities that involve less risk would resume gradually, withsmall-scale businesses in low-risk sectors reopening on a trial basis first andthen large ones.
The city would then review, evaluate and expand, he said.
Depending on the trajectory of the pandemic, the city would adjust the trialperiod.
The city has also approved a plan to support businesses affected by theoutbreak through this year, with a focus on enabling them to ensure productionin a safe environment, cut costs, improve production and trading technologies,and generally revive things.
Many businesses in the city have also taken measures to safeguard theiremployees’ health and prevent the spread of the disease.
Huynh Van Tuan, Chairman of the trade union of the HCM City Export ProcessingZone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA), said more than 640 companiescarried out an assessment of infection risk based on indicators issued by cityauthorities, and most rated their risk at less than 50 percent.
HEPZA has set up a committee to verify their assessment and ensure thecompanies apply safety measures to protect their workers such as insisting onface masks and checking workers for fever at the gate, he said.
They have rescheduled shifts and meal timings to prevent crowding and installedsafety screens at dining tables, he said.
Despite facing difficulties due to the pandemic, the city sustained a certainlevel of production and business in the first quarter. Exports grew by 7.5 percentto over 9.85 billion USD, with the electronics and computer segments drivingthe growth.
ICT e-commerce platform
The HCM City Computer Association and its member businesses have launched ane-commerce platform for the information and communications technology sector athttp://dichvusotphcm.vn/.
Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Director of the city Department of Information andCommunications, said the platform, still being improved, would at first meetbusiness matching demand from businesses.
Over a longer term it would play an important role in enabling ICT enterprisesacross the country to enhance connections and boost e-commerce sales, he said.
Businesses do not have to pay a fee to post their product information on the portal./.
Nguyen Thanh Phong, Chairman of the city People’s Committee, said someessential activities that involve less risk would resume gradually, withsmall-scale businesses in low-risk sectors reopening on a trial basis first andthen large ones.
The city would then review, evaluate and expand, he said.
Depending on the trajectory of the pandemic, the city would adjust the trialperiod.
The city has also approved a plan to support businesses affected by theoutbreak through this year, with a focus on enabling them to ensure productionin a safe environment, cut costs, improve production and trading technologies,and generally revive things.
Many businesses in the city have also taken measures to safeguard theiremployees’ health and prevent the spread of the disease.
Huynh Van Tuan, Chairman of the trade union of the HCM City Export ProcessingZone and Industrial Park Authority (HEPZA), said more than 640 companiescarried out an assessment of infection risk based on indicators issued by cityauthorities, and most rated their risk at less than 50 percent.
HEPZA has set up a committee to verify their assessment and ensure thecompanies apply safety measures to protect their workers such as insisting onface masks and checking workers for fever at the gate, he said.
They have rescheduled shifts and meal timings to prevent crowding and installedsafety screens at dining tables, he said.
Despite facing difficulties due to the pandemic, the city sustained a certainlevel of production and business in the first quarter. Exports grew by 7.5 percentto over 9.85 billion USD, with the electronics and computer segments drivingthe growth.
ICT e-commerce platform
The HCM City Computer Association and its member businesses have launched ane-commerce platform for the information and communications technology sector athttp://dichvusotphcm.vn/.
Le Quoc Cuong, Deputy Director of the city Department of Information andCommunications, said the platform, still being improved, would at first meetbusiness matching demand from businesses.
Over a longer term it would play an important role in enabling ICT enterprisesacross the country to enhance connections and boost e-commerce sales, he said.
Businesses do not have to pay a fee to post their product information on the portal./.
VNA
