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Tighter measures have been implemented to prevent the spread of the virus in HCM City. Passengers at Tan Son Nhat Airport and Saigon Station have been asked to fill in medical declarations and had body temperature taken. Starting from April 4, the city authorities will also test all passengers. According to the city Centre for Disease Control, about 400 people at Tan Son Nhat Airport are tested every day. When more passengers arrive at Tan Son Nhat Airport, they will be quarantined and tested later. Similar measures will also be taken at the train stations. Passengers will be quarantined until their tests come back negative. The authorities have set up 62 checkpoints leading to the city to limit travel via road, rail and water. 16 main checkpoints and 46 sub-checkpoints will help monitor the number of people arrive in the city at the airport, stations and ports. Employees from the Department of Public Security, Department of Health, Department of Transport, City Food Safety … [Read more...] about Arrivals in HCM City to be tested for SARS-CoV-2

Highly-skilled and trained employees account for 81 percent of total demand, the centre said. Most of the new jobs are expected to be in e-commerce, IT, administration, healthcare, online consulting services, marketing, food processing, shipping services, textiles, fintech, and online entertainment. Falmi Director Tran Thi Thanh Truc said that if the COVID-19 pandemic continues in the long term it will lead to a shortage of raw materials for production and difficulties regarding consumption. Large and labour-intensive companies are striving to maintain operations but their raw material reserves are only sufficient for production in March or to mid-April. Many businesses have suspended their recruitment plans or narrowed production and business, she added. Through previous surveys at 4,875 enterprises in HCM City, Falmi found that an estimated 65,000 employees were needed in the first quarter but there were only 29,000 workers seeking employment. Truc added that human resources … [Read more...] about HCM City in need of fewer workers in Q2

HCM City (VNS/VNA) - Firms in Ho Chi Minh City have prepared nutritious meals for front-line doctors and nurses participating in the fight against the COVID-19 epidemic. According to a representative of GS25, Truong Thi Tuyet Mai, GS25 has offered food portions to the HCM City Hospital for Tropical Diseases since March 23 and District 7 Hospital since April 1. About 115 food portions are sent to HCM City Hospital for Tropical Disease at 8pm daily, while 30 are sent to District 7 Hospital at 7.20am. The menu is changed every day to ensure hearty yet delicious food portions for the front-line medical force. “At this time, doctors and nurses need quality food so that they have enough strength to keep up the hard work and provide the best treatment for all patients. Taking great care of doctors and nurses is not simply an act of empathy but also our responsibility,” Mai said. Since many business firms in HCM City are doing the same meaningful action, GS25 is merely … [Read more...] about Firms donate food for frontline medical force

In these circumstances, real estate research firm CBRE Viet Nam told local media the lack of cold storage units was an opportunity for the industry. The growth of online sales and multi-channel retail could be an advantage for firms with cold storage units near metropolitan areas. … [Read more...] about Cold storage demand surges during COVID-19

The Vietnam International Commercial Joint Stock Bank (VIB) was the first bank to announce interest rate support for existing loans, starting from April 1 this year. Specifically, VIB will continue to expand its interest rate support package with a discount from 0.5- 2 percentage points over six months to all existing customers. … [Read more...] about COVID-19 affected firms gain access to $695 million low interest loans