Enterprises are facing difficulties meeting HCM City's new epidemic prevention requirements on the number of workers allowed in factory operations.

Local businesses are struggling to recruit new employees due to a labour shortage caused by the fourth wave of COVID-19, according to authorities and business leaders.

The Ministry of Transport has drafted a plan to gradually resume public transport activities after many provinces and cities have relaxed social distancing measures.

Dr Tran Dac Phu, former Head of the Preventive Medicine Department, advised Hanoi not to be hasty in granting green cards so that achievements of pandemic prevention can be maintained.

Since the day Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh became the Head of the Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control, there have been some fundamental changes made in the long march to fight the pandemic.

HCM City will gradually reopen economic activities in areas with less risk of COVID-19 infection after September 30.

With Vietnam boosting the inoculation of vaccines for people and support for enterprises to revitalise business and production activities, upcoming updated economic recovery scenarios will make it more favourable for macro monitoring.

Some destinations are ready to reopen to receive travelers, while travel firms are preparing to serve domestic travelers with green cards.

Protecting lives and maintaining economic growth in a careful balancing act, the government’s pace of economic reopening will define Vietnam’s economic outlook and foreign investment prospects.

From September 21, Hanoi has relaxed its anti-epidemic measures, with many activities and services resuming.

Reopening Phu Quoc to receive tourists has proven to be a big challenge.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on Tuesday issued a directive promoting the production, circulation, consumption and export of agricultural products in the context of COVID-19 prevention and control.

It’s unreasonable to close a factory with thousands of workers when only one positive case is found, officials have said.

Hanoi is ready to listen to recommendations and adjust plans for COVID-19 prevention and control as restrictions are eased in the capital city.

The cities and provinces that have controlled Covid outbreaks have reopened some services and received their first travelers.

With the government’s determination to gradually loosen social distancing policies, businesses are eager to build strategies to resume operations as soon and as fully as possible.

The Ministry of Planning and Investment yesterday said the Government should allow enterprises to actively deploy production and business plans suitable with their own circumstance and reconsider the "3-on-site" model due to high operating costs.

Hanoi will loosen social distancing restrictions step by step after September 21 but still ensure the pandemic prevention and control protocols, said Duong Duc Tuan, vice chairman of the municipal People’s Committee.

The HCM City administration has mandated that construction works in low-risk COVID-19 infection areas could resume after September 30 if they meet safety requirements.

Vietnam is advised to carefully operate the vaccine passport programme, which is designed to ensure people’s lives and maintain economic growth.