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On July 16, the Vietnamese media reported:

Changshin Vietnam, which has more than 42,000 workers in Dong Nai province, had to stop production when it detected 60 positive cases.

Changshin Vietnam Company is located in Thanh Phu, Vinh Cuu District (adjacent to Tan Phong and Trang Dai Districts in Bien Hoa City), specializing in the production of export shoes.

Screenshots of Vietnamese media reports

At present, the company has given workers a temporary rest until July 19 to organize testing, disinfection sprays, and coordinate with relevant departments to track and screen F0, F1 and F2 cases.

Vietnam's epidemic prevention requires workers to eat and live in the factory

Mosquito nets on mats in Taiwanese shops

On the 13th, the competent authority of Ho Chi Minh City required companies to have the ability to allow employees to "eat and live at the factory" or to pick up and drop off workers at "two points and one line" before they can continue operations. Otherwise, get off work will be suspended from the 15th; Long An province also has similar regulations , And implemented on the 13th as soon as possible.

The shoe material supplier Changyong has factories in Ho Chi Minh City and Long An province. The chairman of Changyong Company and the chairman of the Taiwan Chamber of Commerce in Ho Chi Minh City, Yuan Jifan, said that upon hearing the policy, he immediately purchased thousands of summer mats and mosquito nets. To ensure that key units can continue to produce.

Yuan Jifan pointed out that because the factory occupies a large area, foreign-funded enterprises have transformed conference halls, social halls, and auditoriums into temporary dormitories. In order to stand on the front line to "stabilize the heart of the army," he also went to live in a factory in Long An province and spent half a month in the factory "isolated life" with more than 600 employees.

Chen Xinming, chairman of Xinhai Aquatic Products Co., Ltd., which is engaged in aquatic products processing in Long An Province, said that in order to arrange for 200 employees to live in the factory, he also freed up his office and activity space. "The factory is disinfected every two days, and employees go to work throughout the entire process. wear mask."

Vietnam epidemic worsens

Supply chain may return to the mainland

At present, the Indonesian epidemic has been out of control, and Vietnam has also affected production capacity due to the epidemic. Not only has the footwear industry leader Baocheng and the textile manufacturer Ruhong have been affected by the suspension, even the Saigon high-tech park has also been reported to be closed, and some Samsung Electronics factories have suspended operations. Several organizations issued a report warning that if emerging markets cannot contain the epidemic in the next few months, it may harm the local economy and exacerbate global supply chain challenges.

The new crown variant virus is coming violently. After India, the epidemic in Southeast Asia continues to worsen. Among them, Vietnam, which is recognized as the beneficiary of the US-China trade war, faces the worst situation since the outbreak, and many Vietnamese foreign investors are nervous.

The US-China trade war originally prompted companies to move their supply chains out of the mainland, but the resurgence of the epidemic, seeing that mainland China is properly controlled, may reverse the trend of manufacturing exodus.

At present, Taiwanese factories in Vietnam, apart from the leading companies Baocheng and Ruhong, have reported suspension of work to cooperate with the epidemic. Vietnamese Taiwanese businessmen have confirmed that many local shoe factories have been required to stop work, and the number of confirmed cases per day is as high as two to three thousand. Going home on vacation accelerated the spread of the epidemic.

In addition to the Taiwan factory, the Saigon High-Tech Park also reported that some of the Samsung Electronics factories in the park have suspended operations, which has affected the local operations of Nidec, Intel and other companies in the United States.