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As of August 24, there were 10,811 new confirmed cases of new coronary pneumonia and 348 new deaths in Vietnam.

On August 24, according to multiple Taiwan media reports:

The epidemic in Vietnam is severe. The local government ordered that Ho Chi Minh City, the largest city in Vietnam, implemented the "foot-free and lock-down order" on August 23. People are not allowed to leave their homes. This has also continued to affect the local Taiwan-funded shoe factory.

Both Baocheng and Zhiqiang announced that the suspension period of the Vietnam plant was extended to August 31.

Spokesperson of football shoe manufacturer Zhiqiang-KY:

"It’s work stoppage. It’s a complete stoppage. We don’t know exactly when work can start. Of course, they know the brand and have this demand. So they also talk to the local government and the entire Vietnamese government to see what is safer. You can start work again.”

Not only OEMs are worried, but brand customers are even more anxious. They only hope that the local epidemic will be controlled as soon as possible. After the resumption of work, they are expected to work overtime. However, the suspension date continues to extend. The legal person believes that it may put pressure on the operation of related shoe factories in the third quarter.

Footwear giant Baocheng:

Work has been suspended for a month and a half, and no finished shoes can be shipped

He Mingkun, Executive Associate of Baocheng, said that the main customers of Baoyuan shoe factory include Adidas, Asics and Puma.

The current period of suspension of operations has been extended from August 22 to August 31. However, the suspension period of the factory has been one and a half months, so the factory has no finished shoes to ship.

He Mingkun emphasized that the group will temporarily dispatch the customer's original "new orders" produced in Vietnam, and transfer them to Southeast Asian factories in Indonesia and Myanmar.

However, it may be difficult for customers to transfer existing orders that have been mass-produced at the Vietnam factory.

Nike's main factory Winterthur:

The factories in India, Indonesia, and the mainland are fully loaded, and there is no excess capacity for the Vietnamese factory to transfer orders.

Fengtai's Vietnam rich factory, including Dong Nai Dona Victor (DV), Dona Pacihc (DP), Dona Qrient (DO), mold factory Dona Victor Molds (DVM), and Dona Standard (DS) are temporarily suspended The period will be extended from the original August 15 to August 29.

In addition, Fengtai's VungTau Orient (TO) plant has suspended its operation period and extended it to August 25. As for the TO factory's suspension of operation after the expiration of the period, Winterthur will make a decision on whether to extend it according to the information reported by the factory.

Fengtai spokesperson Chen Luqin said that although its Vietnam factory has suspended operations, the finished shoes already produced by the Vietnam factory will be shipped on the date specified by the customers or shipped in small batches.

However, as the orders for shoemaking from its Indonesian factories, Indian factories and mainland factories are all fully loaded, there is currently no excess capacity for the Vietnamese factories to transfer orders.

Football shoes big factory Zhiqiang-ky:

The order from 5 shoe factories has not been cancelled, and there is no stock currently available

Similarly, the football shoe manufacturer Zhiqiang-KY, in order to meet the epidemic prevention requirements of the local Vietnamese government, the suspension period of the five factories in Vietnam, including Zhixiong, Dahua, Zhining, Zhizhong and Dahe, have been extended to August 31. day.

Zhiqiang spokesperson Lou Banlian emphasized that the customer did not cancel the order for shoes made by the company's five factories.

Therefore, after the suspension of operations of the factories, the shipment of finished shoes is only delayed. As for the finished shoes produced by the factories, the shipments are currently out of stock.

The epidemic is severe

Experts advise Vietnam to find money for the people

“Vietnam Express” website issued a statement on the 22nd that in the face of the economic impact of the severe epidemic, some experts in Vietnam pointed out that the government can actually afford more direct COVID-19 relief measures, and that this process should be accelerated to prevent people from fighting. Forced to cut back on food and clothing during the epidemic.

The streets of Vietnam under the epidemic

On August 16, just after the Ho Chi Minh City Government announced that it would extend the social distancing measures for another month to September 15, hundreds of migrant workers tried to return to their hometown on motorcycles, but they were stopped at the epidemic prevention checkpoint and forced to Return because the government is worried that many people will carry and spread the virus.

Many poor people in Vietnam lose their income due to the epidemic

Many migrant workers are trapped in Ho Chi Minh City and do not have the financial resources to overcome the current crisis. The situation in Hanoi is similar, but there are fewer people.

Adam McCarty, chief economist of Mekong Economics Ltd., a consulting firm based in Hanoi, said that the Vietnamese government can and should quickly provide cash to people affected by the new crown through basic administrative units. .