By November 1, 1,342 out of 1,412 businesses in local industrial parks and export processing zones had registered for operation again. In Saigon Hi-tech Park alone, all 88 enterprises with 145,000 workers have resumed their operations.
Around 95 percent of enterprises in HCM City have registered for the resumption of operations
Meanwhile, some 6,500 companies located outside the city’s industrial parks and export processing zones have also been reopened.
The information was given by Nguyen Thi Kim Ngoc, deputy director of the HCM City Department of Industry and Trade at a press conference about the Covid-19 pandemic in the city on November 1.
Pham Duc Hai, deputy head of the HCM City Covid-19 Steering Board for Covid-19 Prevention and Control said that the city’s rate of low-risk Covid-19 infection areas (green zones) now accounts for 45 percent.
Specifically, districts 3, 11 and 12 and the districts of Binh Tan, Binh Thanh, Phu Nhuan, Binh Chanh, Nha Be and Hoc Moon have medium risks (yellow zones). Meanwhile, Thu Duc and other 12 remaining districts have the low risk areas (green zones).
To date, over 445,000 out of the city’s 780,000 children aged 12-17 have been vaccinated against Covid-19.
