HCMC SUSPENDS NON-URGENT PRODUCTION AND BUSINESS ACTIVITIES
The Directive No. 12-CT/TU on strengthening a number of measures to implement the Prime Minister’s Directive No. 16/CT-TTg, on implementing urgent measures to prevent and control the COVID-19 pandemic, in the City is promulgated on July 22, 2021 by Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) Party Committee.
Accordingly, HCMC Party Committee requests to suspend production and business activities and activities of construction sites, construction and traffic works that are not really urgent. Banks and securities companies must operate at the level of maintaining capacity in order to provide necessary services in a timely manner; branches or transaction offices may operate alternately, arrange personnel to work directly in shifts, but must strictly observe social distancing requirements.
Only essential service businesses in health care, pharmaceuticals, food and foodstuffs, providing meals for hospitals, quarantine areas, and treatment areas; providing electricity, water, gas, postal, telecommunications, public sanitation, transportation of essential goods;
State treasury, funeral services and a number of other essential services as regulated by competent authorities may operate according to service requirements but must ensure safety. Other production enterprises may operate only when satisfying conditions on ensuring safety, strictly complying with the “three on site” and “one road with two destinations” principles; any enterprises failing to ensure the pandemic prevention and control shall be suspended from operation and strictly handled.
Besides, traditional markets are only allowed to operate under a new model, with strict regulations and controls, ensuring an open, airy space. A barrier between buyers and sellers must be installed, prices must be listed, and pre-packed bags are encouraged. Social distancing requirements must be strictly complied with; only trading in food, foodstuffs and essential goods is allowed and their scale shall be reduced to about 30%; business households must operate alternately on even and odd days to minimize the number of people interacting.
