In active industrial parks (IPs) of Binh Duong, there are nearly 3,000 enterprises with about 500,000 employees. To implement the direction, Provincial Industrial Parks' Management Board has been implementing many solutions to adapt to the new epidemic situation, maintain production and business activities, and assure workers' lives.
Efforts made to control the disease
Bui Minh Tri, Head of Provincial Industrial Parks' Management Board, said that following directions of the Government and the Provincial Party, Management Board of Provincial Industrial Parks is seriously implementing the prevention and control of the Covid-19. To synchronously deploy solutions, direct and instruct enterprises to prevent and control the epidemic outbreak. In particular, to take advantage of information technology application in directing, operating, implementing reporting regimes, continuously update the situation in industrial zones to advise provincial leadership to make the right decisions meeting practical demands.
Production activities of Orion Vina Food Company in My Phuoc 2 Industrial Park.
Accordingly, companies in industrial zones apply IT in tracing cases of F1, F2, F3 through Bluezone, 3G, etc. to perform medical declaration, isolation, sampling and testing, and implement measures according to regulations of the Ministry of Health. To update the list of all workers in industrial zones (name, address, household registration, temporary residence address, phone number etc.) on covid.binhduong.gov.vn helps in quick data tracing. Enterprises proactively assess the risk of disease transmission at workplace, update to the Covid-19 Safety Map, carry out random testing for high-risk workers at lodging houses, dormitories, factories, and is continuing to test all workers. In particular, to maximize the role of Covid safety teams in companies to monitor disease prevention control at companies, on duty 24/7...
In addition to the IT application into contact tracing and spreading control, Provincial Industrial Parks' Management Board continuously inspects and supervises the situation at enterprises; if an enterprise do not ensure safety for disease prevention and control, they are requested to stop their operations. With measures to tighten management, although there are many industrial zones, the number of workers is very large, the Covid-19 situation in concentrated industrial zones is under good control.
Flexible application of the "3 on-site"
In order to cut off the sources of infection in industrial parks, following the direction of provincial leadership, Management Board of Provincial Industrial parks demand companies to assess the safety and implement two options, including: "3 on-site" (eating, resting, manufacturing at factories); “1 road, 2 locations” for workers who use shuttle bus from their accommodation place to the factory. If an enterprise fails to implement either of the above two options, it is required to suspend production and business activities. This is a strong method, the safest measure in the current context in order to ensure the safety of workers and businesses, and to ensure uninterrupted production chains. The province encouraged businesses to support, overcome all difficulties, join hands to realize the "dual goal".
Although difficulties are ahead, most companies in industrial parks are actively arranging accommodations, meals for workers in factories to assure both safe production and effective disease prevention control. Most businesses are well aware that protecting workers is also a solution to protect production and business and show their responsibility towards the community.
According to Tran Hung Dao, Director of Foster Electronics Company (VSIP 2), although the company has many orders and supplement their human resource, but while the Covid-19 situation is extremely complicated, the company define the anti-epidemic goal is their top priority, production development is the second goal. The company tries its best to overcome this difficult period. In the past few days, along with production planning and implementation of disease prevention control plans, the company has carefully arranged accommodation for workers, fully equipped these with essential items. The company also endeavour to overcome difficulties, maintain its operations, and always believe in the solutions of local government to prevent and control the epidemic.
According to Bui Minh Tri, in addition to the anti-epidemic work, Management Board of Provincial Industrial Parks also intensify solutions to solve difficulties and assist enterprises. Drastic disease prevention control measures in industrial zones have been supported by companies and workers unanimously through practical and responsible jobs, contributing to maintaining production and business activities, ensuring the uninterrupted supply chain, to uphold the industrial stronghold of the province.
Reported by Ngoc Thanh - Translated by Ngoc Huynh
