Vietnam Closes Northern Industrial Parks Hit by COVID
May 18, 2021
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outbreak of COVID-19.
The parks, in the
province of Bac Giang, are to remain closed until the situation improves. We hope the measure will be in place for just two weeks, but it depends on the situation of the outbreak,” local official Le Anh Duong told Reuters.
Three of the parks house production centers for Taiwan-based electronics company Foxconn, which manufactures iPhones and other products for Apple. Foxconn confirmed its operations in the province had been suspended and said it was cooperating with local officials on the latest virus fighting measures.
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COVID-19 Worries Return to Vietnam
Amidst a spike in new cases, the country is tightening restrictions in the hopes of repeating its 2020 successes against the virus.
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Healthcare workers arrive on the scene of a COVID-19 outbreak in Da Nang, Vietnam.
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In comparison to other countries, Vietnam’s COVID-19 figures – 35 deaths and 3,571 cases – remain low; however, a new outbreak is likely to delay the reopening of the country’s borders, slow the tourism industry’s recovery, and depress the economy.
Vietnam has seen a new outbreak of COVID-19 sweep across 25 of its provinces since April 27, bringing 580 new infections to a country that had otherwise brought the virus mostly under control since the beginning of the pandemic.