Labourers allowed to use private cars to travel between Dong Nai, HCM City
The southern province of Dong Nai has agreed with Ho Chi Minh City's proposal on allowing labourers to travel between the two localities by their private cars.
Dong Nai (VNA) – The southern province of Dong Nai has agreed with Ho Chi Minh City's proposal on allowing labourers to travel between the two localities by their private cars.
In a document sent to the People’s Committee of Ho Chi Minh City on October 14, the People’s Committee of Dong Nai clarified that labourers travelling between Dong Nai and HCM City using their own cars must be vaccinated against COVID-19 14 days prior to their trip or recovered from COVID-19 within six months, and show their negative COVID-19 testing result which is valid in seven days.
The southern industrial hub said that regulations on workers’ traveling between the province and HCM City will be changed when Dong Nai implements the Government’s Resolution No. 128/NQ-CP on temporary guidelines on safe, flexible and effective adaptation to the COVID-19 pandemic.
In early this month, the People’s Committee of HCM City sent a document to nearby provinces of Binh Duong, Dong Nai, Long An and Tay Ninh asking for facilitating labourers' travel from/to the city to serve production activities. HCM City suggested the provinces allow labourers to use their private vehicles for their trips.
According to the Industrial Park Management Board of Dong Nai, the permit will facilitate for businesses' production recovery and meet the demand of labourers, especially foreign experts who work in Dong Nai but reside in HCM City.
The board said that currently, Dong Nai firms are empolying more than 7,000 foreign labourers, including nearly 5,700 skilled workers and experts. Of them, many are residing in HCM City./.
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