Department of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs to monitor foreign workers from epidemic areas

To implement Official Dispatch 335 of Ministry of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs, provincial Department of Labor-Invalids and Social Affairs collaborated with medical, information and communication sectors, districts, towns and cities to take measures to prevent and combat Covid-19 effectively.

In the current situation, the Covid-19 is changing constantly and spreading beyond China, into Korea, Japan, Italy... The department collaborated with Department of Foreign Affairs, Planning and Investment, provincial Labor Confederation, provincial Industrial Parks' Management Board, Vietnam-Singapore Industrial Parks Management Board, strictly manage the list of foreign engineers, specialists, employees. Especially Chinese, Korean, Japanese, Italian workers, experts, who  are working at companies in the province or went to epidemic areas, to notify health authorities, perform medical monitoring, care, quarantine when there are symptoms.

The Department also actively updated the situation of labor relations, encouraged, learned about thoughts and opinions of workers in foreign enterprises, especially enterprises having workers from epidemic areas of China, Korea, Japan, Italy; Strengthening inspection, medical care, disinfection practices, proactive prevention and combat of Covid-19 at units and businesses.

Reported by Kim Ha - Translated by Ngoc Huynh