Vietnam Textile Association Suggested That Textile Workers Should Be Vaccinated With New Crown Vaccine As Soon As Possible To Ensure Export Production

Vietnam's "Customs online" website reported on May 24, 2021 that in order to ensure the progress of Vietnam's textile production and export, Vietnam Textile Association (vitas) recently proposed in writing that Vietnam's prime minister and the Ministry of health should assist Vietnam's textile enterprises to purchase and vaccinate the new crown vaccine by themselves.

Vietnam Textile Association pointed out that Vietnam's textile industry has more than 3 million employees, and many enterprises have tens of thousands of workers. It is estimated that the export volume will reach 40 billion US dollars in 2021. Under the complex situation of Xinguan epidemic, there are great risks in the operation and production of the factory. If the enterprise is shut down and isolated for 14-21 days due to the epidemic, the annual production plan is almost broken. At present, many enterprises have export orders in their hands, even full orders in the whole year. If they can't complete the orders on time, they may have to pay a large amount of liquidated damages or be cancelled. At that time, Vietnam's textile industry may lose billions of dollars. Enterprises will face the risk of closing down or bankruptcy, and a large number of workers will face the plight of unemployment and loss of income sources. Therefore, the Vietnam textile association suggested that the government and the Ministry of health should give priority to the vaccination of large-scale textile enterprises with intensive workers in the epidemic area. At the same time, it also suggested that the government should organize vaccine sources in various ways, and give priority to the textile enterprises to promote the vaccination work as soon as possible through social purchase.

(source: Ministry of Commerce)