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HCMC has resumed dine-in services from October 28 after nearly five  months of restrictions, but restaurants and coffee shops still have to  comply with a number of anti-pandemic measures.

Foreign direct investment businesses in Hanoi City have proposed the municipal government stop requiring enterprises to let their workers stay at the factories after work.

HCMC has to some extent become bustling and busy again in the “new normal” after the municipal government allowed the resumption of a number of essential services and relaxed travel restrictions since early this month.

HCMC and other southern provinces are preparing for economic reopening as the Covid-safe situation has improved. Businesses in the region, however, are facing many challenges when resuming operations after a long hibernation.

In the context of the protracted Covid-19 pandemic, experts and business leaders have suggested that businesses should be better prepared to safely live with Covid-19.

Logistics firms are facing many challenges due to the Covid-19 pandemic, such as disruptions in the supply chain, stringent anti-pandemic measures and and a spike in operation cost.

The latest report of the General  Statistics Office showed that the Covid-19 pandemic adversely affected  economic activities in many parts of the country from January to August,  with most economic indicators falling below expectation.

Many foreign-invested companies in HCMC, which is currently the country’s biggest Covid-19 hotspot, said they are facing numerous challenges as the city is undergoing the toughest social distancing period ever to curb the spread of the Covid-19 pandemic.

Businesses in major cities such as HCMC and Hanoi are showing concern over the shortage of human resources post Covid-19, which will hamper their recovery.

Many manufacturing enterprises in Covid-19-hit localities reported that they are facing difficulties maintaining the stay-at-work mode as required by the authorities.