Vietnam scrambles to keep COVID-19 from disrupting industry supply chains


FILE PHOTO: A woman checks medical protective masks under infrared light at An Phu company's production facility for domestic and international markets, amid of the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Bac Ninh province, Vietnam August 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kham

HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam's government has urged two provinces that are home to production facilities of companies such as Samsung Electronics and Foxconn to boost efforts to prevent a COVID-19 outbreak disrupting industrial production.

Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam told leaders of Bac Giang and Bac Ninh provinces at a meeting on Thursday to avoid the interruption of production chains in the provinces, the official Vietnam News Agency reported on Friday.

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