Hong Duc Co., Ltd., located in Dak R'lap district, is the largest cashew nut exporter in Dak Nong province. In previous years, this business exported about 5,000 tons of cashew nuts to China and European countries. Since the outbreak of the 4th COVID-19 epidemic, the company has faced many difficulties. Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, Director of Hong Duc Co., Ltd., said that when Dak Nong appeared COVID-19 cases, the enterprise divided 150 employees alternately into 3 production shifts in order to reduce the gathering of people at the factory. factory. In addition, this method is also to prevent that if one person has COVID-19 in this case, there are other shifts working. In particular, the enterprise has also invested in housing, equipment... to carry out production according to the "3 on-site" option. The business of the unit is facing many difficulties and obstacles. Ms. Nguyet said that the company's export orders did not decrease. However, the company could not import auxiliary products such as packaging, tin cans, etc. from Binh Duong provinces and Ho Chi Minh City to pack and export products. According to Ms. Nguyet, the transportation of goods to Ho Chi Minh City has also been slowed down and costs have also increased. Previously, it only took 1 week to implement the procedures for the goods to be cleared for customs clearance. However, now, these procedures have lasted up to 1 month. The cost of supply chains from production to export has increased, which has reduced the company's income. Similarly, the epidemic also has a strong impact on the passenger transport industry. From the beginning of 2021 until now, the revenue of Mai Linh Taxi Company, Dak Nong Branch has decreased by 40-60%. Revenue decreased, but the cost of rent, tax, insurance for employees, inspection fee ... the unit still has to pay monthly. Currently, the company is owed the salary of employees working in the office from July until now. In the field of entertainment services, Phuoc Son eco-tourism area, in Dak R'lap district, has spent hundreds of billions of dong to invest in facilities. Of these, the company borrowed 11 billion dong from the bank. However, from the beginning of 2021 until now, the company's tourism activities have been quite sluggish due to the psychology of people not wanting to gather in large numbers. By this fourth wave of the epidemic, the company's tourism activities were "frozen" completely. Need support Currently, many businesses, production and business activities in different fields are facing many difficulties. Therefore, most business owners want to receive support from banks and the State to hold on, gradually stabilize production, and overcome difficulties. Mr. Le Van Viet, acting director of Mai Linh Company, Dak Nong branch, said: “We have made a loan application from the Bank for Social Policies to pay salaries to employees. We look forward to early access to this capital to gradually restore production and business activities." And Mr. Nguyen Trung Thanh, Director of Phuoc Son Eco-Tourism Area shared that the epidemic caused the unit to close, and there was absolutely no revenue from tourism activities. However, every month, the cost of labor, cleaning and care of the resort's landscape, loan interest... the unit still has to "struggle" to cover it. interest rates to survive and overcome this difficult epidemic period. Regarding this issue, Ms. Nguyen Thi Minh Nguyet, Director of Hong Duc Co., Ltd. said that in order to maintain production activities for the whole year, the unit must store more than 10,000 tons of cashews with a value of more than 300 billion VND. Of these, enterprises have to borrow about 100 billion VND from banks. “The source of export goods decreased due to the lack of auxiliary materials and slower customs clearance procedures. However, the unit still has to maintain production or the goods will be damaged or lost. These difficulties greatly affect the revenue of the business. We are looking forward to the bank to lower interest rates to support businesses to overcome this difficult period "- Ms. Nguyet shared. According to the Department of Planning and Investment of Dak Nong province, from the beginning of the year to the end of July 2021, the whole province has 38 dissolved enterprises and 109 enterprises ceased operations. There are many reasons for the number of enterprises to stop operating or to be dissolved, such as: declining consumption market, shortage of raw materials, lack of capital for production and business, etc.