<p>Nearly a week ago, Vinh Danh Production - Trading Co., Ltd (Son Binh commune, Chau Duc district), all workers returned to work, focused on producing and processing cashew nuts to serve the market demand. post-translation field.</p> <p>Ms. Phan Thi Danh, Director of the company said, during the time of implementing the distance, the capacity is only about 30%. The amount of goods supplied to the market also decreased accordingly, so businesses faced many difficulties. However, when the epidemic is under control, the circulation is restored, the capacity has increased to 70-80%. 100% of workers working at the factory have been vaccinated. Raw materials for production are also fully stocked with an output of about 700-800 tons. In addition to white cashews for export, products such as salted roasted cashews, honey roasted cashews to serve the domestic market and prepare for the Lunar New Year market are also being accelerated by the company.</p> <p>“It is expected that from now until the end of the year, the company will bring to the market about 100 tons of products. If the epidemic is well controlled, goods circulation and trade are smooth, and countries are also open, we hope to achieve the set plan," said Ms. Phan Thi Danh.</p> <p>And Phuong Khoa Company Limited (Vung Tau City) specializes in sausage production, after reconnecting with partners in some districts and towns in the province, it has also increased capacity for orders outside of Ho Chi Minh City. Vung Tau.</p> <p>Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong, Director of Phuong Khoa Co., Ltd. said that during the time of implementing the distance according to Directive 16, the company only received processing orders, so the capacity was about 20%, now it has increased to 30%. . Orders have also been extended to localities in the province, not confined within the city. Vung Tau. In addition, the enterprise also took the initiative in raw materials and contacted spice suppliers to begin production to serve the market in the last months of the year.</p> <p>“The epidemic makes it difficult for businesses and workers to lose their jobs, so to be able to restore production and increase people's consumption needs at least by the end of 2021 or into 2022. Therefore, businesses also only order The goal is to recover business by 60-70% by the end of the year compared to previous years," said Mr. Nguyen Thanh Phuong.</p> <p><strong>Focus on the year plan</strong></p> <p>In fact, when re-entering the scene after a long period of social distancing, SMEs are affected by the supply chain of goods, the consumption market, the labor force, and the costs incurred in prevention and control. Although it is very urgent to restore production to keep orders and not let the supply chain be broken, businesses all agree on the policy of "Safe for production, production must be safe" to have the most appropriate action to take.</p> <p>According to the report of the Department of Planning and Investment, by the end of September 2021, the province has 11,423 operating enterprises. There have been 445 temporarily suspended enterprises have resumed operations. Recording from the reality also shows that businesses all identify the remaining period of 2021 to the Lunar New Year in the year of the Tiger in 2022 as the "sprint" period, focusing on completing the goals and plans for the whole year. Up to now, most enterprises have recovered their capacity from 30-80%.</p> <p>Le Dinh Thang, Chairman of the Provincial Young Entrepreneurs Association, said that the COVID-19 epidemic has greatly affected the business community. However, according to businesses, the time of social distancing is the time when businesses analyze to clarify the influencing factors and come up with specific "scenarios" for the coming new normal period, even if the distance is eased. However, businesses are committed to both ensuring safety for epidemic prevention and control and being consistent with the set dual goals. The consequences of the epidemic are not as severe as in other localities, which is a premise so that when the province loosens the distancing regulations, businesses will restart their production and business activities in the best way.</p>