Vietnam moves to block coronavirus risk to supply chain

Factories in Haiphong told to report their numbers of Chinese workers

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Vietnam authorities are intensifying efforts at factories to curb the risk posed by the coronavirus outbreak. A worker in the Knauf Gips KG factory in Haiphong, Vietnam, 30 October 2016.  © AP

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- The port city of Haiphong, a rising manufacturing hub in northeastern Vietnam, has ordered companies to divulge their number of Chinese workers there daily, in an attempt to curb the risk posed by the coronavirus outbreak.

The Haiphong People's Committee acted shortly before manufacturers in Vietnam fully resume operations Monday, with thousands of workers from China possibly returning from a Spring Festival holiday extended there until Sunday.

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