As many as 1,104 out of 1,120 enterprises at Bac Ninh Province’s industrial parks (IPs) have resumed operations, according to a representative of the Management Board of Bac Ninh IPs.

As many as 314,203 out of 320,485 workers have returned to work with strict pandemic prevention measures in place, the representative said.

Currently, businesses in Bac Ninh's IPs are having a lot of orders.

Despite suffering impacts from the COVID-19 outbreak in May and June, enterprises in Bac Ninh's IPs earned production value of nearly VND550. trillion (US$23.8 million) in the first six months of the year, up 11% compared to the same period last year.

Of which, export value reached US$16.211 billion, a year-on year increase of 16% while imports value at US$11.675 billion, up 28% over last year’s figure.

The enterprises contributed VND5.1 trillion to the State budget, a year-on-year rise of 24%. The total newly and adjusted investment capital in IPs of Bac Ninh in the past six months was US$601.68 million. Of these US$440.95 million was foreign direct investment.

Bac Ninh and neighbouring Bac Giang were heavily affected by the fourth wave of COVID-19 outbreaks that hit the country since late April.

Bac Ninh has 10 IPs and 26 industrial clusters with over 1,100 enterprises employing a total of 450,000 workers who come from 21 cities and localities nationwide.

The fourth wave of COVID-19 starting from April 27 had forced 309 businesses in the province to suspend operations, about 200,000 employees to temporarily stop working or take unpaid leave.

The province has so far recorded 1,720 COVID-19 cases since the beginning of the fourth outbreak.