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 According to commitments of enterprises producing medical supplies in the area, all priorities are given to the epidemic prevention and control in the province; all join hands to fight against the pandemic as quickly as possible.

HTC Company assures the supply of materials for disease prevention and control in the province.

 To join hands for the Covid-19 prevention and control

Currently, some shops are selling face masks at a slight increase from VND2,000 to 5,000 / box compared to the time when there were no infection cases. Some drugstores display face masks in a modest amount. Average price is VND 35,000 - 40,000 / box for 50 pieces, some stores 50,000 - 55,000 VND / box depending on type. In general, although there has been a slight increase in prices up to now, no chaos or flocks buy goods, the goods supply in the province is quite adequate. People are familiar with the social distancing, thus they are calm and knowledgeable about disease prevention and control.

Suppliers confirmed that goods are available but cannot be supplied in one time, because goods are regularly distributed to retailers. Nguyen Vu Thanh, Director of Sen Viet Medical Supplies Company, said that the supply of face masks produced domestically is in excess. Therefore, there would be no shortage of medical supplies and no price increase. Regarding the price, this business also said that the price of face masks had many types. Common face masks with 4 layers of antibacterial are usually sold at 18,000 - 19,000 VND / box; but products that meet the quality and standards for export to Europe, America or distributed to hospitals, often have higher prices. In Binh Duong, during this outbreak, Sen Viet Company still provides qualified face masks at unchanged prices. “I hope people would choose the right qualified face masks to best protect themselves and their family. Face mask exporter still maintains steady production, people don't need to hoard”, Nguyen Vu Thanh affirmed.

Luu Thai Quan, Director of Khanh An Medical Mask Company, said that the company had been keeping their selling price at 24,000-25,000 VND / box for the last 4-5 months. Currently, the company is encouraging workers to stay in Binh Duong for maintaining the production of essential commodities amidst the pandemic, while ensuring epidemic prevention and control as recommended by the Government. “In the past few days we urgently encourage workers to stay and work in Binh Duong. We hope workers understand and do not go anywhere at this time, contributing to disease prevention and control. The company strives to take good care of workers' lives during the epidemic”.

Priority for Binh Duong market

Tran Thi Minh Hai, Deputy Director of HTC Joint Stock Company, said that currently this company's number of export orders for gloves is abundant. But in case of emergency, the company could still give priority to Binh Duong market for the epidemic prevention and control. HTC Joint Stock Company re-activated the production of anti-epidemic protective gear to supply to local market. "Above all, we are aware that only by joining hands to quickly control the epidemic, businesses and workers then can have a peaceful stable life and production", said Ms. Tran.

According to Tran Van Tung, Acting Director of Market Management Department, General Department of Market Management had directed to strengthen management measures in response to the complicated development of the Covid-19, and required this forces to implement a peak epidemic prevention and control alongside other peak plans. Accordingly, provincial market management force strengthened the management by areas, supervised and checked the listing of selling prices, and selling at the correct listed prices; Focus on examining acts of taking advantage of goods shortage to speculate, hoard goods, or take advantage of the epidemic to set unreasonable selling prices of essential goods, especially medical equipment and supplies.

 Reported by Tieu My - Translated by Ngoc Huynh