A mask production line of TNG Invesment and Trade Co in the northern province of Thai Nguyen (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNS/VNA) – The has directed
Vietnamese commercial affair offices abroad to connect with businesses to
search for raw materials for in Vietnam.
Deputy Minister Dang Hoang An made the statement at a meeting with the national
steering committee for the novel coronavirus prevention and control on February
4.
The ministry had worked with the Ministry of Health to implement solutions to
respond to the deadly outbreak, An said.
“Prices for raw materials to produce face masks are increasing, but we
still have to buy them to fight against the epidemic,” he said.
The deputy minister also instructed to focus on
manufacturing masks from antibacterial fabrics, which are washable and reusable
but still meet requirements of epidemic prevention.
“In emergency cases, if required, these companies should stop exporting garment
products to focus on producing antibacterial masks,” he noted.
“Production capacity may reach 30 million products per day in this case,” he
added.
The deputy minister also said the Ministry of Industry and Trade had
implemented many solutions to prevent the hoarding of goods, increasing prices
and smuggling of masks.
Statistics from Lang Son Department of Customs showed its border gate customs
office cleared procedures for exporting 3.9 million Vietnamese medical face
masks worth 92,137 USD to China from January 1 to February 3 this year.
Face masks produced by Dong Xuan Knitting Company (Doximex) began being sold in
Hanoi at 5pm on February 4. The products are sold at Vinatex showrooms at 25 Ba
Trieu and 57B Phan Chu Trinh streets 70,000 VND for 10 masks.
It is expected the company will supply the market from 300,000 to 400,000
products per day in the near future.
Additionally, TNG Investment and Trading JSC in Thai Nguyen province has sent a
sample of a nanometer fabric mask to the National Institute of Medical Devices
and Construction to apply for a licence.
If approved this week, TNG will provide one million masks for the
province.
The current domestic daily production scale was about three million masks
on average, said Deputy Minister of Health Truong Quoc Cuong.
The deputy minister worked with companies in Hanoi on producing and
supplying equipment for the prevention of coronavirus on February 3.
To help cope with the demand for epidemic prevention equipment, the
and related units had organised a working visit to urge
domestic producers to accelerate production and supply of medical masks,
protective clothing and medical materials, said the deputy minister.
Tanaphar Joint Stock Company said the production scale of the enterprise
reached 70,000 masks per day.
The company’s workers worked at full capacity for from January 30 to
accelerate production to meet the needs of the people.
Le Xuan Hien, director of Dai Uy Joint Stock Company, said the most important
part of the masks was the filter.
The company still had about 600 kilogrammes of filter material, if the
machines operated for three shifts per day, the production scale would be
nearly 100,000 masks daily, he said.
However, if this progress was continued, the company would run out of raw
materials for production in 10 days, he noted.
“The company still sells three-layer masks at 30,000 VND per box including 50
masks as before without raising prices,” said the director.
Both production companies said that the biggest difficulty now was finding
sources of raw materials to ensure production.
Therefore, the companies expected to be supported to find raw materials to
increase production capacity at full capacity. They also proposed to
adjust price following the increasing price of input materials./.
Source: VietnamPlus
