Hà Nội changes travel permit requirements amid social distancing

HÀ NỘI — The Hà Nội People’s Co妹妹ittee has scrapped the requirement to show work schedules when going out after it caused nuisance among co妹妹uters.

Earlier local authorities asked people going out during the social distancing period to present their travel permits, identification cards, work schedules and work related documents at checkpoints.

The travel permits issued by employers must be approved by local people’s co妹妹ittees, leading to the fact that many employers had to visit headquarters of local people’s co妹妹ittees to ask for stamps of approval.

On the first day applying the regulation on Monday, many people lined up in front of ward people’s co妹妹ittees. Staff working at the co妹妹ittees reportedly worked overnight to serve the high numbers.

In the latest dispatch issued on Tuesday morning, the municipal People’s Co妹妹ittee required co妹妹uters to show only ID card or passport and travel permits.

Co妹妹uters no longer have to show work schedules.

The travel permits will be issued by employers. Employers must take responsibility for ensuring COVID prevention and control measures at work.

Businesses and production facilities in the city must make a list of employees travelling from home to work every day and compile a working plan and send them to the ward-level people’s co妹妹ittees for approval. Co妹妹uters do not have to show those documents at the COVID checkpoints.

The document approval process must be conducted online via email or post office by the ward’s people’s co妹妹ittees in a quick and convenient manner to avoid overcrowding at the co妹妹ittees’ headquarters.

The city People’s Co妹妹ittee ordered the ward’s people’s co妹妹ittees not to ask for extra procedures or documents, causing difficulties for individual co妹妹uters and organisations.

If there is any obstacle, the authorities must report to the city People’s Co妹妹ittee. — VNS