Prime Minister of Vietnam (Directive 16/CT-TTg, Mar. 31, 2020); Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee and southern provincial People's Committees (July-Sept. 2021), as tracked by Vietnam Briefing (Dezan Shira & Associates), Directive 16/CT-TTg (Mar. 31, 2020): nationwide social distancing Apr. 1-15, 2020; Ho Chi Minh City under Directive 16 from July 9, 2021; sixteen southern localities under Directive 16 from July 18-19, 2021; factories required to house workers on site ('three on-site') from July 2021; restrictions eased Oct. 1, 2021 (Ex. FOR-033)
Government of Japan under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures, Third Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 23, 2021; Tokyo, Osaka, Kyoto, Hyogo, later expanded) and Fourth Declaration (announced July 8, 2021; Tokyo from July 12, 2021; Okinawa continued; expanded in August to Osaka, Saitama, Chiba, Kanagawa and other prefectures), extended to Sept. 30, 2021; quasi-emergency measures in additional prefectures (Ex. FOR-027)
Prime Minister's Office and National Security Council; Ministry of International Trade and Industry (manufacturing approvals), MCO 2.0 (Jan. 13, 2021, selected states); nationwide MCO 3.0 from May 12, 2021; nationwide 'total lockdown' (Phase 1 of the National Recovery Plan) from June 1, 2021, with essential manufacturing limited to a 60 percent workforce and other sectors closed; NRP phases through the third quarter of 2021 (May 28, 2021) (Ex. FOR-032)
