| Ex. FOR-033 | 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, 2021Vietnam Briefing tracker: Vietnam business operations and the coronavirus | 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) | VietnamForeign government | Mar. 31, 2020 | 2020 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureTravel and quarantineWorkplace rulesSupply chain | Confirmed from a secondary source | |
| Ex. FOR-025 | Border enforcement measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19): denial of entry to foreign nationals who stayed in listed countries and regions including the United States within 14 days (effective Apr. 3, 2020); 14-day quarantine wait for all arrivals; suspension of visasBorder enforcement measures to prevent the spread of novel coronavirus (COVID-19) | Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Japan (Ministry of Justice immigration decision) | JapanForeign government | Apr. 3, 2020 | 2020 Q22020 Q32020 Q42021 Q12021 Q22021 Q3 | Context (guidance or announcement)Travel and quarantineQuarantine and isolation | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-026 | Declaration of a State of Emergency (Apr. 7, 2020), expanded nationwide Apr. 16, 2020Declaration of a State of Emergency | Prime Minister of Japan (Cabinet), under art. 32(1) of the Act on Special Measures for Pandemic Influenza and New Infectious Diseases Preparedness and Response (Act No. 31 of 2012) | JapanForeign government | Apr. 7, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Emergency declarationStay-at-homeBusiness closureGathering cap | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-008 | ACUERDO por el que se modifica el similar por el que se establecen acciones extraordinarias para atender la emergencia sanitaria generada por el virus SARS-CoV2 (DOF Apr. 21, 2020)Acuerdo extending the suspension of non-essential activities to May 30, 2020 | Secretaria de Salud | Mexico (federal)Foreign government | Apr. 21, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Stay-at-homeBusiness closureSupply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-037 | Export Prohibitions and Restrictions: Information Note (Apr. 23, 2020)Export prohibitions and restrictions | World Trade Organization Secretariat | Multinational (WTO Secretariat information note)Foreign government | Apr. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chain | Primary source read | |
| Ex. FOR-016 | Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/568 of 23 April 2020 making the exportation of certain products subject to the production of an export authorisation (OJ L 129, 24.4.2020)Export authorisation requirement for personal protective equipment (second regime) | European Commission | European UnionForeign government | Apr. 23, 2020 | 2020 Q2 | Context (guidance or announcement)Supply chain | Primary source read | |