{"id":3466,"date":"2020-02-13T11:56:28","date_gmt":"2020-02-13T11:56:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/?p=3466"},"modified":"2026-04-24T07:54:46","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T10:54:46","slug":"donaco-workers-coronavirus-casino","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/donaco-workers-coronavirus-casino","title":{"rendered":"Vietnam: Donaco sends workers home"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Workers at the operator&#8217;s Aristo International Hotel have been forced to take unpaid leave for the rest of the month. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<!--more-->\n\n\n\n<p>Vietnam.-  <strong><em>Donaco International Ltd<\/em><\/strong> has implemented forced unpaid leave for staff at its Aristo International Hotel until the end of the month as part of efforts to halt the spread of <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/topics\/coronavirus\">Coronavirus<\/a><\/em><\/strong>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cIn response to the slowdown in the business, Aristo management has arranged unpaid leave for many staff members in February, and has also reduced total headcount, as well as deferring various capital expenditure projects,\u201d the company said in a statement.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Hotel is near the border between Vietnam and China, and Donaco wants to prevent new cases of Coronavirus. The restrictions imposed by Vietnam on visitors coming from China have led to a 75% decline in the number of guests visiting the resort-casino.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier this week, <strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/casino-workers-diagnosed-coronavirus\">two casino workers were diagnosed<\/a><\/em><\/strong> with Coronavirus. A Malaysian man who works for Melco\u2019s City of Dreams Macau and a 35-year-old Singapore resident who works at Resorts World Sentosa.<br><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Workers at the operator&#8217;s Aristo International Hotel have been forced to take unpaid leave for the rest of the month.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"is_press_release":false,"is_interview":false,"is_opinion":false,"focusai_summary":"Donaco International Ltd has implemented forced unpaid leave, headcount reductions, and deferred capital expenditure at its Aristo International Hotel in Vietnam. These measures are a direct response to a 75% decline in guest numbers from China, driven by Coronavirus-related travel restrictions, impacting the integrated resort's operational viability and financial performance.","focusai_entities":"Donaco International Ltd, Aristo International Hotel, Melco, City of Dreams Macau, Resorts World Sentosa","focusai_location":"Vietnam, China, Macau, Singapore","focusai_target_profile":"ceo_executive (1.0), operator_casino (1.0), investor_analyst (1.0), supplier_vendor (0.7), journalist_researcher (1.0)","focusai_suggestions":[{"label":"Regional GGR Impact?","query":"What is the projected regional GGR impact for Q1 and Q2 across Southeast Asian integrated resorts, considering the extended travel restrictions from China and potential for further operational curtailments?"},{"label":"Donaco Liquidity Outlook?","query":"Given the significant revenue decline and operational adjustments, what is Donaco International's current liquidity position and its capacity to sustain prolonged periods of reduced patronage without further capital raises?"}],"footnotes":""},"categories":[160,28,16333],"tags":[7299,966,94],"class_list":["post-3466","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-asia-pacific","category-casino-news","category-south-east-asia-news","tag-coronavirus","tag-donaco","tag-vietnam"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3466"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":777010338,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3466\/revisions\/777010338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3466"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3466"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/focusgn.com\/asia-pacific\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3466"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}