HCMC authority revokes 'no alcohol' condition for on-site dining

Restaurants in HCMC have not been allowed on-site dining since May 25, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

The Food Safety Management Authority of HCMC has rescinded part of a proposal where a condition for restaurants to resume on-site dining is without alcohol.

"The revocation of the criteria of no alcohol and beer at food and beverage establishments that offer on-site services is to let the safety criteria for food and beverage establishments to resume operations while preventing Covid-19 be more focused," Pham Khanh Phong Lan, head of the Ho Chi Minh City Food Safety Management Authority, said Wednesday.

Even if the "no alcohol" condition is applied, it would only be so temporarily, said Lan. The Ho Chi Minh City People's Committee would decide whether to go forward with the condition or not based on the coronavirus situation, she added.

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