HCMC businesses suffer as labor shortage drags on

Pham Minh Hien packs meals to donate to frontline workers in May, 2021. Photo courtesy of Hien

A month after HCMC lifted Covid-19 restrictions, many businesses still cannot resume normal operations due to a labor shortage as people remain wary of returning.

Pham Minh Hien reopened his restaurant in Go Vap District on Oct. 1, but has to personally make the food in the kitchen.

The 34-year-old says: "Chefs and other employees have all returned to their hometowns. After the city ended the social distancing, I called them but no one intends to return".

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