Labor shortage still stalks industry

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Employees of a garment firm in the southern province of Long An work. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

 

Companies still have difficulty finding workers, especially skilled ones, a problem that began months ago when thousands returned to their hometowns to escape Covid-19, a survey has found.

 

Firms facing labor shortages, nearly a third of the respondents, said it is not easy for migrant workers to travel back from their hometown to factories, partly because of health declaration and Covid testing requirements, showed the survey conducted by the Private Economic Development Research Board (IV Board) and VnExpress among 3,440 companies with 8,835 employees in October.

 

Over 25 percent said authorities in some places still use the "Zero Covid" approach.

 

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