HCMC culture department calls for reopening bars, karaoke parlors

Bars on Bui Vien Street, part of HCMC's popular backpacker precinct, remain closed on October 5, 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Quynh Tran

The HCMC Department of Culture and Sports has recommended the reopening of bars, discos and karaoke parlors saying the Covid-19 situation is reasonably under control.

It wrote to the city government Monday saying these businesses would serve tourists and help gradually restore the economy.

HCMC has gradually brought the outbreak under control and, with its high vaccination rate, most businesses have resumed operations, it said in the proposal, which followed pleas by karaoke businesses to permit their reopening.

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