Yes no yes no: uncertainty hits Hanoi businesses hard

A coffee shop in Hanoi is partly open to serve takeaways amid Covid-19 restrictions, May 2021. Photo by VnExpress/Giang Huy

Beleaguered Hanoi businesses want the city to adjust its Covid-19 risk assessments and prevent the situation of having to close and reopen every other week.

On Monday, a coffee shop on Hoan Kiem District’s Dinh Le Street began cleaning up and setting up tables to reopen, after spending half a month sending takeaways.

Hung, an employee, said that for over past two weeks "only a few regular customers came by a day for takeaways."

Dinh Le is part of Trang Tien Ward, one of five wards of Hoan Kiem currently determined as having a medium coronavirus risk, and thus allowed to resume in-person dining services. The other four are Phan Chu Trinh, Tran Hung Dao, Hang Trong, Trang Tien and Hang Bac.

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