Tens of thousands of migrant workers have left Ho Chi Minh City in the week since it eased a Covid-19 lockdown, stoking fears of a labour shortage in one of Asia’s biggest manufacturing centres.
Companies and analysts have warned that the squeeze on workers will have an adverse effect on operations in the city, which is a global supplier of garments, footwear, home furnishings and other goods to brands ranging from Nike to Ikea.
The exodus of workers will make Vietnam, until recently one of the world’s fastest-growing economies, the latest country to experience the Covid-induced manpower shortages that have bedevilled Europe and the US.
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