mekongeye.com – By Võ Kiều Bảo Uyên
18 March 2024 at 13:44 (Updated on 19 March 2024 at 10:27)
Garment and footwear workers from the delta seek alternative jobs as threats of mass layoffs loom, and while many want to return home, it remains their last resort

A workers’ dormitory in Tân Tạo Ward, Bình Tân District, Hồ Chí Minh City. PHOTO: Thành Nguyễn.
HỒ CHÍ MINH CITY, VIỆT NAM – Every weekend, workers at Adidas supplier Pouyuen swap their hairnets for vendor hats. Facebook groups then turn into online bazaars, teeming with sales posts of ready-to-eat meals, vegetables, fruit, snacks and sweets.
These side gigs that started as a way of coping with the reduced hours and layoffs during the Covid-19 pandemic have now evolved into full-time commitments for many of these workers, most of them women.
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