Hundreds of desperate migrant workers stopped as they try to leave HCM City
One man named Hoàng from Phú Yên Province told Vietnam News Agency his family has been unemployed due to the outbreak and lockdown measures but has not received any financial support, while the rent and daily expenses have become too much of a burden. He knows he is not supposed to leave on his own personal vehicle out of the city but he has no option.
His story is shared by many others waiting anxiously to return home, afraid they might not be able to go on.
Many provinces have organised 'repatriation' trips (by trains and airplanes) and subsequent centralised quarantine facilities for their people in recent days as the outbreak situation in the southern city worsens, but many others remain behind.
Prime Minister Phạm Minh Chính in the decision issued late July on extension of lockdown across 一 九 southern cities and provinces has asked local authorities to guarantee livelihoods and healthcare of people so they could remain where they are. — VNS
