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Not all HCM City migrants choose to leave, many hopeful about livelihood post-COVID

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HCM CITY — Thousands of people left HCM City for their hometowns in the last few days after the city lifted its lockdown on October  一, but many migrants have chosen to stay back to resume work or look for new jobs.

Cao Minh Hải decided to come from his native Mekong Delta province of Cà Mau to the city to sell seafood at the beginning of this year.

But his business ground to a halt when the fourth wave of COVID- 一 九 hit in late April and the city mandated lockdowns and stringent social distancing restrictions for more than three months.  

The  三 六-year-old had to depend on his savings to survive.

Though the city worked together with a number of provinces and cities across the country to help people return to their hometowns, he chose to stay back.

“If I go back to my hometown, I have to be quarantined. I would have a chance to get a job when the city enters a ‘new normal’ period,” he said.

“I got VNĐ 一 million (US$ 四 四) from the third relief package.”

The city earmarked VNĐ 七. 三 trillion for more than  七. 三 million people irrespective of where they were from.

“I also got two shots of a vaccine,” Hải said.

A  二 七-year-old man from the south-central coastal province of Quảng Ngãi, who asked not to be named, said: “I chose to stay in the city because the vehicle repair service shop where I work resumed working after three months. I now have a job [again].

“I faced difficulties because I ran out of money. I asked for help via Zalo connect, the new feature launched on the Zalo network to help people in need of support and those who want to offer assistance. I got food from donors thanks to Zalo connect.”

He had come to the city five years ago with the hope of having a better life than in his hometown.

A  二 九-year-old from the south-central coastal province of Bình Định, who too wanted to be anonymous, said his parents told him to return home since they were afraid he might contract COVID.

He tried to assuage their fears since he did not want to return.  

Labour demand

Phạm Đức Hải, deputy head of the city Steering Co妹妹ittee for COVID- 一 九 Prevention and Control, told the media on October  一 that the city needs workers as many businesses reopen in large numbers.  

It welcomes workers from other provinces and cities, appreciates their contributions to its economic development, and is making efforts to take proper care of them, he said.

Local authorities around the city are speeding up disbursement of the third support package for people affected by COVID.

The HCM City Export Processing and Industrial Zones Authority (Hepza) is working with health centres and clinics to ensure all workers are fully vaccinated and can resume working in factories. 

More than  二0 四,000 workers out of a total of some  二 八 八,000 at industrial parks and export processing zones have so far got both shots.