The country’s infection rate is hitting records, with more than 10,000 cases a day for the past month, running counter to the rest of Southeast Asia where the virus has started to ebb. More than 200 deaths from Covid-19 are reported every day.
Vietnam is also specifically under pressure because its export sector, which supplies global brands like Nike Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co., has been rocked by shutdowns aimed at halting virus spread. Temporary factory closures and an exodus of workers from virus-hit cities over the third quarter meant that manufacturers were disrupted during the peak holiday production season, which has dimmed the nation’s economic outlook for the year.
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Vietnam is also specifically under pressure because its export sector, which supplies global brands like Nike Inc. and Abercrombie & Fitch Co., has been rocked by shutdowns aimed at halting virus spread. Temporary factory closures and an exodus of workers from virus-hit cities over the third quarter meant that manufacturers were disrupted during the peak holiday production season, which has dimmed the nation’s economic outlook for the year.
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