Vietnam faces food delivery crisis in Ho Chi Minh City

Grocers and shippers overwhelmed with orders for necessities under lockdown

20210903 food delivery story in HCMC

Delivery riders in Ho Chi Minh City in August. Vietnam's largest city faces a food delivery crisis. © Getty Images

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- An online supermarket in Ho Chi Minh City has been overwhelmed this week as people scramble to order essential goods during a COVID-19 lockdown, with many stores saying they face a shortage of delivery workers.

The situation arose after the city's Department of Industry and Trade on Tuesday requested that local supermarkets help locked down citizens obtain food and other necessities.

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