Supply ChainChina, Vietnam urge workers to hunker down over Lunar New Year
COVID travel curbs and labor shortages could hit critical tech supply chains
Passengers wait to board a train at the Hankow Railway Station in Wuhan, China, ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday, normally the busiest travel time in the country. © AP
LIEN HOANG, CISSY ZHOU, LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers
January 24, 2022 12:02 JST
HO CHI MINH CITY/HONG KONG/TAIPEI -- China and Vietnam are urging millions of workers to forgo trips home during the upcoming Lunar New Year holiday due to fears mass travel will spark COVID-19 outbreaks and shutter factories in two of the world's key manufacturing powerhouses.