China, Vietnam urge workers to hunker down over Lunar New Year

COVID travel curbs and labor shortages could hit critical tech supply chains

LIEN HOANG, CISSY ZHOU, LAULY LI and CHENG TING-FANG, Nikkei staff writers

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.

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