HANOI, Oct 9 (Reuters): Vietnam will fall short of its garment exports target this year, by US$5 billion in the worst case scenario, the government has announced, due to the impacts of coronavirus restrictions and a shortage of workers.
The country could see US$34 billion of textiles exports, shy of the targeted US$39 billion, plus a 35-37% shortage of factory workers the end of this year, the government said.
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