TOPSHOT - This photo taken on December 23, 2024 shows vendors waiting for customers at a street market outside the Pouyuen Vietnam factory, owned by Taiwanese shoemaker Pou Chen, in Ho Chi Minh City. Vietnam is among the world's largest exporters of clothing, footwear and furniture and Ho Chi Minh City and its hundreds of thousands of migrant workers have for decades helped power its manufacturing boom. But as living costs surge, a wave of workers are rejecting the commercial hub for a quieter life back home -- leaving city businesses struggling to fill their ranks. (Photo by Nhac NGUYEN / AFP) / TO GO WITH: Vietnam-economy-labour-lifestyle, FOCUS by Tran Thi Minh Ha (Photo by NHAC NGUYEN/AFP via Getty Images)