Russian authorities Tuesday closed down the Emeral market in Moscow, driving away some 400 Vietnamese traders.
The closure follows an inspection tour headed by Moscow mayor Sergei Sobyanin who concluded a number of retail markets there did not meet safety and hygiene standards.
Dong Minh Du, a Vietnamese student who used to work at the Emeral market, told Tuoi Tre Moscow authorities would continue to clear other markets in the area next year.
“How can we make a living? I heard Russian authorities would ban all foreign retailers next year as well,” Vietnamese trader Nguyen Van Tinh was quoted by Lao Dong newspaper as saying.
“It never rains but it pours. We have just begun our new life after the Dome Market was closed”.
He was referring to the Cherkizovsky Market, known by Vietnamese traders as Cho Vom (Dome Market) which was closed last year, putting 100,000 people, mostly immigrants, out of work.
Vietnamese traders and workers made up nearly half of those who lost their livelihoods when Cherkizovsky was closed.
The 28-hectare Emeral market is operated by mostly traders from Russia and former Soviet Union countries, and a number of Vietnamese, Chinese, Korean, Indian and Arabian traders.
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