On the morning of March 15, many shops and restaurants didn't open along the food street in Cau Giay District. At a restaurant on Nguyen Phong Sac Street, a restaurant guard showed the customers the closed notice. A popular cafe shop on To Hieu Street was also closed.

Hieu, a shipper in Cau Giay, said, "As the outbreak is still on-going, I received just a few orders a day. Sometimes I received orders from the customers but the restaurants were already closed."

He went on to say that he used to receive 25-30 orders a day before but now it would be good to just earn enough to pay for petrol and food.

Nguyen Thi Huong, a restaurant owner on To Hieu, said she decided to temporarily close the restaurant until the situation improved. To Hieu Street with various restaurants is now nearly deserted.

Some photos of the streets:

Empty streets at 9 am on March 15

Closed shops and restaurants

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