Vietnam mostly avoided coronavirus until recently 

The World

Vietnam is right next to China, the origin of the outbreak — yet, Vietnam has not recorded a single death from the coronavirus. That’s thanks to a major lockdown. But, as The World’s Patrick Winn tells host Marco Werman, a small spike in infections in Vietnam has people there looking at the possibility of more emergency lockdown measures.

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