Vietnam’s success fighting the coronavirus

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During this pandemic, many are eager to know which countries are most effectively fighting COVID-19. That list usually includes South Korea, New Zealand, Taiwan and Iceland. But Vietnam has a larger population than all of those places combined — and it has reported zero deaths. How did they pull this off? The World’s Patrick Winn reports. 

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