Twenty-one Vietnamese patients with COVID-19 have recovered and were discharged from three treatment facilities across the country on April 17.

Pín Tủng Hamlet and two healthcare facilities in Đồng Văn District in the northern mountainous province of Hà Giang have been placed under lockdown after a 16-year-old ethnic minority girl tested positive for SARS-CoV-2 on Thursday.

Police in Thái Bình Province on Thursday detained four officers related to the case of Nguyễn Xuân Đường, also known as Đường Nhuệ, who was arrested on April 9 for assault.

The People’s Committee of northern Vĩnh Phúc Province has decided to close a 300-bed makeshift hospital which was opened to accommodate quarantined people and treat COVID-19 patients.

Police in Huế City, Thừa Thiên-Huế Province, have arrested a woman for illegally transporting more than 70kg of explosives.

The guidance says COVID-19 patients need to improve their lung function, avoid a physical and mental decline and improve their motor capacity.

Enrolling in a vocational school was an easy decision for 23-year-old Trương Thế Diệu, even though he was under pressure to become an engineer.

Many provinces and cities, particularly those at high risk of a COVID-19 outbreak, will continue to keep schools closed, while others have not decided on a date to reopen schools.

Authorities have instructed farmers in the Cửu Long (Mekong) Delta to sow the summer – autumn rice crop on established schedules to mitigate the damage of drought, saltwater intrusion and disease.