Minister of Information and Communications Nguyễn Mạnh Hùng, who also chairs the Việt Nam-India Friendship Association, presented 100,000 antibacterial cloth masks to Indian Ambassador Pranay Verma on Tuesday to assist the South Asian nation in the fight against COVID-19.

The bomb was found in a residential area of Điện Biên Phủ City in the northern mountainous province of Điên Biên, said lieutenant colonel Đỗ Quốc Hùng.

Six more patients with COVID-19 have recovered at the National Hospital of Tropical Diseases on Wednesday, bringing the country’s total cases being given the all-clear to 222.

Hà Nội remains in the high-risk group and should have social distancing measures extended until April 30, the national steering committee on COVID-19 control and prevention said on Wednesday morning.

People across Việt Nam are in the midst of social distancing to fight the COVID-19 pandemic and with thousands of people cooped up at home, stress is building.