The HCM City Department of Health has told people who have returned to the city from other provinces and cities in the past 14 days to complete health declarations amid the unpredictable COVID-19 situation across the country.

Born in 1974, and residing in Việt Nam since 2014, the construction director lived alone in his apartment at Goldmark City apartment complex in Bắc Từ Liêm District.

Authorities in the northern province of Lai Châu's Tân Uyên District have fined two people VNĐ15 million (US$653) each for making inaccurate health declarations.

Five million people – mostly frontline workers – will be given the first shot, and when the next batch arrives, they will be given the booster shot.

COVID-19 latest update

Forty locally-transmitted COVID-19 cases were reported on Tuesday including 38 in Hải Dương, one in Quảng Ninh and one in Hà Nội.

Forty new community infections reported this evening, 38 in Hải Dương, one in Hà Nội and one in Quảng Ninh.

HCM City authorities are testing arrivals from three major airports in the north (Nội Bài in Hà Nội, Vân Đồn in Quảng Ninh Province and Cát Bi in the northern port city of Hải Phòng) as tens of thousands of passengers are returning after the Lunar New Year holiday.

Hà Nội has ordered the closure of streetside stalls, monuments, temples and pagodas from Tuesday to prevent the spread of COVID-19.