The COVID-19 pandemic broke out again in many provinces and cities before Tết, greatly affecting the blood supply to hospitals.

Thirteen new cases reported, including eight community infections in Hải Dương which are already quarantined. The other five were imported cases. Sixteen people have recovered.

A delivery driver has been hailed a hero after he caught a baby who had fallen from the 13th storey of a Hà Nội apartment block.