The first COVID-19 patient (No 2,982) of the ongoing outbreak in Đà Nẵng was released from the city’s Lung Hospital on Friday after 18 days of treatment and testing negative for SARS-CoV-2 three times.

Deputy Prime Minister Vũ Đức Đam asked for increased efforts to prevent the interruption of production chains in COVID-19-hit localities.

Fit and healthy young people must not become complacent over COVID-19, according to the deputy director of the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

Việt Nam recorded 114 new community cases of COVID-19 from 6am to 7pm on Thursday, increasing the national tally of community cases to 3,331.

Three people in HCM City are suspected to have contracted COVID-19 following tests on May 20, according to the city Centre for Diseases Control and Prevention.