Ho Chi Minh City today announced that it would extend the lockdown for a month to curb the transmission of the disease that has caused more than 149,000 infections in the city.

Vietnam recorded 9,716 infections in the past 24 hours.

Asymptomatic and mild cases, subject to the trial, will be piloted in Ho Chi Minh City and areas with high infection rates.

The donation comes just one week after the visit to Hanoi paid by Swiss Vice President Ignazio Cassis.

The homegrown Covid-19 vaccine candidate Nanocovax will finish phase 3 clinical trials in August.

Hanoi, meanwhile, will conduct citywide testing to detect index cases in the community as quickly as possible.

The Government is committed to making its best to support enterprises in terms of policies for production recovery and expansion.

All four deputy prime ministers have engaged in the missions.

Vietnam shortened the quarantine time after the one-month trial in July in the northern province of Quang Ninh.