Vietnam: a big winner in Covid-19 battle, yet it still pays a price

摘要

As of May 13, Vietnam's number of Covid-19 confirmed patients was 288, with 252 recovered and no deaths. Below are edited excerpts from reports in Viet Nam News (VNN), Germany's Deutsche Welle (DW), ASEAN Briefing and Xinhua that present an amazing story. Vietnam does not have a robust healthcare system. Nguyen Thanh Phong, the mayor of Ho Chi Minh City, a metropolis of eight million people, said that the city's hospitals have a total of 900 intensive care beds. An epidemic in the city would easily overwhelm this capacity.