There are arguments that Vietnam is an authoritarian one-party state, so its numbers can’t be trusted. In the case of Covid-19, Vietnam was also on higher alert than most other countries because of its land border with China and the large amount of travel between the two countries. There are around eight doctors to every 10,000 people in Vietnam, and with limited clinical resources at its disposal, Vietnam has seemingly managed to get the outbreak under control. These kinds of decisions definitely provided the people of Vietnam with hope to fight the virus with courage. Countries like Vietnam, Hong Kong, Singapore, Germany, New Zealand, and South Korea have been using the process of strict contact tracing aggressively to reduce the outbreak.

Source: Dhaka Tribune May 08, 2020 11:37 UTC