A resident from the lockdown area receives necessities from a security officer (Photo: Ministry of Health)

The National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control said 32 of the cases are linked to the hotspot in Chi Linh city, the northern province of Hai Duong.
The two others are from Ha Long city and Van Don district, the northern province of Quang Ninh, with one related to a COVID-19 patient in Hai Duong and another having close contact with patient 1553 – an employee at Van Don International Airport who was confirmed infected on January 28.
The total locally-transmitted cases of COVID-19 in Vietnam now stand at 873, including 743 detected as from July 25.
The national count of COVID-19 stands at 1,739. As many as 1,448 patients have been recovered so far, and the fatalities remain at 35.