Beer crates and broken chairs: barricades divide up locked-down Hanoi

This photograph taken on Aug 30, 2021 shows an improvised barricade made of ropes and wooden logs set up to restrict residents' movements in Hanoi, as part of the authorities' plan to stop the spread of the Covid-19 coronavirus. - AFP

HANOI (AFP): Bamboo poles, beer crates, ladders and broken chairs: everyday objects form makeshift barricades on Hanoi's streets as authorities try to slow the spread of coronavirus.

Vietnam's capital has been in lockdown for more than a month but with daily case numbers refusing to budge, restrictions on movement have become even tighter.