Fruit sellers wait for customers at Cai Rang floating market on Mekong river, in Can Tho, Vietnam, May 5, 2021. - Reuters
HANOI, May 5 (Bloomberg): Vietnam has ordered a strict border control after lengthening the quarantine period as it traces the recent flare up in coronavirus cases to overseas travellers.
During a virus task force meeting on Tuesday afternoon, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam ordered an intensified checks on arriving travelers, according to a post on a government website. Authorities will also go "district by district, house by house” and visit companies hosting overseas workers to contain any spread.
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