Checkpoints shape life in Hanoi during lockdown


No cars allowed: A woman walking past a makeshift barricade for vehicles in a Hanoi neighbourhood. — AFP

AS Covid-19 cases soar in Vietnam, hundreds of checkpoints have sprung up to enforce a strict lockdown in the capital Hanoi, where even grocery trips are restricted.

In contrast to many of its South-East Asian neighbours, who are also suffering through their worst-ever wave of the pandemic, Vietnam is rigorously enforcing stay-at-home rules in several major cities.

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