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.
