Vietnam to relax Covid-19 restrictions to revive pandemic-hit economy

A woman gestures to a vendor from behind a plastic sheet set up to minimise close contact at a wet market in the old quarters of Hanoi on September 24, 2021, following the easing of Covid-19 coronavirus restrictions after two months. - AFP

HANOI, Sept 26 (Reuters): Vietnam plans to ease coronavirus curbs and allow businesses to restart production from next week to prop up an economy which has suffered under lengthy lockdowns, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said on Saturday (Sept 25).

The country, which until late April had maintained one of the world's best containment records, is seeking to co-exist with the virus instead of trying to maintain a Covid-zero policy.