US warns on travel to Vietnam due to high Covid-19 cases as country's foreign investment attraction down 8.5% in Jan and Feb

Students walk into a school as the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) norms for schools have been relaxed and reopened, in Hanoi, Vietnam. - Reuters

HANOI, March 1 (Bloomberg): The US State Department raised its travel advisory for Vietnam to the highest level in response to recent surges in Covid-19 infections.

Vietnam is ranked as level 4, which means Americans should avoid all travel there, according to a statement.