It's back to school in Vietnam after three-month virus break


Teachers and students stand up for Vietnamese national anthem as they start a new week in Dinh Cong secondary school in Hanoi, Vietnam on May 4, 2020. Students across Vietnam return to school after three months of studying online due to school closure to contain the spread of Covid-19. - AP

HANOI (AFP): Millions of schoolchildren in Vietnam returned to class on Monday (May 4)after the country reported its 17th straight day of no domestically-transmitted coronavirus infections.

The decision to reopen schools came after the Southeast Asian nation eased social distancing measures at the end of April -- with experts pointing to a decisive response involving mass quarantines and expansive contact tracing for its apparent success in containing the disease.

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