Health workers in hazmat suits are seen at the gate of Vietnam's largest hospital, Bach Mai, where coronavirus cases have been detected in Hanoi, Vietnam March 26, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
HANOI (Reuters) - Vietnam has sent tens of thousands of people to quarantine camps as waves of overseas citizens return home to escape a coronavirus pandemic spreading in Europe and the United States.
Even though Vietnam is one of Southeast Asia's poorer nations, its efforts against the virus, praised at home, have ensured its tally of infections is lower than many neighbours.
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