Tran Ngoc Son of Viettel fights for the ball with players of Duoc Nam Ha Nam Dinh during a soccer match of the V.League, the national soccer league, after the Government eased nationwide lockdown following the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak in Nam Dinh province, Vietnam June 5, 2020. REUTERS/Kham
NAM DINH, Vietnam (Reuters) - Thousands of fans poured into stadiums in Vietnam on Friday as the country resumed top-flight soccer without social distancing measures or curbs on crowd sizes, owing to its success in combating the spread of the novel coronavirus.
Matches in Vietnam's professional league were suspended in March but with no coronavirus deaths and just 328 confirmed cases, the Communist-ruled country is eagerly pursuing a return to normalcy to get its economy back on track.
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