A health worker takes a sample for a coronavirus test from a journalist in preparation for the 13th National Congress of the Communist Party of Vietnam, which began on January 25, in Hanoi, Vietnam, January 18, 2021. REUTERS/Kham/File Photo
HANOI: Vietnam will build three field hospitals in the northern province of Hai Duong after the Southeast Asian country earlier Thursday reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in nearly two months, the government said.
The government didn't give the size of the field hospitals.