The decision came as the central province has recorded no new domestic infections for 18 consecutive days.

Public transport across the province are also allowed to return to normal while tourism sites will be reopened to welcome visitors.

Locals on a street in Hoi An, Quang Nam Province, during social distancing, August 2020.

Festivals, religious events and other cultural gatherings are permitted but residents are encouraged to wear face masks and keep a safe distance in public and avoid large crowds except for schools, offices and hospitals.

Quang Nam, home to ancient town Hoi An, was a major Covid-19 hotspot, recording the second highest number of domestic Covid-19 cases at 96 after Da Nang as a second Covid-19 outbreak returned to the community late July.

The province closed all non-essential services and deployed social distancing measures late July. It ended social distancing on August 28 as the pandemic was brought under control.

Vietnam’s Covid-19 tally now stands at 1,049 with 206 active cases. The country has reported 35 deaths so far.

Further Covid-19 relief aid offered to people of Vietnamese origin in Cambodia

About 200 relief gifts, including rice, face masks and antiseptic solution, were handed over to households of Vietnamese origin and their Khmer counterparts in difficult circumstances due to the Covid-19 pandemic, in Phnom Penh on the morning of September 5.

Covid-19 figures in Vietnam on September 5 morning

Covid-19 figures in Vietnam on September 5 morning.

Da Nang begins Covid-19 testing on local household representatives

Representatives from 71,424 households across Da Nang who have not been tested for Covid-19 before will be sampled from September 4 to 8.

35th Covid-19 related death in Vietnam

An elderly woman died Thursday morning of Covid-19-related complications, the 35th coronavirus fatality in Vietnam.

No new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday morning

No new cases of Covid-19 on Thursday morning. 

Source: VnExpress