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At least 145 two-to-five-star hotels across Vietnam have registered to serve as quarantine places for suspected COVID-19 patients starting from Sunday, according to the General Department of Tourism. 

The US is considering importing several types of medical equipment from Vietnam in a bid to stop the novel coronavirus from going rampant, bringing good opportunity for Vietnam  to approach and boost export to the US market, according to Vietnamese Ambassador Ha Kim Ngoc. 

With serveral COVID-19 infections recently reported, the capital of Hanoi is yet to consider city lockdown, while many tourism enterprises are joining hands to keep Hanoi a welcoming and safe tourist site for foreign visitors.

People should stay at home and limit outdoor activities from now till March 31 as risk of Covid-19 contagion is expected to heighten, Chairman of the Hanoi People’s Committee Nguyen Duc Chung said on Wednesday evening.