Food and grocery retailers are doing particularly well during the pandemic, or at least they are on paper, according to recent reports from securities traders and financial analysts. 

Within seven days under the strictest-ever social distancing measures, the central city of Da Nang tested more than 730,000 people representing 730,000 families, detecting 225 infection cases in the community.

On the first day HCM City imposed the “stay-where-you-are” measures, August 23, the streets were deserted. Those who went out were strictly inspected to ensure their compliance with the rules.

On August 22, one day before HCM City tightened social distancing measures, it was a bit easier for local people to purchase essential goods to prepare for the upcoming days.

The Hanoi Party Standing Committee has agreed to extend social distancing in the capital city until 6am on September 6 to prevent and control the Covid-19 epidemic.

On the evening of August 15, Pham Thi Minh Hien, deputy director of the Phu Yen Department of Labor, War Invalids and Social Affairs, received a call for help from a young couple.

Barriers erected all over the streets and goods transacted through barriers are unprecedented scenes in the Hanoi Old Quarter.

On August 6, when it extended social distancing, Hanoi authorities divided the city’s areas into green, orange and red zones.

Organizing birthday parties online, practicing exercise at home, and ordering food delivery are some of the ways Hanoians are adapting to new circumstances under social distancing.

Following HCM City, Ba Ria-Vung Tau and Tra Vinh, many southern localities have decided to continue practicing social distancing under the prime minister’s Directive 16 as the pandemic remains complicated in these localities.

The Hanoi People’s Committee has amended the regulation on travel permits during social distancing, and now people no longer have to get certification from ward or commune authorities.

The top priorities of Ho Chi Minh City at the current time are to prevent the Covid-19 pandemic and protect people's health and lives.

The central city of Danang announced this morning, August 14, that it will ban residents from leaving their homes for seven days, starting from 8 a.m., August 16, amid the rise in Covid-19 cases in the city.

The epidemic situation in Ho Chi Minh City is still complicated. The number of new infection cases is "flattening" but covid-19 related deaths are still high, said HCM City’s Vice Chair Duong Anh Duc at a press conference on August 13.

At a meeting of the Da Nang People's Council on August 12, Secretary of the Da Nang Party Committee Nguyen Van Quang said the city would impose higher social distancing measures if the number of cases does not decrease in the next four days.

Self-discipline, seriousness and efficiency during social distancing is paramount in the ongoing fight against the Covid-19 pandemic.

A DJ in HCM City brought his musical instruments to his balcony to play music for free for his neighbors during the current difficult time of social distancing.

Hanoi’s leaders said the municipal authorities will adjust the examination of travelling papers to be sure that only those who need to go out are in circulation.

Hanoi has entered the second 15 days of social distancing with the goal of controlling the Covid-19 epidemic, bringing life back to the new normal.

Although HCM City is implementing social distancing under the government’s Directive 16, the streets are still crowded before 6pm.