From a westerner living in Vietnam: There are many things that haven't been mentioned here yet. Vietnamese schools haven't reopened since Tet, end of January.

From a westerner living in Vietnam: There are many things that haven't been mentioned here yet. Vietnamese schools haven't reopened since Tet, end of January. The population distribution is skewed towards the young end. Most cases were imported, by youngish people, and the average age of these is even younger, mostly students, or for business or for holidays. Mostly relatively rich and young, not many travelling pensioneers in this country. Mentioned measures contained community spread from said travellers to the rest. The very old in Vietnam are not in care houses, they are at home, cared for by their extended family, who is much more likely to give a damn. Information from the government news agency has been rather transparent, or so it seems to me. Every case has a number, and case numbers of contacts of new cases are reported. If unknown this is also reported. This appearance of transparency and the fact that everyone infected is receiving prompt free treatment encouraged people to report suspect cases rather than hiding. The government carries as a badge of honor that there haven't been any fatalities yet. The few critical cases are getting extreme medical treatment, no resources are being spared, there are so few that they can afford to do this. Multiple nurses, doctors and equipment per ICU patient. It seems to me that they will do whatever it takes to prevent fatalities. One of the critical cases is an european pilot. If he died it would be impossible for the government to hide. Facemasks are plentiful, I have shipped many to friends and relatives in my country, where they are scarce and expensive. Hand sanitizer is everywhere. It seems that heat doesn't stop the spread after all, but if it slows it down, that might also have helped, this is a tropical country, though in the north, and in the mountains, it can get quite chilly in winter. I feel lucky being here now, but, of course, it's too early to call, I won't know for sure until this is over.