Police officers check travel permits on Nguyen Trai road in Hanoi, August, 2021.

Municipal Vice Chairman Chu Xuan Dung said that there will be no additional administrative procedures for individuals, organisations and businesses in the city, while guidance will be given to them regarding production and business resumption.

Hanoi will establish inter-sectoral inspection teams for COVID-19 prevention and control, sustain lockdown on the smallest scale possible, and use IT application to accelerate contact tracing when a COVID-19 case is detected, he said.

More than 6.4 million doses of COVID-19 vaccines have been administered in the city.