The patient, a 25-year-old man, had been quarantined since his arrival at Hanoi's Noi Bai International Airport on March 9. He is being treated at the National Hospital for Tropical Diseases.

More than 36,000 people in Vietnam have been vaccinated, according to the National Expanded Program on Immunization..

Between now and late March, training courses will be held in 44 provinces and cities to prepare them to receive the next shipment of COVID-19 vaccines.

Vietnam has reported 2,575 infections and 35 deaths since the pandemic began.