Harris opens CDC office in Vietnam as COVID rages in south

Hanoi deploys troops in Ho Chi Minh City to contain pandemic while VP's visit

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U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris arrives in Hanoi for the second leg of her Asia trip on Aug. 24. © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris on Wednesday will open an office of America's Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in the Vietnamese capital as the Southeast Asian nation scrambles to suppress deadly COVID-19 outbreaks in its economic hub of Ho Chi Minh City.

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