Vietnam tightens border control as new coronavirus cases emerge

Prime minister calls for immediate prosecution of undocumented immigrants

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Vietnamese border guards wear masks at the Huu Nghi crossing with China on Feb. 20. © Reuters

TOMOYA ONISHI, Nikkei staff writer

HANOI -- Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc has asked local authorities to impose tighter controls on illegal immigrants from neighboring countries as the Southeast Asian nation, which has won praise for effectively containing the coronavirus, confirmed its first new locally transmitted cases in three months in the city of Danang.

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