Vietnam to relax COVID-19 restrictions to revive pandemic-hit economy
The country, which until late April had maintained one of the world's best containment records, is seeking to co-exist with the virus instead of trying to maintain a COVID-zero policy.
The current outbreak and related restrictions on movement have impacted its manufacturing-led economy, forcing the closure of some factories.
"Around Sept. 30, safe localities can ease COVID-19 restrictions and revive business and social activities," Chinh told a government meeting.
"Fighting the pandemic is not just setting up physical barriers and restrictions," he said, adding the pandemic was more or less under control.
Foreign investors in Vietnam have warned the government that its strict lockdown rules in the south has forced some companies to move production elsewhere.
Vietnam's gross domestic product could grow between 3.5%-4.0% this year, well below the government's earlier target of 6.5%, the country's Minister of Planning and Investment Nguyen Chi Dung was cited by state media as saying.
Vietnam, with a population of 98 million, is accelerating its vaccine programme.
Although daily inoculations have reached 700,000, its vaccination rate of 7.61% is one of the region's lowest.
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