Successful containment of COVID-19’s second wave. As of September 8, Vietnam has reported 1,049 COVID-19 cases — 636 of these cases were reported after the start of the second wave that began on July 25. After six weeks of implementing quick and strict measures in the hotspot of Da Nang and several other areas, Vietnam once again successfully contained the spread of infections — as we expected in our July 2020 Macro Update — with only four local cases reported across the country in the two weeks