According to local media, a 70-year-old man died after contracting the disease while being treated for a kidney illness at a hospital in Da Nang. 

Vietnam reports first ever death from coronavirus

The evacuation will take at least four days with domestic airlines operating approximately 100 flights a day. 

Vietnam evacuating Da Nang a city of 80,000 after three virus cases 

Airline pilot Stephen Cameron spent 65 days on life support. 

While other countries in the region debated and dithered about lockdowns, Vietnam shut its borders.

Police in Vietnam have charged seven people in connection with the deaths of 39 Vietnamese migrants.

Cousins Nguyen Van Hung, 33, and Hoang Van Tiep, 18, were carried in for their funeral which was attended by around 300 people.

Essex Police say  they believe they have identified families "for some of the victims".

The teenager was found squashed into a suitcase in the back of a car last year.

She has been sentenced to three years and four months from the day she was arrested in February 2017.

Donald Trump was flying to Hanoi from Washington.

Vietnam was chosen as an example to North Korea of a socialist government with an increasing capitalist agenda. 

Authorities were reportedly unhappy at lookalikes holding mock meetings ahead of the real summit between the North Korea and US leaders.

He died due to a serious illness, media reports said.

As China introduced stricter enforcement on its entry and exit points, several Vietnamese syndicates appear to have taken over.

Officials in Vietnam said slaughtering and consuming dog meat is disturbing to foreigners.