HANOI- Vietnam will build three field hospitals in the northern province of Hai Duong after the Southeast Asian country earlier Thursday reported its first locally transmitted COVID-19 infections in nearly two months, the government said.

The government didn't give the size of the field hospitals.

(Reporting by Khanh Vu; Editing by Toby Chopra) ((khanh.vu@thomsonreuters.com; +84 24 38259623;))