Hello, I'm Kani Schup on the BBC World Service, and in COVID-19 cases in Vietnam and

parents and children in the Philippines discuss what it's been like living and

studying during lockdown since the start of the pandemic. There seems to be no

and inside because there's no plan, there's no direction, there's no goal, there's no

timeline, and we're just waiting under this crushing weight of distance learning without any clear goals or direction. countries around the world have tried a number of different strategies to combat

COVID-19 since the pandemic was officially declared in March 2020 and until recently Vietnam was

considered one of the global success stories. It acted fast by

implementing strict border controls, lockdowns and track and trace.

By May this year, fewer than 40 people had died from the disease,

but today that picture is very different.

The number of deaths has exceeded 18,000,

with most of those fatalities occurring in Ho Chi Min City,

and over 200,000 Vietnamese people are currently infected with coronavirus.

Residents in Ho Chi Min have been under lockdown since the end of August and cannot leave

their homes and soldiers were deployed to help with the delivery of food.

So what went wrong?

I spoke to two journalists in Vietnam, Lam Lee in the capital Hanoi, and Nung Giywa in the business hub Hoichiman city.

Nung began by explaining the public support for the government's initial response.

There was even a trend on Tik-Tok

where people are dancing to a song, singing that,

if you love your country, stay at home.

At first people was like, is it like way too much much but then over the time when we look at other

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