It is followed by Hanoi, Quang Ninh and Ho Chi Minh City with ratios of installs to total residents at 29.5%, 27.8% and 26.5%, respectively.

The Bluezone app is promoted on a bus in Tay Ninh Province.

The northern province of Hai Duong, another Covid-19 hotspot, witnessed an installation surge in the past several days and the ratio now stands at 22.4%, ranking fifth among provinces and cities in Vietnam.

In absolute numbers, Ho Chi Minh City and Hanoi recorded the largest numbers of installations, with both having more than 2.3 million users that have already downloaded the app to their smartphones.

According to the Authority of Information Technology Application, Bluezone had seen 19.7 million downloads on both the Android and iOS platforms on August 19, compared to just 200,000 on July 27 when the coronavirus re-emerged in Da Nang.

Bluezone was developed by technology firm Bkav in cooperation with the Ministry of Information and Technology and the Ministry of Health as a contact tracing app using the Bluetooth Low Energy technology.

On August 19, Bkav CEO Nguyen Tu Quang said that the app has helped in tracing nearly 1,400 close contacts with people infected with the coronavirus.

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A smart ‘Rice ATM’ was put into operation in Da Nang City on August 18 as a joint effort from the Da Nang City Red Cross Society, the VBPO Joint Stock Company and other benefactors to distribute free rice to local disadvantaged people whose lives are being affected by the Covid-19 epidemic.

Stranded visitors aid virus-stricken Da Nang

Some visitors from across Vietnam could have left Da Nang, Vietnam’s biggest Covid-19 hotspot, but decided to open a kitchen to feed those in quarantine for free instead.

Covid-19-infected mother gives birth in Da Nang

A woman being treated for Covid-19 in the central city of Da Nang has given birth to a healthy baby girl.

Da Nang coronavirus outbreak could be 'under control' by month end

The Covid-19 outbreak in hotspot Da Nang "is expected to be brought under control" by the end of August, the Ministry of Health said.

Da Nang fines over 400 for flouting social distancing rules

Over 400 people have been fined in Covid-19 hotspot Da Nang for violating social distancing rules in the last three weeks.

Source: NDO