The government of Vietnam has initially responded to the COVID-19 pandemic in the country with preventive measures to curb the spread of the coronavirus disease 2019 in the country. Vietnam has prepared for the epidemic as early as the very first case in China emerged, around mid-December 2019, and pursued a zero-COVID strategy until September 2021. Vietnam's Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc ordered measures to prevent and counter the spread of the disease into Vietnam, as well as to warn Vietnamese citizens to avoid visiting areas with outbreaks.