Da Nang has been under tighter COVID-19 restrictions to battle the highly infectious Delta coronavirus variant, starting at 8am on August 16 with all the movement and activities banned. Strict stay- at- home orders are being applied across the city, requiring everyone to remain at home at all times.

This is what Da Nang looks like after residents are asked to quarantine at home during the first 10 days of tougher COVID-19 curbs.

Amazing morning sunlight on the Han River

Da Nang police began to increase the city patrols at 8:00 a.m. on August 16 to intensify the enforcement of new restrictions

A police officer at the checkpoint on National Highway 1A in Hoa Phuoc Commune, Hoa Vang District, pulling over a driver to require him to declare his health status. The taskforce at COVID-19 checkpoints across the city are working around the clock.

The normally bustling Nguyen Van Linh Street is deserted.

A female sanitation worker quietly does her job to keep streets clean.

A healthcare worker taking nasal swab of a household representative to test for COVID-19

Staff of the Da Nang Center for Disease Control and Prevention are in a race against time to increase testing capacity to keep up with rising case numbers.

Da Nang administered COVID-19 vaccinations to more than 40,000 people between August 19 and August 26.

Young volunteers in Hoa Minh Ward, Lien Chieu District, on August 21 actively got involved in helping with distribution of 40 tons of root and tuber vegetables to local residents.

Reporting by LE HAI SON - PHUC AN - LE HUNG - CONG TRUNG - HOA MINH – Translating by H.L