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One of those south east Asian countries that has succesfully used track and trace is Vietnam. All the conditions for a serious coronavirus epidemic were there - not least a nine hundred mile land border with China, regularly criss-crossed for trade and travel. And yet, according to government statisitics, they have had no deaths and only 271 cases. So how have they done it? There was certainly a quick clampdown on movement. But because of the lessons of SARS they also had a system of checking in place. It included an App - but crucially in the first instance, it was down to community workers on the • Subscribe to ITV News on YouTube: http://bit.ly/2lOHmNj • Get breaking news and more stories at http://www.itv.com/news Follow ITV News on Facebook:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Twitter:   / itvnews   Follow ITV News on Instagram:   / itvnews