Vietnam News Today (September 5): Vietnam sees drop of 5,373 Covid-19 cases; Hanoi deploys new Covid-19 checkpoints in high-risk areas; Vietnam, Russia ready to enhance defence links; HCMC to launch mental health care program amid lockdown.

Benjamin Meyer, a French expat living in Hanoi for eight years, has volunteered to work at a Covid checkpoint in his local area to help authorities control the pandemic.