Testing at the national congress of Vietnam's Communist party. - AAP 1 of 1 5370537724001 Vietnam has recorded 50 new cases of the coronavirus as it tries to contain its biggest outbreak since the beginning of the pandemic. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam reassured citizens on Friday and said that the outbreak would be contained in eight days. Vietnam faces a significant spread of Covid-19 linked to a strain of the virus that originated in Britain, and Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyen Xuan Phuc organised a meeting on Friday to discuss how to control it. Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam, head of Vietnam's coronavirus task force, told ministry leaders in Hanoi's National Convention Centre that 50 extra cases had been recorded in the provinces of Hai Duong and Quang Ninh as of Friday afternoon.