The information was given by Major General Le Quang Dao, Deputy Commander and Chief of Staff of the Border Guard.
The Ministry of Defence will ahead with camera installation along border areas.
According to Dao, from now to the Lunar New Year 2021 which falls in mid-February, the weather in Vietnam would be quite favourable for coronavirus. During this time, more Vietnamese people are likely to want to return home. Many would try to enter Vietnam illegally to avoid being quarantined.
The Vietnamese Border Guard is monitoring around 5,000 kilometres of land borders, and a maritime border of some 3,000 kilometres. Rough terrain and severe weather conditions make monitoring difficult.
The border force will tighten control over the entry and exist in border areas from now to the late year.
A man in the Mekong Delta's Vinh Long Province recently tested positive for Covid-19 after illegally entering Vietnam through a border gate in Tay Ninh from Cambodia. He then went through some localities, including Ho Chi Minh City.
To date, two other people who took the same car with him, also tested positive for the virus, one in HCM City and the other in Dong Thap Province.
