The two from Lao Cai City published the news on their Facebook, saying that nine South Korean visitors who are in Sapa Town were on the same flight with Nguyen Hong Nhung, Vietnam's 17th Covid-19 patient.
The two women fined for spreading the fake news about Covid-19
However, the claim was rejected by local authorities, saying that this was completely wrong.
At the police station, the women admitted their mistake and said that they had removed the news from their Facebook pages.
Each of them were fined VND10 million (USD434.7).
Six people in Lao Cai were fined VND60 million (USD2,608) for spreading false news about Covid-19 on March 7-8.
