The 18th COVID patient takes photo with doctors of Ninh Binh General Hospital before coming back home (Photo: Duc Phuong/VNA)

He has tested negative for the virus three times in a row and is now "completely healthy," the Ministry of Health said.

Of the 69 patients being treated in Vietnam, he was the first to recover. He was treated at Ninh Binh General Hospital after becoming the 18th Covid-19 patient in Vietnam on March 7.