HCM City begins inoculating children with Pfizer COVID-19 vaccines

HCM City on Wednesday (Oct 27) began COVID-19 vaccinations for 1,800 students aged 16-17 in Củ Chi District and District 1, becoming the first city in the country to vaccinate children.

92 per cent of parents want to vaccinate 12- to 17-year-olds: survey The HCM City Department of Health on October 25 asked the Pasteur Institute in the city to approve the use of the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12-17.

Extensive vaccination of children helps reduce disease burden: WHO representative The extensive vaccination of children aged 12 and above helps reduce disease burden and the risk of new variant emergence, potentially by reducing viral transmission, Dr Kidong Park, WHO Representative in Việt Nam, said in an interview with Vietnam News Agency reporters.

3.1m doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by US, Japan arrive in Việt Nam 3.1 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine donated by the US and Japan have reached Việt Nam over the weekend.

Việt Nam temporarily approves COVID-19 vaccine certificates by 72 countries, territories: Foreign ministry1

Vaccine passports from 72 countries have been accepted by Vietnamese authorities to allow people to enter from abroad, and Viet Nam is currently in discussions with 80 countries and territories for mutual recognition for each other's COVID-19 vaccine certification.

Health ministry gives green light to inoculating children

The Ministry of Health has allowed health authorities across the country to inoculate children between 12 and 17 years old against COVID-19.

US donates two million Pfizer doses to Việt Nam, President Phúc thanks Joe Biden for COVID-19 help

The US has delivered to Việt Nam 1,999,530 shots of Pfizer/BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine as donation through COVAX in the past two weeks to assist the country’s pandemic fight.

Việt Nam receives ultra-cold freezers from the US to store Pfizer vaccines These freezers are the first of 111 ultra-low temperature, medical-grade storage units that the U.S. Department of Defence is providing to the Government of Việt Nam, with a total value of approximately US$1 million.

President clarifies pandemic prevention measures for voters in HCM City Defining wards and communes as “fortresses” in COVID-19 prevention and control shows the importance of these areas and does not mean separating them to impede the movement of goods, services and labour, affirmed President Nguyễn Xuân Phúc on October 11.

Việt Nam eyes inoculating children against COVID-19 in late October with Pfizer, Cuban vaccines

The Ministry of Health will begin vaccinating children aged between 12 and 17 years old against COVID-19 later this month, before expanding the vaccination to younger age groups, deputy health minister Trần Văn Thuận said on Saturday.