Health ministry issues latest guidance on COVID-19 vaccination

The Ministry of Health has issued its latest guidance on COVID-19 vaccinations.

Children aged 12-17 to receive COVID-19 booster five months from last dose: Health ministry The Vietnamese health ministry has just issued guidance for administration of third COVID-19 vaccine dose/booster for children aged 12-17.

HCM City prepares to give 4th COVID vaccine shot

HCM City has announced plans to give a second COVID-19 booster shot (fourth dose) to vulnerable people.

Việt Nam gears up for rollout of fourth COVID-19 vaccine shots The Vietnamese health ministry has asked provincial/municipal health department to provide the tentative number of vaccines needed for the rollout of second COVID-19 booster shots (fourth doses) before May 25, 2022.

Việt Nam receives Australia's donation of 7.2mln Moderna COVID vaccine doses for young children

The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology on Tuesday received 7.2 million doses of the Moderna COVID-19 vaccine for children aged five to 11 years old.

2.3 mln doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines distributed for administration to children aged 6-11 The National Institute for Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) has distributed a further 2.4 million doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccines for children aged five to under 12 years old to provincial and municipal centres for disease controls across the country.

230,000 HCM City kids get first COVID-19 vaccine shot More than 230,000 children aged five to under 12 years old in HCM City have got their first COVID-19 vaccine shot, according to a report by the city’s Department of Health.

Việt Nam hopes countries simplify entry rules for visitors Việt Nam hopes other countries and territories will simplify entry rules for Vietnamese travellers to boost economic recovery and people’s movement, said Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Lê Thị Thu Hằng.

Vaccination of children carried out safely The vaccination of children aged between five and 11 years old have been carried out safely at many localities over the past few days and no incidents have been recorded so far.

Children aged 5-11 in HN, HCM City get first vaccine shot Nearly 1,000 sixth grade pupils in three districts of Hà Nội were the first to be inoculated against COVID-19 on Saturday.