It wants to complete the task before the end of the first semester in order to prepare for a return to school in the second.

Vaccination against COVID in Ho Chi Minh City being done in Go Vap District on October 4.

Remote learning has been extended indefinitely though the city has lifted most other lockdown restrictions.

Nguyen Van Vinh Chau, deputy director of the city Department of Health, said vaccinations for students would begin once the Ministry of Health puts out specific guidelines and there is enough supply of vaccines.

His department has made a list of students aged 12 and above, but the vaccination schedule has yet to be drawn up and the city is still waiting for adequate vaccine supply, he said.

As of October 4, 96,4% of the city population aged 18 and above have received as least one dose of a vaccine and 60.6 percent are fully inoculated, according to the Ho Chi Minh City Centre for Disease Control and Prevention.

Germany supports Vietnam with another 2.6 million vaccine doses

A shipment of 2.6 million doses of the AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine gifted by Germany arrived in HCMC Sunday.

Health Ministry receives 1.3 million additional doses of AstraZeneca vaccine

The Vietnam Vaccine JSC (VNVC) has handed over 1.3 million doses of AstraZeneca vaccine to the Health Ministry.

Vietnam considers mutual recognition of vaccine passports with select countries

Vietnam is considering mutual recognition of vaccine passports with countries in Southeast Asia, China, Japan, South Korea, the EU and the U.S., the Government Office announced Sunday.

Cuba kicks off Covid-19 vaccine exports with shipment to Vietnam

Cuba said on Saturday it had exported its three-shot Abdala coronavirus vaccine for the first time, sending an initial shipment to Vietnam as part of a five million doses contract.

Eight Covid-19 vaccines conditionally approved for emergency use in Vietnam

Eight Covid-19 vaccines conditionally approved for emergency use in Vietnam.

Source: NDO/VNA