It will start with people aged 16 and 17, before gradually working its way downward.

In each age group, priority will be given to those suffering from obesity and underlying diseases.

6th graders at Cat Lai Secondary School in Thu Duc City, HCMC, after an exam on May 6, 2021.

The vaccines used will be ones approved by the Ministry of Health for children, which it has yet to do, however.

Thu Duc City, home to a large expat community in the former District 2, has gathered opinions from parents and guardians through schools about whether they want their children to be vaccinated.

Meanwhile, the Ho Chi Minh City Steering Committee for Covid-19 Prevention and Control on Friday instructed the Department of Education to draw up a list of students from 6th and 12th grades for vaccination.

The Department of Labor, Invalids and Social Affairs has been told to work with districts to draw up a list of people aged 12 to 17 not attending schools.

HCMC has yet to announce when it will start vaccinating its 780,000 people aged under 18.

It has given the first shot of vaccines to more than 99 percent of its populace aged over 18, and both doses to 77 percent.

Vietnamese children in Australia hold concerts to raise funds for COVID-19 fight at home

Vietnamese children in Sydney have raised AUD7,532 (US$5,505) by holding a series of concerts to support Covid-19 prevention and control activities in Ho Chi Minh City and pandemic-hit people in Central Highlands province of Dak Lak.

Vietnam eyes vaccinating children against Covid-19 in October

The Ministry of Health plans to start vaccinating children aged between 12 and 17 years old against Covid-19 this month, before expanding the vaccination to smaller age groups, informed Deputy Minister Tran Van Thuan on October 9.

Vietnamese sisters win Grand Prix at international children's drawing contest

Two Vietnamese sisters Trinh Hien Minh and Trinh Nha Minh from Hanoi have won the Grand Prix at the international children's drawing contest named “Nature of the planet”.

Programme launched for children orphaned due to Covid-19

The Ho Chi Minh Communist Youth Union (HCYU) Central Committee, in coordination with relevant agencies, launched a programme on October 3 to call for assistance to children whose parents have died of Covid-19.

Source: VnExpress