The announcement was issued following a meeting between the PM and ministries and agencies in accelerating the development and transfer of production technology of Covid-19 vaccines and drugs last weekend.

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PM Chinh tasked the MoH with urgently finalising a master plan on containing Covid-19 which provides details on the number of doses, types of vaccines, age groups, booster shots and others, and proposes a roadmap for mobilising social resources for Covid-19 vaccination.

The MoH should thoroughly devise a vaccine procurement plan for next year, it said, adding that contracts for securing vaccines for children must be signed this month.

The PM also urged the ministry to further speed up vaccine rollout nationwide as the country is set to complete the inoculation of adults (aged 18 and above) with two jabs by December 15.

According to the announcement, Vietnam aims to provide the adults with booster shots before June 2022, with priority to given to senior citizens aged 50 and older and frontline workers.

As of December 8, Vietnam have inoculated over 129.4 million doses of Covid-19 vaccines, with about 55.5 million people, or more than half of the country’s population of roughly 100 million, receiving two doses.

The country started to vaccinate children aged 12-17 in late October.

It is a must to produce Covid-19 vaccines, treatment drugs at home

It is a must to produce Covid-19 vaccines and treatment drugs domestically, Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh said at a meeting with representatives from ministries and agencies in Hanoi on November 27.

Khanh Hoa welcomes first international tourists with vaccine passports

The central province of Khanh Hoa welcomed its first foreign visitors after prolonged pandemic-driven closures as 43 Vietnamese Americans and Vietnamese Canadians landed at the Cam Ranh Airport Thursday afternoon.

Nine Covid-19 vaccines approved in Vietnam

Vietnam has approved nine Covid-19 vaccines for emergency use in the country, according to the Ministry of Health.

First foreign visitors under vaccine passport scheme enjoy Hoi An tour

After testing negative for Covid-19, the first foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” programme took a tour around Hoi An Ancient Town in the south-central province of Quang Nam on November 21.

90.5 percent of Bac Giang population aged over 18 receive one Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) – As of 2pm on November 15, Bac Giang province administered 1,515,523 Covid-19 vaccine doses, including 1,152,371 first shot and 363,152 second one. Thus, 90.5 percent of local population aged over 18 received at least one vaccine shot while 28.53 percent of adults were fully vaccinated.

Source: NDO/VNA