In a statement sent to cities and provinces Tuesday, the Ministry of Health requested local authorities review all children from 12 years old that have yet to be fully vaccinated with two doses and give them the shot.

A high-school student gets a Covid-19 vaccine shot in the southern Vinh Long Province, November 2021.

As of Tuesday, more than 13.93 million Covid-19 vaccine doses have been administered to people aged between 12 and 17 across the country, and more than 5.97 million of them, or 67 percent, have received two doses.

For now, 32 out of 63 cities and provinces, including Hanoi, Ho Chi Minh City and Da Nang, have finished vaccinating two doses for children from 12.

Vietnam has been using the Pfizer vaccine to immunize those under 18.

The ministry has also developed a plan to vaccinate children aged 5-11 against Covid-19 and submitted it to the government for approval, but the implementation time remains unknown.

Over 61,000 people in Bac Giang injected third Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) – On December 28, Bac Giang province administered Covid-19 vaccine (repeated dose) to more than 5,900 people.

Phu Quoc welcomes 210 Uzbek tourists with vaccine passports

210 tourists from Uzbekistan landed at Phu Quoc Airport in the southern province Kien Giang Saturday on a nine-day tour under the ongoing vaccine passport trial program.

Over 10,800 people injected third Covid-19 vaccine shot

(BGO) - As of December 22, more than 10,800 people in the northern province of Bac Giang were injected third Covid-19 vaccine shots, mostly in the districts of Hiep Hoa, Lang Giang and Yen The, reported the Health sector.

Quang Ninh to welcome foreign tourists with vaccine passport next month

Quang Ninh Province in northern Vietnam is scheduled to welcome a group of South Korean tourists on January 7 under a vaccine passport trial program.

Vietnam to issue its own Covid-19 vaccine passport

Vietnam will issue its own digital Covid-19 vaccine passport that will carry personal details and vaccination information.

Source: VnExpress