As of December 14, 2022, roughly 265,077,045 doses of Covid-19 vaccine have been safely administered, making Vienam one of the countries with the highest rate of Covid-19 vaccine coverage in the world, said Dr. Nguyen Thi Lien Huong, Vice Minister of Health.
People will continue benefiting from free Covid-19 vaccinations in 2023, and funding will come from the state budget, the Covid-19 Vaccine Fund, with sponsorship from domestic and foreign organisations and individuals, along with other legal sources.
Vietnam has not yet licensed any domestically produced Covid-19 vaccine, even though the Southeast Asian country evaluated as having potential for Covid-19 vaccine production is the third country in the world to successfully culture and isolate the virus, said Chairwoman of the National Assembly's Committee of Social Affairs Nguyen Thuy Anh.
Medical workers in Ho Chi Minh City had administered 15,525 Covid-19 shots in 242 injection points operating throughout the National Day holiday from September 1 to September 4.
According to the statistics of the HCMC Department of Health, as of August 15, the vaccination rate of children aged 5 to under 12 years old is lower than the national average number.
Over the years, the development of private healthcare facilities in Ho Chi Minh City has provided patients in HCMC and neighboring localities with more choices of healthcare services, helping to reduce the burden placed on public hospitals.
More than 165,000 children aged under 18 years got the first and second doses of the Covid-19 vaccine, and booster doses during the two-week-long vaccination campaign starting from the beginning of August, Assoc.Prof.PhD. Tang Chi Thuong, Director of the municipal Health Department said on August 17.
More than VND236 trillion (US$10 billion) had been mobilized to directly serve the Covid-19 prevention and control as of December 31, 2022, according to a report by a National Assembly (NA) supervisory delegation.
The National Assembly (NA) Standing Committee discussed some contentious issues on the revised draft Law on Bidding on March 15 as part of its ongoing 21st session in Hanoi.
The Electronic Health Administration under the Ministry of Health yesterday informed that the whole country has 40 million people granted Covid-19 vaccine passports.
Today, the Department of Health of Ho Chi Minh City said that it has issued a document asking medical examination and treatment facilities to continue extending the vaccination rollout from now until the end of July 31.
In the context of the Covid-19 pandemic re-outbreak in some countries, the Ministry of Health (MoH) required the localities and relevant units to promptly review the Covid-19 vaccination campaign in the last six months of 2022, build the vaccination plan for 2023 and vaccination campaign for children from six months to under five years old.
Medical experts advised people to get third and fourth doses of the Covid-19 vaccine to avoid infection with new coronavirus variants at the seminar ‘Why are third and fourth Covid-19 doses of the Covid-19 vaccine necessary?’ held by the Government Portal today.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam directed the Ministry of Health, ministries, agencies, and administrations in 63 provinces and cities to drastically implement epidemic prevention measures, especially speeding up the third and fourth doses of the Covid-19 vaccine for target groups to complete the Government’s requirements.
Booster shots of Covid-19 vaccine are necessary when the city has gradually reopened its economy and returned to normal life, said Dr. Le Hong Nga, Deputy Director of the HCMC Center for Disease Control and Prevention (HCDC).
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh on November 28 had a telephone conversation with his French counterpart Elisabeth Borne to seek ways to further strengthen the Vietnam-France strategic partnership, especially in economy, trade and investment.
Vice Chairman of the People’s Committee of HCMC Duong Anh Duc signed a document No.1591/KH-UBND on providing fourth shots of Covid-19 vaccine building sustainable herd immunity to the disease in the community.
According to the People's Committee of Ho Chi Minh City’s requirement, all responsible agencies and departments should continue to strengthen communication about the benefits of vaccination to each civil servant, public employee, and people to have a correct awareness of the Covid-19 vaccine. Moreover, related agencies should coordinate Covid-19 vaccination work.
