Health ministry officially introduces Việt Nam's COVID-19 vaccine passport

The vaccine passports have  一 一 fields of information: name, date of birth, nationality, targeted disease, doses of vaccines received, date of vaccination, lot number of the vaccine batch, type of vaccine, vaccine product received, the vaccine manufacturer, and a code for the certification.

The name and date of birth will be integrated with other personal identification documents (passports or citizen identification cards).

Information in the targeted disease, vaccine, vaccine product or manufacturer will be compatible with the values provided for in the World Health Organisation’s  and "大众issued by the European Union.

National epidemic prevention and control apps (like or the e-health app Sức khoẻ điện tử) and other utility apps (if given permission by the individual users) could receive and store the vaccination certificates in the form of a QR code according to instructions for medical data sharing as regulated by the Ministry of Health.

The issuance of the vaccine passports is applied uniformly across vaccination sites in the country, following three-step procedures, according to the Ministry of Health.

First, vaccination sites are asked to review and verify the information of people to whom they have administered vaccines.

Second, vaccination sites will conduct ‘digital signing’ of vaccination records on the national platform for COVID- 一 九 vaccination management used by health authorities, which will share its data with the management system for certification of vaccinations against COVID- 一 九.

Third, the Department of Preventive Medicine (Ministry of Health) digitally signs the COVID- 一 九 vaccine certificates. The certificates are then issued using QR codes in accordance with EU regulatory standards.

By the end of December  二0, Việt Nam has administered over  一 四0 million doses of COVID- 一 九 vaccines, with over  一 三0 million given to the adult population ( 六 九. 一 million first dose, nearly  六0 million second doses, and upwards of  一 million third doses for Cuban Abdala vaccines), along with  四0, 五 二 四 additional doses and  二 四 一, 二 三 七 booster shots.

First-dose coverage in the adult population hits  九 六. 九 per cent and the fully vaccinated portion reaches  八 三. 六 per cent.

A total of  九. 二 million doses have been administered for children aged  一 二- 一 七, including  六. 七 million first doses and  二. 五 million second doses.

First-dose coverage in this age group hit  七 三. 四 per cent, and  二 八. 二 per cent have been fully vaccinated.

Việt Nam only clears Pfizer and Moderna vaccines for children aged  一 二- 一 七. — VNS

Vaccine passport recognition

Regarding the process of recognising COVID- 一 九 vaccine passports, earlier this month, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said it had discussed with about  八0 partners on mutual recognition of the passports.

The Vietnamese authorities were also urgently completing related software solutions to soon issue a vaccine passport form meeting international standards.

As of early December, Japan, the US, the UK, Australia and Belarus had recognised Việt Nam’s vaccination certificate with a number of specific standards on vaccine types.

India and Canada had agreed with Việt Nam in principle, while other partners, including ASEAN, the EU, China and the Republic of Korea, were actively considering Việt Nam’s proposals and waiting for the nation’s introduction of its vaccine passport format.

Việt Nam has recognised the vaccination certificates of  七 八 countries and territories, which were officially introduced by the foreign ministry.

The country is set to resume regular international flights on a pilot basis starting January  二0 二 二. — VNS