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The downtrend of COVID-19 in Thailand is enabling the country to lower the pandemic level as scheduled, according to Thai medical experts.

There were 1,831 COVID-19 infections registered across Vietnam on May 18, an increase of 45 new cases compared to the number reported on the previous day.

An electronic vaccine passport is an electronic certificate of COVID-19 vaccination issued to people by the MOH, using standards set by the World Health Organization and the European Union.

The Health Ministry begins to issue vaccine passports on April 15 in line with schedule. Vietnam’s vaccine passport follows standards issued by the World Health Organisation and the EU which are being applied by 62 nations.

Vietnam’s health authorities announced they have expanded the emergency use authorisation for Moderna COVID-19 vaccine (Spikevax) to include children from 6 to under 12 years old.

Vietnam had reached agreement on the mutual recognition of “vaccine passports” with 17 countries as of March 17.

Vietnamese Ambassador Nguyen Thi Bich Thao recently had working sessions with Croatian State Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs Frano Matušić and State Secretary of the Ministry of Tourism and Sports Tonči Glavina.

Around 60.6 percent of parents with children aged 5-11 years said they agree to let their children get COVID-19 vaccine shots, according to a survey by the health ministry.

Russian Ambassador to Vietnam Gennady Bezdetko highlighted milestones in Vietnam – Russia ties in 2021 and Vietnam’s changes after nearly four decades of renewal in an interview recently granted to Vietnam News Agency.

Many localities are preparing conditions for the booster COVID-19 vaccine shots for people aged 18 and over, and speeding up the coverage of COVID-19 vaccine for children aged 12 to 17.

Nearly 792,000 children aging from 12-17 years old in Hanoi are expected to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in the fourth quarter of 2021 and first quarter of 2022.

On November 8, leaders of the Ministry of Transport (MoT) proposed that the Prime Minister consider the approval of the plan to resume international flights carrying passengers from/to Vietnam.

The Malaysian government has decided to expand the booster COVID-19 vaccine dose programme to individuals who were inoculated with Sinovac vaccine and had received full two shots at least three months ago.

Minister of Health Nguyen Thanh Long has affirmed that Vietnam’s vaccine strategy has been a success in three aspects.

The COVID-19 vaccination will be expanded to children aged 12 - 17, starting this October in localities with sufficient conditions, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).

President Nguyen Xuan Phuc’s visit to Cuba and trip to the US to attend the high-level debate of the UN General Assembly’s 76th session concluded with comprehensive success, leaving an important hallmark in the country’s external relations in 2021 in both bilateral and multilateral aspects, and especially in vaccine diplomacy.

Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has tasked the Foreign Ministry with joining the Health Ministry and other relevant ministries and authorities in working with authorities of countries of ASEAN, the EU, the US, China, Japan, Republic of Korea and other countries in the world for the mutual recognition of the “vaccine passport”.

Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son on September 25 visited the Embassy of Vietnam in Russia where he met with the embassy staff, Vietnamese business leaders and representatives in the European country.

Van Don International Airport in the northern province of Quang Ninh on September 23 welcomed an international flight carrying 301 passengers from France, who are eligible for the pilot “vaccine passport” programme of the Ministry of Health.

Foreign Minister Bui Thanh Son talked on the phone with Party Secretary of China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region Lu Xinshe on September 14, congratulating Guangxi on its achievements in recent years, especially in controlling the pandemic and maintaining socio-economic development momentum, as well as its successful organisation of the 18th China-ASEAN Expo (CAEXPO).