Health

AstraZeneca is the first Covid-19 vaccine authorized for use in Vietnam and it is currently the most widely used vaccine in the national vaccination campaign.

Makeshift medical stations provide primary health care for people in the area while giving treatment to people infected with the Covid-19 virus in the community and family.

The first part of the fourth Conference of the Parties to the Minamata Convention on Mercury (COP4) was held online November 1-5 in Geneva.

So far, at least four countries have officially recognized vaccine passports from Vietnam.

The clinical trial is aimed at putting its "recombinant protein vaccine" on the list of the World Health Organization-approved vaccines.

Health authorities target to inoculate at least two-thirds of nearly 100 million people against Covid-19 by the first quarter of next year.

Cu Chi District and downtown District 1 are the first localities in Vietnam to immunize those under 18 against Covid-19.

Australia collaborates on many education and training initiatives with Vietnam, facilitating institution-to-institution partnerships and supporting vibrant Australian alumni associations.

The biggest Covid-19 treatment facility in Vietnam used to treat more than 20,000 patients at its peak.

The fund will be used to buy vaccines for the bloc's members.

The hospital rolls out containment measures at the highest level and halted regular medical checkups and treatment.

Parents or other legal guardians must sign their consent for the children's vaccination.

The health ministry is working on immunization guidelines to start vaccinating adolescents against Covid-19 within this month.

The country has set a pilot plan to welcome fully vaccinated tourists, in which Phu Quoc island is the first sandbox.

The Russian-made vaccine doses will be used in the national immunization program.

The vaccine went through quality control by Gamaleya Center, the Russian research institute that develops the Sputnik V vaccine.

“Vaccination is just half the challenge amid the current surge of the Delta variant.”

This is a contribution from Germany towards the Vietnamese vaccination campaign.

Vietnam's health sector has surveyed and evaluated the capacity of oxygen production nationwide, which showed that the ability to supply oxygen from domestic production units was 30 times higher than the current demand in hospitals.

Health care was high on the agenda of the US Vice President's trip to Vietnam last month.