Over 374,200 doses of COVID-19 vaccines administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old
As of April 23 afternoon, 374,255 doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old in 41 out of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH).
A sixth-grade student gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Soc Trang province. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – As of April 23 afternoon, 374,255doses of COVID-19 vaccines had been administered to children from 5 to under 12 years old in 41 out of the 63 provinces and cities nationwide, according to the Ministry of Health(MoH).
Thevaccination campaign for this age group started in northern Quang Ninh provinceon April 14.
InVietnam, there are more than 11.8 million children from 5 to below 12 years old. About 3.6million of them are subject to a three-month delay of vaccination aftercontracting COVID-19, and they will get the first shot in July orAugust.
A student is vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA)
Meanwhile,the 8.2 million remainders began receiving inoculation on April 14, and they willreceive the second dose in the second quarter, the MoH’s Department of PreventiveMedicine reported, noting that COVID-19 vaccination for children is one of theimportant tasks of the health sector in 2022.
Thecountry had received 4.6 million COVID-19 vaccine doses donated by Australiafor child vaccination. Over 2.3 million doses have been allocated so far.
TheNetherlands has also committed to provide 2 million doses of Modernavaccine while France will donate 2 million doses of Pfizer vaccine for children. These vaccinesare scheduled to arrive in Vietnam in April./.
Nearly 1,000 sixth grade students aged 11 years old to 11 years and 10 months old in Hanoi’s districts of Ha Dong, Phu Xuyen and Soc Son were vaccinated against the COVID-19 on April 16.
The National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology has decided to allocate an additional 1,382,400 doses of Moderna COVID-19 vaccine donated by the Australian government to provinces and centrally-run cities to vaccinate children aged from 5 to under 12 years old.
The Ministry of Health on April 19 asked vaccination facilities and health agencies to quickly complete the database on people vaccinated against COVID-19 by the end of this month so that they could get the vaccine passport.
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The patient, Tieu Viet But, born in 1970 and residing in Binh Tri commune, Binh Son district, the central province of Quang Ngai, was working aboard fishing vessel Qng – 95657TS when the incident occurred at 7:00 am.
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Health experts called for collective disease prevention and integrated solutions to achieve zero dengue deaths in the country at an online talk show on June 14.
The PM called for closer, broader, and more effective cooperation with Vietnamese partners, guided by the principles of mutual benefit, joint efforts, shared outcomes, and common development, including promoting stronger public-private partnerships and collaboration with businesses.
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The project aimed to enable early detection and reduce the risk of dangerous complications, targeting patients with chronic diabetes, cardiovascular conditions and metabolic disorders.
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All eligible patients will receive surgical interventions and post-operative care in accordance with Vietnamese medical standards and global care protocols.
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The Red Journey has become the country’s largest and most effective blood donation campaign, leaving a strong impression on the national voluntary blood donation movement.
This case marks the ninth fetal cardiac intervention conducted in HCM City, and it was considered the most technically demanding to date due to the fetus’s extremely early gestational age and the severity of the condition as diagnosed with aortic atresia.
The groundbreaking ceremony took place one day after the VNVC Vaccine JS Company and Sanofi Group exchanged cooperation documents on vaccine production technology transfer under the witness of State President Luong Cuong and French President Emmanuel Macron.
Vietnam’s traditional medicine took centre stage at the International Congress Biopharm Nonclinical Development, BioNCiD 2025, held on May 25-26 in the Cuban city of Varadero, amid growing global interest in sustainable healthcare solutions.
Under the agreement, VNVC and Sanofi will gradually implement technology transfers to enable domestic production of several key Sanofi vaccines that are widely used in Vietnam. In addition, Sanofi will support VNVC in training human resources and quality management in vaccine research and manufacturing.
Despite the ongoing global circulation and unpredictable developments of SARS-CoV-2, the World Health Organisation (WHO) hasn’t issued new warnings about COVID-19, said the Ministry of Health.
A sixth-grade student gets vaccinated against COVID-19 in Soc Trang province. (Photo: VNA) 
A student is vaccinated against COVID-19 (Photo: VNA) 
