The information was announced by the Ministry of Health at an online conference on the issuance of vaccine passports and the verification of vaccination information held on April 4.
The vaccine passport form, which was issued by the Ministry of Health in December 2021, has 11 fields of information, including full name, date of birth, disease situation, number of injections, injection date, vaccine product, and others.
People will not be issued a vaccine passport if the vaccination information is incorrect or if they are not fully vaccinated.
The vaccine passports will be displayed on the PC COVID-19 or ‘So Suc khoe dien tu’ (electronic health book) mobile applications. If not using the two aforementioned applications, people can look up the information on the website of the Ministry of Health and receive their vaccine passport via email.
Previously, the Ministry of Health piloted the issuance of vaccine passports to people who received the COVID-19 vaccination at E, K and Bach Mai hospitals in Hanoi. As of April 4, Bach Mai Hospital has certified 2,013 records, equivalent to about 6,000 injections. Ho Chi Minh City also piloted the issuance of vaccine passports to people who received vaccination at Gia An 115 General Hospital and the city has certified 425 records as of April 2.
Vietnam has injected more than 206 million doses of COVID-19 vaccine. The coverage rate of COVID-19 vaccine for adults is nearly 100% for the first dose, 99% for the second and 50% for the booster dose.
The vaccination rate for people from 12 to 17 years old is 99% for the first dose and 94% for the second dose. Vietnam is also preparing to commence the vaccination of children from 5 to 11 years old in April.
