After testing negative for Covid-19, the first foreign visitors under the pilot “vaccine passport” programme took a tour around Hoi An Ancient Town in the south-central province of Quang Nam on November 21.

(BGO) – As of 2pm on November 15, Bac Giang province administered 1,515,523 Covid-19 vaccine doses, including 1,152,371 first shot and 363,152 second one. Thus, 90.5 percent of local population aged over 18 received at least one vaccine shot while 28.53 percent of adults were fully vaccinated.

The Hanoi Department of Health has agreed to reduce the waiting time between two AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine shots to four weeks from eight.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) presented 1,600 cold boxes for vaccine preservation as well as temperature monitoring equipment worth a total of JPY100 million (US$877,000) to the Vietnam National Institute of Hygiene and Epidemiology (NIHE) on November 12.

Vietnam received 1,910 vaccine refrigerators, five million syringes and 50,000 cooler boxes from the Australia - UNICEF partnership Tuesday.