COVID-19 vaccinations must be safe, effective: Deputy PM
The Ministry of Health must ensure the safety and efficiency of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccination programme, under the instructions of the Politburo and the Government, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5.
Injecting COVID-19 vaccine on volunteers (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) - The Ministry of Health must ensure the safety and efficiency of Vietnam’s COVID-19 vaccinationprogramme, under the instructions of the Politburo and the Government, Deputy PrimeMinister Vu Duc Dam said at a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19Prevention and Control on March 5.
The Deputy PM, who is also head of the Steering Committee, stressed that safetymust be as high as possible and that if something goes wrong it must be handledcalmly.
Though COVID-19 has been largely brought under control in Vietnam, relevant agenciesmust continue to maintain readiness and vigilance, he said.
Damcalled on people to strictly followthe Ministry of Health’s“5K” message: Khau trang (facemasks)- Khu khuan (disinfecting) - Khoang cach (distancing) - Khong tu tap (no gathering)- Khai bao y te (health declaration).
Schools, health facilities, factories, markets, supermarkets, and accommodationestablishments, he went on, need to actively self-assess their safety level in diseaseprevention and control and update information on the COVID-19 Safe Living Map System (www.antoancovid.vn).
He praised the efforts of the ministry in accessing foreign sources of COVID-19vaccines and promoting vaccine research and production in the country.
The Ministry of Health is responsible for organising vaccinations in asafe and effective manner and promoting communications to raise publicawareness.
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chairs a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5 (Photo: VNA)
He underlined the need to accelerate domestic vaccine research, production, and testing, noting that these must complywith all steps in the fastest time possible.
Vietnam is expected to have sufficient vaccines for 100 million people if researchand development is successful, he said, adding that this is an opportunity for the country to lift its vaccine research capacity to a new level, enabling it to respondto other diseases that may strike in the future.
The Deputy PM also ordered the Ministry of Healthto coordinate with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Culture,Sports and Tourism to urgently build and issue relevant instructions and guidelines to create favourable conditions for those that have been given COVID-19 vaccinesabroad to enter Vietnam./.
The Lotus Medical Centre, which was set up under a cooperative arrangement between Vietnam and Poland, has been licensed to conduct COVID-19 vaccinations in the European country.
Several provinces, enterprises and universities nationwide will provide free COVID-19 vaccinations to their residents, staff and students in order to share the financial burden for pandemic prevention and control.
The Preventive Medicine Department at the Ministry of Health (MoH) is cooperating with other ministry agencies to license COVID-19 vaccines and build plans for distribution, together with monitoring and evaluating the effectiveness of the vaccine, a health expert has said.
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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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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.
Injecting COVID-19 vaccine on volunteers (Photo: VNA) 
Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam chairs a meeting of the National Steering Committee for COVID-19 Prevention and Control on March 5 (Photo: VNA) 
