Foreign Minister: comprehensive vaccine plan for 2022 needed
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son has asked the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy to build a comprehensive vaccine plan for 2022 based on domestic demand, including vaccines for children aged 5-12 and 12-18, booster shots as well as the capacity of vaccine production at home.
Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (standing) chairs a meeting of the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy. (Photo: VNA)
Hanoi (VNA) – Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui ThanhSon has asked the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy to build acomprehensive vaccine plan for 2022 based on domestic demand, includingvaccines for children aged 5-12 and 12-18, booster shots as well as thecapacity of vaccine production at home.
Son, who is also head of the group, made the request whilechairing its regular meeting in Hanoi on October 13, two months after the PrimeMinister signed a decision on its establishment on August 13.
Reports by the ministries of foreign affairs and health said that positive results have been made in vaccine diplomacy. The total amount ofvaccines to Vietnam has increased in recent months.
The group also advised the Government to step up cooperation invaccine production and trials at home and import several types of COVID-19 drugs.
In his conclusion, Son said the most important task of the groupbetween now and the year’s end is to continue accelerating and ensuring thedelivery of vaccines as committed. It will promote international cooperation invaccine production to increase domestic supply as well as step up approaches toCOVID-19 medicines.
𒁏 Amid the uncertain and prolonged developments of the pandemic,the minister suggested the group uphold the sense of responsibility, workclosely and flexibly to offer timely suggestions regarding vaccine diplomaticactivities that match domestic situation and demand, contributing to socio-economicdevelopment in the new normal./.
Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh has requested the administrations at all levels to change their mindset and adjust COVID-19 prevention and control measures to suit the real situation.
Provinces and cities in the Mekong Delta region have been speeding up COVID-19 vaccinations as they have received more vaccines from the Ministry of Health.
In addition to speeding up vaccinations against COVID-19 in the remaining months of this year, localities must build plans for the inoculation in 2022, Deputy Minister of Health Do Xuan Tuyen has said.
President Nguyen Xuan Phuc on October 12 sent a letter to his US counterpart Joe Biden thanking the US Government for helping Vietnam with vaccines, medicine and medical supplies and equipment to respond to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Vietnamese Ambassador to Hungary Nguyen Thi Bich Thao received the token of 60,000 doses of AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine presented by the Croatian Government at a ceremony held in Budapest, Hungary on October 12.
Vietnam is striving to give two COVID-19 vaccine shots to 95 percent of 8.1 million children aging between 12 and 17 years old in the fourth quarter of 2021, according to the Ministry of Health.
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Vietnamese Consul General in Fukuoka Vu Chi Mai highlighted the growing demand for Vietnamese workers in Kyushu, especially in Fukuoka, Oita, and Saga prefectures. Currently, the region employs about 35,000 Vietnamese manual workers and over 5,000 IT engineers.
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The VNA delegation, led by General Director Vu Viet Trang, actively participated in the event, engaging in both professional and diplomatic activities.
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Minister of Foreign Affairs Bui Thanh Son (standing) chairs a meeting of the Government’s Working Group on vaccine diplomacy. (Photo: VNA) 
